Important optional subjects for Mains exam? How to choose the best among them?

Important optional subjects for Mains exam? How to choose the best among them?
thank you.

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Dear Applicant,
-The LIST of OPTIONAL SUBJECTS which are allowed for the MAINS of the CIVIL SERVICE exams,which are conducted annually by the UPSC are MENTIONED below-
# Agriculture
# Management
# Animal Husbandry & Vetinary
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
# Law
-YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE ANY TWO SUBJECTS FROM HERE,BASED ON YOUR 'INTEREST and STRENGTH',for THE MAINS.
-Make sure that your subject combination does not lie in the column of restricted list.
-I will personally recommend you to opt for the ARTS SUBJECTS.
-The subjects including INDIAN HISTORY,PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION,GEOGRAPHY,POLITICAL SCIENCE and ECONOMICS,are particularly very scoring.Their success rates have been higher when compared to any other non-Arts subjects.
-The fact that the Paper-I of the Preliminary Exams consists basically these subjects only,It hands you an additional advantage while preparation,and saves plenty of time.
-However,the final call must be yours.As these subjects carry not less than 1200 marks,you need to make sure you make the perfect choice,based on your strength.
ALL THE BEST.

Optional Subjects ::

~~ Agriculture
~~ Botany
~~ Chemistry
~~ Civil Engineering
~~ Commerce
~~ Economics
~~ Electrical Engineering
~~ Geography
~~ Geology
~~ Indian History
~~ Law
~~ Mathematics
~~ Mechanical Engineering
~~ Philosophy
~~ Physics
~~ Political Science
~~ Psychology
~~ Sociology
~~ Zoology
~~ Statistics
~~ Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
~~ Public Administration
~~ Medical Science

Some Best Optional Subjects ::

## Statistics
## Mathematics
## Indian History
## Commerce
## Law
## Psychology
## Public Administration
## Economics

Preparation ::

-Indian Language and English is qualifying papers .
-Prepare this examination according to the syllabus and select the subjects according to knowledge .
-Buy some recommend Books for Main examination .
-Collects some previous year question papers of Main examination .
-Time Management is very important while appearing this type of entrance examinations .
-Highlights the important points .

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Important optional subjects for Mains exam? How to choose the best among them?
thank you.

Selection process For UPSC:-

>>Preliminary Exam:-



>>Main Exam:-



Important Optional Subjects:-

>>Indian History
>>Economics
>>Public Administration
>>Psychology
>>Law
>>Commerce
>>Mathematics
>>Statistics
>>Agriculture

>>Interview:-If you qualified the main examination then you called for the interview.

Tips for Preparation:-
Collects some previous year question papers of main examination and practice your self and time management is very important while appearing this type of exam.

Official Website:-http://upsc.gov.in

Dear pal,

• There are more than fifty optional subject available for one to choose. You need to choose the best of the available optional papers. There is no restriction in choosing the optional papers.

• It is nothing like a particular paper is best. You need to analyse yourself and find it out which one suits you the best. You need to have good basics in that paper you have chosen.

• Or else you need to be confident that you can do well if you choose the paper and will be able to put your full effort onto that paper.

• The various optional papers available are Physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, statistics, animal husbandry, horticulture, commerce, history, economics, Geography, law, politics, public administration, veterinary, engineering papers namely civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics and communication etc .

• so you can choose any of the above papers as per your convenience and do your preparation in it.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Important optional subjects for Mains exam? How to choose the best among them?
thank you.

Hey friend,

The Main exams comes under the Civil Service Exams which is conducted by UPSC for the posts of IAS,IPS,IFS officers.

The candidates are selected by:

> Preliminary Exam
> Main Exam
> Interview

As asked for the information regarding the optional subjects for Main,refer below for information regarding it:

Optional Subject for Main:



You can choose any of the subjects as optional and this can be chosen in respect to what you subjects you have studied in your degree or in school.

As it would be easy to help you understand and score more marks.

For more info check at ​www.upsc.gov.in

Dear

following the list of subject

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

following the subject do not take 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 the exam

the subjects with their respective codes are mentioned below:

Agriculture 01
Botany 02
Chemistry 03
Civil Engineering 04
Commerce 05
Economics 06
Electrical Engineering 07
Geography : 08
Geology 09
Indian History 10
Law 11
Mathematics 12
Mechanical Engineering 13
Philosophy 14
Physics 15
Political Science 16
Psychology 17
Sociology 18
Zoology 19
Statistics 20
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science 21
Public Administration 22
Medical Science 23

all the best.

LIST of OPTIONAL SUBJECT

-> Agriculture
-> Management
-> Animal Husbandry & Vetinary 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
-> Law


I will suggested you to choose HISTORY,GEOGRAPHY,political science i.e among ARTS subject which are also forms part of more than 50% of syllabus/asked question in the prelim's of UPSC examination.

so these will serve you DUAL purpose...........both for main's & prelim's

as prelim's is now common for all.

Optional Subjects ::

~~ Agriculture
~~ Botany
~~ Chemistry
~~ Civil Engineering
~~ Commerce
~~ Economics
~~ Electrical Engineering
~~ Geography
~~ Geology
~~ Indian History
~~ Law
~~ Mathematics
~~ Mechanical Engineering
~~ Philosophy
~~ Physics
~~ Political Science
~~ Psychology
~~ Sociology
~~ Zoology
~~ Statistics
~~ Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
~~ Public Administration
~~ Medical Science

Some Best Optional Subjects ::

## Statistics
## Mathematics
## Indian History
## Commerce
## Law
## Psychology
## Public Administration
## Economics

Preparation ::

-Indian Language and English is qualifying papers .
-Prepare this examination according to the syllabus and select the subjects according to knowledge .
-Buy some recommend Books for Main examination .
-Collects some previous year question papers of Main examination .
-Time Management is very important while appearing this type of entrance examinations .
-Highlights the important points .

dear,

friend here are the list of all the subjecs which you xcan take as your optional subjects in mains examinations.

choose two subjects in them.

* ECONOMICS
*PSYCHOLOGY
* STATISTICS
* INDIAN HISTORY
* ZOOLOGY
* LAW
* AGRICULTURE
*MANAGEMENT
*ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
* PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
* GEOGRAPHY
* BOTANY
* MEDICAL SCIENCE
* CHEMISTRY
* PHILOSOPHY
* CIVIL ENGINEERING
* SOCIOLOGY
* GEOLOGY
* ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & Veterinary SCIENCE
* MATHEMATICS
* ANTHROPOLOGY
* MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
* PHYSICS
*COMMERCE & ACCOUNTANCY
* POLITICAL SCIENCE &
*INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Mains Examination Optional Subjects are as follows :
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 and International Relations,
Psychology, Public Administration,
Sociology, Statistics, Zoology.

you can select the best combination of subject of your interest from these subjects .
but the subjects combination that needs almost similar study are not allowed for the examination.

main exams optuional exams;-

agriculture
botany
commerce and accountancy
electrical engineering
law
medical science
political; science
phychology
sociology
chemistry
geography
economics
administrations
zoology..etc

thank you