What all subjects should I study for IAS exam? Is it tougher than our engineering studies?

What all subjects should I study for IAS exam? Is it tougher than our engineering studies?
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Hi Aspirant,

Civil Service exam is conducted by UPSC at national Level.

UPSC stands for Union public Service Commission.

It conducts the exam for various competitive exams.

The exam standard is highly tough.

For the preparation of Civil Exam You should study of following subjects

General knowledge

General English

One Indian language

Essay

Two optional subject ( you can choose as per your desire)


I am attaching the list of optional subject with mains syllabus.

You will have to choose optional subject in mains exam.


Exam procedure of CSE

Prelims exam


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Mains exam



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Yes , CS exam is much tough than engineering study.

Civil Service is the toughest exam of India and 2^nd toughest exam of the world after French civil exam.

Best of Luck�

You should study the following subjects
1) History
2) Geography
3) Polity
4)Economy
5)science
All these subjects are covered in general studies
for CSAT, you have study aptitude, Data Interpretation, reasoning , logical deductions etc
for Mains exam, you have to choose 2 optional subjects
No doubt that it is the toughest competitive exam. Each year nearly 4 lakh students are competing for 1000 ( approximate) vacancies.
You cannot compare Engineering studies and IAS exam,both are entirely different. You can just memorise answers and present easily in Engineering services exam. But in IAS exam, you need thorough understanding of concepts, practical application, analytical thinking and creativity. You cannot memorise and just write an answer. Questions are not asked directly. The exam tests the extensive and in- depth knowledge of the candidates. IAS exam requires special dedicated smart work . We can sit for a week before exam and clear Engineering , the same is not possible in IAS exams.

Dear friend,

YES civil services exam is very tough exam when compared to your engineering exam.Infact engineering exams are very easy to crack as compared to the civil services exam.

More effort is needed for the civil services exam and infact the toughness cannot be matched with the engineering exams or any graduate exams.so dont compare it is definitely tough exam.

The subjects you have to study are the following:

• current affairs
• indian culture
• history
• geography
• polity and constitution
• economics
• science and technology
• statistics

etc....

apart from the above list you have to prepare for two optional subjects worth 1200 marks,essay paper,two qualifying papers,personality test.

for more details you can see www.upsc.gov.in

hope it is clear.

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.

The following is the syllabus for prelims:

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 - Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance � Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and Social Development � Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization
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).

Note -
Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.


all the best