Is economics a good optional subject for Mains exam?

Is economics a good optional subject for Mains exam?

thank you..

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Dear,
Each and every optional subject is good and scoring subject; it is depend on the candidate interest in the subject and also preparation of the candidate regarding the subject.
If the candidate deep knowledge in the economy or study the subject in the graduation then it is easily to the candidate prepare the subject for the exam.
For the exam candidate must have graduate in any stream from the approved university.
The age limit for the exam is the 21 to 30 years.
For more information please update with the www.upsc.gov.in
Best of luck for the exam

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Is economics a good optional subject for Mains exam?thank you..

HELLO FRIEND,If the candidate deep knowledge in the economy or study the subject in the graduation then it is easily to the candidate prepare the subject for the exam.For the exam candidate must have graduate in any stream from the approved university.The age limit for the exam is the 21 to 30 years.For more information please update with the www.upsc.gov.inGOOD LUCK..

Dear if you are choosing Economics as your optional subject for mains examination then you are going to choose right subject but before that I would like to inform you that from the year 2013, UPSC board has made it mandatory that there will be only two papers conducted of optional subject in mains exam and all qualified candidates will be allowed to select only one optional subject from the list so there is only one option for you that is Economics but there are some other subjects also available in the list and you may choose any one from them

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

So there is many options for you and you may choose anyone but if you are strict to select Economics as your optional subject then you must choose it because you are looking interested in this subject and if you have completed your bachelor's degree or master's degree with economics as a mandatory subject then you have collected good knowledge of that subject and you may really do well in optional subject paper but you need to use some good books to prepare for Economics subjects and I have listed some books that may help you in your preparation :

Kalyanjit Ray Choudhry - Economics for IAS Mains
Dutt and Sundaram - Indian Economy
Mishra and Puri - Indian Economy
Economic Survey of India
Economic Times
Domonick Salvatore and ML Ghingan - International Economics
SB Gupta - Monetary Economics

All the best

dear aspirant,

yes, dear Economics is a good optional subject for Mains exam. It is easy to prepare and easy to crack subjects. so go ahead with your decision and well prepared for the exam.


Eligibility Criteria For Civil Services:
>>you must have completed or appearing in final year of graduation.

>>your age must be within 21 years to 30 years on 1 August of the year of exam. there is relaxation in upper age limit up to 3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.



Limit Number Of Attempts:

>>General category: 4 attempts

>>OBC category: 7 attempts

>>SC/ST category: No Limit




Important dates of Civil Services exam in 2013:


CSAT(Prelims):

date of Notification:05.03.2013

last date of receipt of application:04.04.2013

date of exam:26.05.2013



Mains:

date of exam:01-12-2013



You can apply for the exam online on following official link of UPSC:

http://upsconline.nic.in/

Good Luck......