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im a b.tech student in ece branch. for the preparation of ias exams can i opt for the subjects of my interest or is it compulsory that i've tp opt for those subjects only concerned with my degree.

hello sir i m a bcom (Honours banking and insurance) student i want to prepare 4 ias entrance exam wat subject shall be easy 4 me to clear priliminery and main exam

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im a b.tech student in ece branch. for the preparation of ias exams can i opt for the subjects of my interest or is it compulsory that i've tp opt for those subjects only concerned with my degree.

Yes absolutely you can opt your interested optional subjects in IAS mains exam

as we don't have optional system anymore for the normal prelim examination this has been removed from this year only i.e., every aspirant will take the common paper and compete for the place in mains examination

here comes the optional subjects you can select any optionals from the list prescribed by the UPSC

the list is

Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
etc.,
you can select any of these even if you don't belong to the respected optional also but you don't have an opportunity to choose two subjects of same field according to your degree

for example no person can select electrical engineering and civil engineering as his optional subjects

only one subject is permitted to select as optional from that field

Regards

~AdityA~

Friend,
It is not compulsory to choose the subject related to your degree.
For IAS exam there is a list of subject for optional given by UPSC.
You can choose the subject of your own interest.

For Optional you choose only 1 subject.these are the subjects for optional:-

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

you can choose any 1 subject which suits you.
For more details you can visit : www.upsc.ac.in

hello...
dear the complete choice of the mains have been removed from this year itself but you have the option for choosing your subject in the optional one.......
in the brouchure of your exam you will get the list of exam you can choose from...........
so
best of luck............

please kindly tell me whether the same subject chosen as an optional for the prelims can be chosen for the mains too................. eg: if i had chosen animal husbandry as an optional in prelims, can the same be chosen as one of the optional in the mains????? reply the soonest please.. i want to avail these holidays in preparing for upsc... im alice doing III CSE ,chennai.

hi, I am studing BSc(Maths) 2nd year.I want to become an IAS.what subject i'm choose premilary&main.

kindly tell me how many compulsarysubject for ias main exam. pls list out.

hello friend,
for ias main exam one have to give 7 compulsory papers
1)general study 1
2)general study 2
3)essay paper
4)one language paper
5)one qualifying english paper
6)optional subject 1
7)optional subject 2
optional subject list is -
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Anthropology
out of which you have to select 2 subjects.The subject combinations which are not allowed are-
(a) Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;

(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Management;

(c) Anthropology and Sociology;

(d) Mathematics and Statistics;

(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.

(f) Management and Public Administration;

(g) Of the Engineering subjects i.e. Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering–not more than one subject.

(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.

language subjects are-
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Chinese
Dogri
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

out of which you have to select only one

hello
Yes absolutely you can opt your interested optional subjects in IAS mains exam

as we don't have optional system anymore for the normal prelim examination this has been removed from this year only i.e., every aspirant will take the common paper and compete for the place in mains examination

here comes the optional subjects you can select any optionals from the list prescribed by the UPSC

the list is

Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Management
Mechanical Engineering