Can I choose my optional subjects as Indian history & Public Administration being a B.Com graduate?

Dear Sir/Ma'am,

I am in B.Com last year and I want to appear for UPSC examination 2013.
I just want know can i choose my optional subject Indian History & Public Administration?

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Hi friend,




well you may choose any subjects irrespective of what subject you graduated from....

And one advise dont run for UPSC examinations so, early,... take coachings and then rush for it.


For More : upsc.gov.in


Hope it helps!!
~Punj~

Yes you can choose Indian History & public administration as your optional subjects

List of optional subjects
1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
3. Anthropology
4. Botany
5. Chemistry
6. Civil Engineering
7. Commerce and Accountancy
8. Economics
9. Electrical Engineering
10. Geography
11. Geology
12. History
13. Law
14. Management
15. Mathematics
16. Mechanical Engineering
17. Medical Science
18. Philosophy
19. Physics
20. Political Science and International
21. Relations
22. Psychology
23. Public Administration
24. Sociology
25. Statistics
26. Zoology
27. Literature of one of the following languages:
� Arabic,
� Assamese,
� Bodo
� Bengali
� Chinese
� Dogri
� English
� French
� German
� Gujarati
� Hindi
� Kannada
� Kashmiri
� Konkani
� Maithili
� Malayalam
� Manipur
� Marathi
� Nepali
� Oriya
� Pali
� Persian
� Punjabi
� Russian
� Sanskrit
� Santali
� Sindhi
� Tamil
� Telugu
� Urdu

Following combinations of subjects ARE NOT ALLOWED IN Civil services exam:�
(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, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering�not more than one subject.
(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.

Yes Sir

it is great combination of the subject in the civil service exam. history and public administration is popular and most taken by the candidate.

you check other exam list and i suggest you some more subject:-

According to me you choose the optional subject from the humanities group. Subject like as
Public administration
History
Political science
Geography
Sociology
This subject is most popular for the ias exam. And we got the study material from the market and the internet easily.

Otherwise other subject list given below. You select two of them
Agriculture
Management
Animal Husbandry & Vet nary
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
Any language subject

Following subject do not took together
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

best of luck for exam

yes dear,

you can choose history and any subject which he like most there is no any boundation of taking subjects .

so you can choose history and public administration as your main subjects.


but you have other choices also like:
here i will provide you the list of subjects which you can take as your main subjects.

Management,

Mathematics,

Mechanical Engineering,

Medical Science,

Philosophy,

Civil Engineering,

Commerce and Accountancy,

Economics,

Electrical Engineering,

Geography,

Geology,

History,

Law

Physics,

Political Science and International Relations,

Psychology,

Public Administration,

Sociology,

Statistics,

Zoology

Agriculture,

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science,

Botany,

Chemistry.

dear friend,

Yes, you can choose Indian History and Public Administration as your optional subjects being B.Com graduate. In UPSC you can choose any two optional subjects and it does not matter that you have studied these subjects in your academic records or not. So do not need to worry you can choose any two optional subjects according to your interest and your requirement.

For list of optional subjects visit the following link:
http://www.upsc.gov.in/general/civil.htm



Good Luck........

Dear aspirant ,

yes , you CAN CHOOSE INDIAN HISTORY & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BEING A B.Com. GRADUATE .

BECAUSE THERE IS NO ANY SUBJECT CRITERIA IN UPSC EXAM . IF YOU ARE COMMERCE STUDENT SO WHAT ?

YOU CAN APPLY FOR UPSC EXAM .

LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

CHEMISTRY
BOTANY
ZOOLOGY
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
AGRICULTURE
SOCIOLOGY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
POLITICAL SCIENCE
LAW
PHYSICS
MATHEMATICS
HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMICS
COMMERCE
SCIENCE
MANAGEMENT
GEOLOGY
MEDICAL SCIENCE