Which subject should I select for IPS exam being a Mechanical engineering graduate?

hello
i am in third year mechanical engineering ,i want to be a ips officer which subject should i select?

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The subject chosen for optionals is to be considered very carefully as they help to score more in the exam.So need to check out your details of engineering that which subject you feel easy and in which you can score more.

Also there are other options:

1.Agriculture
2.Botany
3.Zoology
3.Political science..etc

UPSC conducts the Civil Service Exam every year for the recruitment like IAS , IPS and IFS .

The criteria for the exam is below :
-> one should done their graduation from any recognized university

-> A final year student can also eligible for applying the exam , but before the main exam one have to complete the graduation .

-> age limit is 21-30 for general cast , 3 years relaxation for obc , 5 years relaxation for sc/st/ex-serviceman , 10 years relaxation for physically handicapped .

-> maximum 4 attempts are allowed for the general cast , 7 for obc cast and no limit for the no of attempts for the sc/st cast .

Above are the basic requirements that one have to be fulfilled .

Exam have three stages .

1) Preliminary exam
2) Main exam
3) Interview

Preliminary exam consist two papers
1.General Study
2. English & Maths
and one should pass this exam for qualifying for the next round .

Main exam consists 9 descriptive type paper
1-Any language defined in constitution of India
2-english
3-essay
4-general study
5-general study
6-optional subject-1
7-optional subject-1
8-optional subject-2
9-optional subject-2

The first two papers marks are not considered but one should pass this two paper compulsory .

At last there will be interview .

List of optional subject for Main exam:
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
Law
Zoology

As you are in Mechanical branch so that mechanical is one of your optional subject and other optional subject which is best suitable for you is Maths .

So you have still one year more for the preparation point of view till prepare well .

good luck...

hello dear,
here is the list of the subjects...


Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Anthropology
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Chinese
Dogri
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu


now as you can see for you the MECHANICAL ENGINEERING subject is well suited..

happy to help you..