Will UPSC allow me to choose optional subjects irrespective of my educational background?

Will UPSC allow me to choose optional subjects irrespective of my educational background?
thank you..

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dear friend,
yes,
UPSC allow to choose optional subject irrespective of your educational background.
good luck....

dear friend,

yes you can choose two optional subjects which are not related to your Academic background.

but i will advice you to choose optional subjects which are related to your core subjects. Because it will be helpful for you to get prepared for the exam because you have already knowledge of these subjects. so, the whole thing is that it will be helpful for you to crack the exam.



Good Luck........

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Will UPSC allow me to choose optional subjects irrespective of my educational background?
thank you..

Dear Friend,

Yes definitely.
You can choose any subject you want irrespective whether it relates to your field, education or not.
The decision is totally upon the candidate who is applying for the examination.
If you find particular subject which makes you feel interested in to or find easier for preparation you can opt for that subject too.
You know many students opt for Public Administration subject despite of their qualification of science or engineering background.
So you can choose any subject provided it should the combination mentioned by UPSC.
UPSC does have some criteria for choosing combination of optionals.
Following is the list which of combination of subjects which UPSC does not allow:

• Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
• Commerce & Accountancy and Management
• Anthropology and Sociology
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
• Management and Public Administration
• Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering�not more than one subject
• Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science

Hope it satisfies your query.

All the best.

Regards.

Dear,

Upsc gives the subject list for all candidates which give the civil service exam. upsc prepare the subject list according to each field or stream of the graduation. You see

the subject list which is given by upsc and select two optional subject for upsc mains exam.

Following are the subject list which is given by the upsc:-

Agriculture
Management
Animal Husbandry & Vet nary
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
Zoology

Any language subject:-
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 subject do not took together
Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
Commerce and Management
Anthropology and Sociology
Maths and Statistics
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Management and Public Administration
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science
Any two branches of engineering

for more information please update with the www.upsc.gov.in

best of luck for the exam

Hey there..

Yes, UPSC allows you to choose optional of your liking. It does not force candidates to pick subjects based on their educational background.
But it does have some combinations which are not allowed.

Ex:
Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
Commerce and Management
Anthropology and Sociology
Maths and Statistics
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Management and Public Administration
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science
Any two branches of engineering.
Combination of two literatures.

Please check the notification in the official website to understand these combinations.

To apply for the exam you must be a graduate from a recognized university, within the age limit of 21-30 years, this is the eligibility criteria.

All the best!!

the upsc civil services examination is graduation based examination.
aspirants having graduation or engineering degree in any stream are eligible to apply for this examination
within the age limit 21-30 years and there is an age relaxation for the SC/ST and the OBC aspirants .

the civil services examination is conducted by upsc in two stages.
preliminary examination
mains examination.

the aspirants are required to select a best possible combination of subjects for the mains examination.
the selection of subjects fully depends on the interest and requirement of the aspirants .
there is no restriction on the selects of the subjects .
subjects combination that require almost similar preparation are are not allowed by UPSC.

the list of the optional subjects allowed by upsc are
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science,
Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering,
Commerce and Accountancy, Economics, Electrical Engineering,
Geography, Geology, History, Law, Management,
Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science,
Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and International Relations,
Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology,

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.

so you can choose any subject combination you like for the mains examination.
subject combination should be such that it lead you to success in the upsc civil services examination.

for the your knowledge the subject combination that are not allowed by upsc are
Mathematics and Statistics
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry &Veterinary Science
Management and Public Administration
combination Of the Engineering subjects like Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.
Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
Commerce & Accountancy and Management
Anthropology and Sociology.

Yes you can choose any optional irrespective of your educational background..