Can a BCA student take history and public administration for UPSC CS exam?

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Can a BCA Student take history and public administration for UPSC Exam?

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Hello

Yes a BCA student can take the history as a subject for the civil services of UPSC.

There are various subjects that is offered by the UPSC and there is no limitation of the selection subject,any body from any back ground can select any subject ,no such limitations on the subject combination.

As the fact is that most of the services related to the UPSC is a services which is provided to the civilians of our country and in order to that,one need to know all the aspect of the Indian culture and civilization and that can be done only if you go through the subjects like Indian history,geography etc all the subjects related to the Indian culture.

Hence most of the subjects that is included in the civil services gives knowledge about the Indian culture,and any every body will have to learn such subjects in order to get the job.Hence any body from any stream can select any subject.

Yes you can select any two subjects according to your interest but there are some combinations which are not allowed-

Political sciences and international relations

Commerce and management

Anthropology and sociology

Maths and statics

Agriculture and animal husbandry

Any two literature

Any two branches of engineering

Public relations and management.

Examination Pattern for UPSC Civil Services Exam :

Preliminary Exam : There are two objective type papers conducted in the prelims exam and each paper contains 200 marks and if you could not qualify in this exam then you would not be allowed to apply for mains exam

Mains Examination : There are 9 conventional type papers conducted in this mains exam and the complete examination pattern is following and you would also have to select any two optional subjects in the mains exam from the following list

Paper -1 - Any one Indian Language from the list of UPSC board - 300 marks
Paper - 2 - English Language - 300 marks
Paper - 3 - Essay - 200 marks
Paper - 4 & 5 - General Studies - I and II - 300 marks each
Paper - 6 & 7 - Any one optional subject as - I and II - 300 marks
Paper 8 & 9 - Any one optional subject as - I and II - 300 marks

Total marks alloted for all 9 papers - 2000

List of optional subjects from which you may choose any two for mains exam :

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

Dear you are a computer application graduate student and there is no subject relevant to computer which you could choose but it's nice to see your interest in the History and Public Administration and dear i would like to say that you have selected a very good combination of subjects for mains exam which is the favorite of so many aspirants and history is useful because for preliminary exam you would have to study for complete history so that you may prepare well for history and if you continue study hardly for Public Administration then you can get good command over this subject also.

Dear to prepare for these subjects and for your prelims also you should study well under the very good guidance and to get the complete study and competitive environment you should go to any coaching institute and to prepare for this exam because without good atmosphere you can not prepare well for your exams and sometimes every candidate needs to check their level of study so please join any good coaching institute.

You can apply for UPSC Civil Service Preliminary exam between these following dates :

Start date for online registration - 02-02-2013

Last date for online registration - 04-03-2013

Date for UPSC preliminary exam - 19-05-2013

All the best

Yes, sure you can take history and public administration for UPSC CS exam.



Thanks
Jeet Masih

Re: Can a BCA student take history and public administration for UPSC CS exam? Hi friends,
Yes, you can select any two subjects according to your interest but there are some combinations which are not allowed-
Political sciences and international relations
Anthropology and sociology
management and commerce
Agriculture and animal husbandry Stats & mathematics
Any two literature and two branches of engineering
Public relations and management.