Search NextJob for answers
How many optional subjects are in UPSC?
UPSC Civil Services Main Examination as per the revised syllabus consists of 7 papers out of which 5 papers are compulsory and uniform for all candidates. There is one optional subject (2 papers) which can be selected from subjects or languages.
BUY NOW
Which optional for UPSC is best?
Medical Science. Literature. Anthropology. Public Administration. Psychology. Law. Geography. History.
What are optional 1 and 2 in UPSC?
Optional Subject Paper 1 and Optional Subject Paper 2 are the two papers. Each of them is worth 250 points. In the UPSC Mains Exam, the UPSC optional subject carries 500/1750 marks. The marks earned in the UPSC optional subjects are taken into account when calculating the final merit.
Which UPSC optional is easy?
Which optional subject is easy in UPSC? Answer: Sociology, Geography, and Public Administration are easy subjects to score. Many candidates have scored more than 400 marks in these optional subjects as per the previous year’s result.
What are the 5 compulsory subjects in UPSC?
What are the compulsory subjects for UPSC exam prelims? In UPSC Prelims, the compulsory subjects are Indian Polity and Governance, General Science, History, Geography, Economic and Social Development, etc.
Which optional is best?
Sociology. Geography. Literature Subject (Any) Anthropology. Agriculture. Medical Science. Public Administration. Psychology.
Will UPSC remove optional?
Is Optional Subject removed from UPSC? No, the Optional Subjects are still a part of the UPSC Mains exam.
Which optional is high scoring?
Based on the general trend, the subjects which have the potential to help you score about 330 marks in optional exams (with your immense dedication, ofcourse) are Mathematics, Anthropology, Sociology, any Literature, Public Administration and Geography.
Which part of UPSC is toughest?
As you would know, the UPSC Prelims is the first obstacle to your IAS dreams. This exam is taken by lakhs of Indians every year. A lot of people consider the IAS exam to be the toughest exam in India. As you can see from the table above, the success rate is the lowest for the IAS exam.
Which field students crack UPSC most?
“Engineering students crack the UPSC exam because of the practical pedagogical methods they experience in their four-year engineering studies. This provides them with a better analytical aptitude as compared to Arts graduates,” says JK Dadoo, former IAS officer who was in the services for more than 35 years.