Tips for selection of subjects for administrative examination



It is a tough task for aspirants to choose best optional subject for IAS examination.  At this stage, many professionals offer advice and students are confused which one is good subject to clear IAS entrance exam.

In recent syllabus for Mains, candidates can choose for only one Optional subject which will have two papers of 250 Marks each. So, one Optional subject carries 500 Marks in Mains. It is well established that aspirants appear in examination come from different streams such as Agriculture, Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Law, Literature, Management, Medical, and Science. Therefore UPSC has given good choice of subjects among fifty two optional subjects. It is observed that aspirants select subject other than their graduation subjects.

To crack IAS exam, aspirants may adopt following criteria to pick an optional subject:
1. Aspirants are advised to read all subjects several times before reaching to any conclusion.

2. They can review their academic sessions and analyse few factors like which stream was their favourite, and in which subject they performed well.  It is also important to observe the present performance level in subject. Some aspirants may prefer psychology or others may choose anthropology.

3. It is important to review subject list again and prepare a list of few subjects. O through the syllabus of each subject, previous years questions and check availability of resources.

4. Once aspirants done above exercise, they can well understand which subject suits to them. Further, they can make final selection considering following factors:

Whether it is a scoring optional.
Whether it is the most popular optional.
Whether it is easy to understand or interesting.
Whether for this optional ‘best’ coaching is available.

Hope above guidelines will help aspirants to make good choice of optional in IAS examination
Good Luck to all aspirants.


Important note: This article is based on the available information and personal views of writer. Writer is not responsible for any disagreement.

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