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hello sir

How many subjects should a IAS candidate can take?

Originally Posted by HARSHA.BM

hello sir

How many subjects should a IAS candidate can take?

Hello Harsha, I guess you are asking about Optional Subjects.

Harsha, As you know the civil service examination pattern has been changed previously we need to select the optional subjects at the begining only because at that time we have to prepare for Prelims itself out optional

now that is not the case you should select the optional subjects only for Mains. The Prelims(which is now CSAT) will have common syllabus.

I mean the syllabus is same for all the students or aspirants of the Civil service examination.

You need to clear this examination which is of common syllabus for all the candidates who are from various streams.

the optional selection is the case in the level 2 of the examination that is the optional subjects are to be selected in the mains level of the examination.

we have to select the two optional subjects from this list.

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

Optional subjects should be selected according to your interest not based upon its credibility or anything else.

All that matters in the time of preparation is your interest if not done in this way you have to get prepared for the next examination or next attempt

So make a good decision while selecting the optional subjects

Regards

~AdityA~

many optional subjects in ias are:-

history

geography

economics

political science

pshycology

physics

law

management

commerce

chemistry

mathematics

and many more

you choose any one subject with your interest

all the best

The Exam is basically divided into two parts...

1. Preliminary
2. Main

In Preliminary, 2 papers are there...

Each paper carry 200 marks and duration is 2 hours.

The subjects in Paper 1 are:

• Current events of national and international importance

• History of India and Indian National Movement

• Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic geography

of India and the World.

• Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System,

Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

• Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development,

Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.

• General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate

Change - that do not require subject specialization

• General Science.

The subjects in paper 2 are:

• Comprehension

• Interpersonal skills including communication skills;

• Logical reasoning and analytical ability

• Decision making and problem solving

• General mental ability

• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude

etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data

sufficiency etc. -Class X level)

• English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

• Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level

(last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from

English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question

paper.

• The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

In main exam you have to select the optional subjects from the following:

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

Literatures:

Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Marathi, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Oriya, Pali, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects.

Each paper is of 3 hours duration.

Hope your queries are cleared now.........

Hello friend

FOLLOWING ARE THE SUBJECTS AVAILABLE FOR DOING IAS Exam :

Agriculture -O
Animal husbandry -
Anthrapology
Arabic
assamese
bengali
botany
chemistry
chinese
civil engg
electrical engg
english
general studies
geography
Geology
german
Gujarati
hindi
indian commerce
indian economics
Indian history
Indian psychology
Indian public admnstrtn
Kannada
kashmiri
konkani
law
malyalam
mgt
maths
medical science
mechanical engg
nepali
oriya
pali persian
punjabi
sanskrit
sindhi
sociology
stats
tamil
telugu
urdu
zoology

Originally Posted by HARSHA.BM

hello sir

How many subjects should a IAS candidate can take?

Dear friend;

Optional subjects in the IAS preliminary exam :

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

thanks

The civil services exam pattern is divided into two parts-
1. Prelims--It has a common syllabus for all.

2. Mains--In the mains one must choose the two optional subjects from the list given as under-
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

Dear friend ,
For exam point of view a candidate has to select any two subject.
After that a candidate should have prefect knowledge in that particular
subject .A candidate also should have good general knowledge as well as
current affairs .
Eligibility criteria for IAS entrance exam are as follows :-
1]A candidate should be graduate from any stream
2] A candidate should be passed his graduation with minimum 50 % .
3]A candidate should be citizen of India .
4]Age limit between 21 to 30 years for open category.
5] For OBC candidate age relaxation is of 3 years .
6]For SC/ST candidate age relaxation is of 5 years .
For further information you can log in his site that is www. upsc.gov.in
Thank you .

How many subject we have to choose for IAS exam in prilims according to ias exam 2011 pattern?

hello sir
Myself satya. can u please tell me the detailed information about choosing subjects for mains and the duration of the exam

sir ins myself shrey sandilya. can u please tell me the detailed information about choosing subjects for mains.

could i take economics and urdu in ias

Originally Posted by HARSHA.BM

hello sir

How many subjects should a IAS candidate can take?

hi,
In I.A.S exam you have to opt two optional subject..

List of optional subject is given below:-
Agriculture
Management
Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science
Mathematics
Anthropology
Mechanical Engineering
Botany
Medical Science
Chemistry
Philosophy
Civil Engineering
Physics
Commerce & Accountancy
Political Science & International Relations
Economics Psychology
Electrical Engineering
Public Administration
Geography
Sociology
Geology
Statistics
Indian History
Zoology
Law

GOOD LUCK!

hi am devika
which subjects are better to take in main examinayion?

To become a IAS officer first of all you need to be graduate in any discipline ,You can take subjects whatever subjects you have studied in your graduation and you will have to take some of the optional subjects like Indian History,Management,Physics,Chemistry,Botany,Zoolog y,Mathamatics,Phisioloy.sociology ,Civil engineering ,etc ,paper consists of 2 papers Pre exam and mains ,Mains is subjective and mains is subjective ,You need to clear both the papers to appear for Interview.

How many subject we have to take in ias exam,

Optional Subjects for IAS Exam :

General Studies
Essay
English Qualifying
Indian language
Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husnbandry
Law
Geology
Indian History
Management
Physics
Zoology
Anthropology
Arabic
Bengali

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now iam studying b.tech 1st year how can i prepare for ias?