Which subjects should I opt in UPSC mains exam to become an IPS officer? I have completed M.Sc Mathematics.

What subjects should I opt to become an IPS officer? I have completed M.Sc Mathematics.
thank you.

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Hi dear

After your M.Sc. in Mathematics you will definitely like to have Mathematics as one of your Optional's.

So your main stress would be on choosing the other one.

You will be knowing that you can choose any subject from the given list of subjects as your Optional subject:

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

But choosing Optional Subject is a important decision for the Civil Services Exam. So you should choose the Subjects keeping your Interests and previous records in mind.

I will suggest you following subjects:

#Physics
#Chemistry
#Public Administration or other Humanities Subjects.

Good luck with your decision.

Dear friend,

since you have done mathematics in Msc so you can go with mathematics if you are comfortable and interested.

the optional subjects solely depends upon your interests.

there is no such optional which is scoring and safe.

Upsc strikes perfect balance between the various optionals by various ways.

an optional becomes marks fetching through your hard work.

an optional has to be selected based upon your interest,availability of study material,proper guidance,syllabus etc..

first go through the syllabus and then decide the one which will suit you the best.

dont choose an optional just because somebody is saying that it is very scoring

the following are the famous optionals among the aspirant:
History,geography,political science,public administration,psychology,sociology,philosophy,lit eratures,etc..

the following is the list of optionals given by UPSC:

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry & 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
21. Relations
22. Psychology
23. Public Administration
24. Sociology
25. Statistics
26. Zoology
27. Literature of one of the following languages:
� Arabic, � Assamese,� Bodo� Bengali� Chinese� Dogri� English� French� German� Gujarati� Hindi� Kannada� Kashmiri� Konkani� Maithili� Malayalam� Manipur� Marathi� Nepali � Oriya
� Pali� Persian� Punjabi � Russian � Sanskrit � Santali � Sindhi� Tamil� Telugu� Urdu


Following combinations of subjects ARE NOT ALLOWED IN Civil services exam:�

(a) Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;
(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Management;
(c) Anthropology and Sociology;
(d) Mathematics and Statistics;
(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry &Veterinary Science.
(f) Management and Public Administration;
(g) Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering�not more than one subject.
(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.

all the best