What is the importance of Arts subjects in IAS exams?

hello sir/mam
i m 12th passed student.i wanna select in IAS.wt r d compulsary subjects in IAS.theirs a importance of arts subject IAS selection..

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dear aspirant,

UPSC conduct Civil Services Exam every year for the posts of IAS. For Civil Services exam you need graduation in an stream with any percentage. So first you have to go for graduation.
Arts Subjects like History, Geography and Political Science are very helpful in cracking Civil Services Exam. So prepare well of these Subjects and also concentrate on Aptitude.


Eligibility Criteria For Civil Services:

>>you must have completed or appearing in final year of graduation.

>>your age must be within 21 years to 30 years on 1 August of the year of exam. there is relaxation in upper age limit up to 3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.



Limit Number Of Attempts:

>>General category: 4 attempts

>>OBC category: 7 attempts

>>SC/ST category: No Limit




Important dates of Civil Services exam in 2013:


CSAT(Prelims):

date of Notification:05.03.2013

last date of receipt of application:04.04.2013

date of exam:26.05.2013



Mains:

date of exam:01-12-2013



You can apply for the exam online on following official link of UPSC:

http://upsconline.nic.in/

Good Luck......

Dear Aspirant

It is really good that you are focused on your aim at such stage .There are only one optional provided by UPSC in main examination but apart from all papers are complusory Preliminary examination consists of two compulsory papers. Paper 1 of General Studies and Paper 2 consisting questions of English comprehension,reasoning ,aptitude

Similarly Main examination consists of four papers of general studies groups as
General Studies 1:Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
General Studies 2:Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations
General Studies 3:Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management
General Studies 4:Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
So you can see most of the compulsory papers covers a wide range of arts subjects.Hence importance of arts subjects increases.Study materials of arts subject are easily available So most people refer arts subjects