From which subjects questions will be asked in UPSC preliminary exams? Should I select the subjects for the preliminary tests? I have studied psychology, physiology & sociology. Is it possible to select medicine as my subject?

hi i am a BSc graduate in nursing, from which subjects questions will come for the preliminary examination, whether i have to select the subject for the preliminary test also. I have studied psychology, physiology, sociology in brief is that possible to select medicine (because i have studied medicine subjects except surgery and am preparing with medicine subjects like anatomy physiology and general medicine) as my subject or i have to write exams in physiology, sociology,psychology.
thanking you
Rakesh Ramadas

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dear friend,

UPSC changed the Pattern of UPSC Civil Services Prelims Exam. Now it is also called CSAT(Civil Services Aptitude Test). There is no optional subjects in CSAT exam. In this two papers are conducted which comes from General Studies and Logical and reasoning questions. Both papers are of objective type.
UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam still same. You have to choose optional subjects for UPSC mains exam. you can opt any two optional subjects from the list of optional subjects.


Good Luck.....

In the new pattern there is no optionals for prelims. paper1 is general studies which includes questions from Indian History, Geography, Constitution of india, Economy, science and current events of national and international importance. Paper 2 is CSAT in which reasoning skills, English language skills and Quantitative ability is checked.
I mains you can choose 2 optionals. since you studied related to medicine you can choose subjects ike medical science, psychology, zoology etc.

dear
preliminary exams have 2 paper
UPSC Prelims Exam Syllabus

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
Current events of national and international importance
History of India and Indian National Movement
Indian and World Geography
Indian Polity and Governance
Economic and Social Development
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change
General Science.

Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X level)
Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

u need to read cbse books for prelims because most paper comes form those books