How many optional subjects should we opt for IAS exam?

how many optional subjects we have to opt for IAS exam?
B.A student.want to be a Ias officer.wanna to get some tips to prepare for IAS exam &how many optional subjects we have to opt for IAS exam??

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Dear Aspirant

In New Pattern introduced by UPSC for civil service examination you have to select only one optional paper that also for main examination no optional in preliminary examination among the following
1) Agriculture
2) Animal Husbandry and 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 Relations
21) Psychology
22) Public Administration
23) Sociology
24) Statistics
25) Zoology

Start your preparation for prelims first.
Develop a habit of reading newspaper like The Hindu. It will improve your English and keep you updated about current affairs.
Start solving previous years GS questions and daily solve aptitude and reasoning questions.You may prefer some of the books for following
-Upkar Analytical Aptitude and Logical Reasoning
-IAS Prelims/CSAT Civil Services:18 years Topicwise Solved Questions,Disha Publications
-General Studies 14000 plus Objective questions,Manohar Pandey,Arihant Publications
These books will be sufficient for your preparation.You may get them on Flipkart (online).

Friend, please note that# As per new guidelines of UPSC, now candidates have to choose only one optional subject instead of two optional subjects.# Second major modification in UPSC Examination is that there is no provision of examination of optional subject in the preliminary examination. In the preliminary examination candidates have to face only General Studies only.# Apart from above mentioned two modifications, rest terms & conditions, eligibility conditions and age limits are not changed.# Age limit fixed for UPSC Examination is 21-30 years. However, candidates of reserved category can availed the benefit of age relaxation in upper age by certain years as per laid down by Government of India.# There is also no any change has been made in the number of attempts reserved for the candidates. As a general rule, 04 attempts for General category, 07 for OBC category and unlimited attempts reserved for SC & ST categories.# For more information, you can freely visit the following websites: * http://upsc.gov.in * www.upscdiscussions.com

dear aspirant,

For the post of IAS you have to apply for Civil Services Exam that is conducted by UPSC every year. UPSC conduct Civil Services Exam every year.
For Civil Services exam you need graduation in an stream with any percentage.

According to new rules you have to choose only one optional subject from the list of optional Subjects.

List of optional subjects for Main Examination:
(i) Agriculture
(ii) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
(iii) Anthropology
(iv) Botany
(v) Chemistry
(vi) Civil Engineering
(vii) Commerce and Accountancy
(viii) Economics
(ix) Electrical Engineering
(x) Geography
(xi) Geology
(xii) History
(xiii) Law
(xiv) Management
(xv) Mathematics
(xvi) Mechanical Engineering
(xvii) Medical Science
(xviii) Philosophy
(xix) Physics
(xx) Political Science and International Relations
(xxi) Psychology
(xxii) Public Administration
(xxiii) Sociology
(xxiv) Statistics
(xxv) Zoology



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......

according to the new selection process there is no optional subject in prelims examination, and in the mains examination you have to choose only one subject.
the optional subjects are:-
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
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
select an optional subject of your interest.
all the best
happy learning!!!!

You have to opt for only one subject among the following lists for Optional subject in Mains exam.There will be 2 papers of optional as well.You can check the website of UPSC to know about previous year question papers.Following are the list of subjects from which you can apply for any one subject as per your choice:
1) Agriculture
2) Animal Husbandry and 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 Relations
21) Psychology
22) Public Administration
23) Sociology
24) Statistics
25) Zoology

Hi There,

According to the new rules you can opt only one subject for Mains in IAS exam.

The list of optional subjects is as follows:

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
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Thanks.

According to the new syllabus, you want to select only one optional subject among the following:

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
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Hello Friend,
IAS stands for Indian Administrative service.UPSC conducts the civil service exam for recruitment of various All India service . IAS is one of them.

According to the new rule of the exam the aspirant have to choose one optional subject for the following subject:

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
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Thank You.

the sub are 1) Agriculture
2) Animal Husbandry and 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 Relations
21) Psychology
22) Public Administration
23) Sociology
24) Statistics
25) Zoology

hi

civil service exam conducts by upsc once in a year

-IAS i.e indian administrative service COMES under Civil service exam

civil servcie exam consist of

a)preliminary test
b)main exam
c)interview

** for preliminary test,you did not have option subjects.its contains objective questions

**whereas for main exam,you had to opt for any one of the optional subjects

-botany
-zoology
-geology
-physics
-chemistry
-anthropology
-mathematics
-history
-law
-management
-civil engineering
-mechanical engineering
-electrical engineering
-economics
-geography
-agriculture
-philosophy
-psychology
-statistic
-sociology
-commerce and accountancy
-animal husbandry and veterinary science
-public administration

***if the candidate cleared the preliminary test,then he/she is allowed to appear for main exam.

**always choose the subject specially in entrance exam hours,which you have already studied or you know the subject

good luck

thank you