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i am studying b.tech 3year of electronics and communication engg. i want to prepare for civilservices.can i take optional subjects from b.tech of my branch?
what are the subjects that i can take from my branch

Originally Posted by satya sireesha

i am studying b.tech 3year of electronics and communication engg. i want to prepare for civilservices.can i take optional subjects from b.tech of my branch?
what are the subjects that i can take from my branch

Since you want to prepare for the civil service examination, you should know the format of the examination which is as follows:
Preliminary Exam (Civil Service Aptitude Test)
Main Examination
Interview

In the Preliminary Exam (Civil Service Aptitude Test), there will be two compulsory papers and candidates from any stream has to write these papers.

In the Main Examination, you will have to write compulsory as well as optional papers.

Now as per your question, you can definitely select optional papers as per your expertise and interest but you will not be able to take both the optional subjects from Engineering discipline. As per the guidelines of Union Public Service Commission, candidates can not select the following combination of subjects as optional papers:

Any two branches of engineering
Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
Commerce and Management
Anthropology and Sociology
Maths and Statistics
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Management and Public Administration
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science

The list of optional papers for the civil service examination includes the following subjects:

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

is there any optional paper related to computer science for civil service examination?

Originally Posted by satya sireesha

i am studying b.tech 3year of electronics and communication engg. i want to prepare for civilservices.can i take optional subjects from b.tech of my branch?
what are the subjects that i can take from my branch

Since you want to prepare for the civil service examination, you should know the format of the examination which is as follows:
Preliminary Exam (Civil Service Aptitude Test)
Main Examination
Interview

In the Preliminary Exam there will be two compulsory papers and candidates from any stream has to write these papers.

In the Main Examination, you will have to write compulsory as well as optional papers.

Now as per your question, you can definitely select optional papers as per your expertise and interest but you will not be able to take both the optional subjects from Engineering discipline. As per the guidelines of Union Public Service Commission, candidates can not select the following combination of subjects as optional papers:

Any two branches of engineering
Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
Commerce and Management
Anthropology and Sociology
Maths and Statistics
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Management and Public Administration
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science

The list of optional papers for the civil service examination includes the following subjects:

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