Can I score good marks in IPS exam by opting mechanical engineering as my optional subject?

Can I score good marks in IPS exam by opting mechanical engineering as my optional subject?
thank you.

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Hi Aspirant,

Friend IPS is a post not exam and for the IPS post you will have to crack the civil service exam.

Yes friend, you can score well in civil service exam through Mechanical subject if you have deep knowledge and interest in the subject.

UPSC conducts the recruitment for the post of IPS through civil service exam.

This exam is conducted once in a year at national level and you need to work very hard because lots of candidates apply for civil service and competition will be tough.


Exam pattern and syllabus of civil service exam

Preliminary exam

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Mains exam

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In the prelims exam you have no need to choose any optional subject. There are only two papers in preliminary exam and it has qualifying nature and its mark will not be added in final merit list.

In mains exam you will have to choose two optional subject of your desire. Friend you should choose only those subject in which you are confident, familiar and deep knowledge of the subject.

It will be very easy to prepare for you.

Here I am attaching the list of optional subjects

Optional subject

Agriculture

Animal husbandry & vetinary science

Anthropology

Botany

Chemistry

Civil engineering

Commerce and accountancy

Economics

Geography

Indian History

Law

Management

Mathematics

Mechanical engineering

Medical science

Philosophy

Physics

Political science & international relations

Psychology

Sociology

Statistics

Zoology

Friend you can choose the subject in the list above mentioned.

You can apply for civil service exam in 2013.

UPSC will update the notification for civil service exam at official website as well as employment newspaper.

For more information visit http://upsc.gov.in

Best of Luck�