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1 . Subject : IES
Question : hello sir,i have completed my b.tech energy and environmental engineering .Am I eligible for IES

-hemalatha, (7/1/2009)

Yes. BUT, you may go with one of the subjects out of FOUR subjects given by UPSC.

2 . Subject : Choosing optional subject.
Question : Sir, I will complete my B.E in computers. There are no optional subjects related to computer science. I wanted to know whether the questions asked of particular opt. subj would be at Master's level or degree level. Also please help which subject to choose..!

-Amrin, (7/1/2009)

It is said that degree level. But the papers will be at PG level.
You may go with Geography/ Public Administration/ Sociology/ Psychology etc.

3 . Subject : IAS optionals
Question : sir i am in great dilemma to what optionals to choose, i want to have geography as one optional but for the second one i am not able to think which one o should go for psychology, geology or sociology; of these subjects geology is very much related with the physical geography part; sociology is highly related t human geography part; but i find psychology interesting although i don't have any base in any of the subjects viz geography, psychology, sociology and geology ( as i am in final year of b. tech in civil engineering from iit kanpur). i am not interested in taking civil engineering as one optional.

-Pyiush Chaudhary, (7/1/2009)

Geography and Psychology OR Geography and Sociology will be fine.

4 . Subject : IAS optionals
Question : dear sir, i have done mba finance. my 1st option is public administration but i am confused for second option between commerce and sociology. can you please guide me.

-Pallavi Chaudhary, (7/1/2009)

Both Commerec and Sociology are doing well. You may go with your interest.

5 . Subject : ies
Question : respected sir, i am a B.Tech.student from N.I.T. from ECE branch. can the students of ECE branch appear for IES exam? how the preparation should be started for it?? i am in second year now. thank you

-chinmaya gupta, (7/1/2009)

Yes. You are eligible for IES. You may follow the common strategy given in the site.

6 . Subject : Seeking guidance on the path to pursue civil service
Question : Respected sir/madam,at present i am doing my 3rd year engineering in electronics.i am very keen on apearing for the civil service examinations.i would like to know wheter there will be any kind of additional benifit if i do ME/MS OR MBA after my BE. If yes, then which among the three will be the best option or some other course and y?wil it in any wat help me in the civil service examination?or will taking a degree in these cources too be beneficial in selecting an optional subject?or do u think it will be best for me to directly start my preparations after my BE?Thanking you.

-sneha shekharan, (7/1/2009)

Go for MBA if you can get admission in good Instituitions like IIMs. If it is not so, go for MS or ME in order.
For the Civil Services, you can think of Geography/ Public Administration/ Sociology/ Psychology.
It is also suggested that you may go through the detailed syllabus and previous years questions of the liked subjects, which will give an idea to select an apprpriate optional.

7 . Subject : confusion regarding subject selection
Question : Sir, i am planning to take geography with history is this combination feasible or shuld i tke sme other subject with geography. I m from non-science background?

-Yash Vardhan, (7/1/2009)

Go with some other subject with Geography.

8 . Subject : medium of question paper
Question : SIR, my optionals are zoology & botany,for these papers i want paper in english medium bt general studies paper i want to be bilingual(hindi+english) is it there like this ?? Are the papers for general study - bilingual can i select hindi medium for writing GS papers in mains alongwith subject papers in english medium

-sadanand pandey, (7/1/2009)

It is NOT allowed. One has to write in single medium only. It should be either in English or Hindi.

9 . Subject : History & Geography
Question : Sir,I want to a suggestion regarding optional.I have three subject in my choice His,PA & Geography.I hade History in my graduation but i am bit confuse weather History is less scoring.Please suggest me which one will be good Geography or history:For less tiem and good score

-Rahul, (7/1/2009)

Go with Public Administration and Geography.

10 . Subject : Public Administration & History
Question : Sir,I am final year MA(Pa)student.I am bit confused with my optional.As per my chice i like to go with His & PA.But at the same time i am in dilema that history is less scoring,is it so? please help me to select right optional.Thank you

-Pradip, (7/1/2009)

Yes. So, you may go with some other optional.

11 . Subject : Information Regarding Optionals
Question : Sir, I've completed my B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engg this year and I've got a private core job. I've decided to attempt CSE 2010 while continuing in my job. I've narrowed down my optionals to Maths, Public Adminstration, Electrical Engg, Geography and history based on my interest and knowledge. Please advise me in choosing optionals based on the availability of material, coaching institutes and scoring. Thank You.

-naveen, (7/1/2009)

Public Administration and Geography will be good. You will get good market material and standard books.

12 . Subject : IAS
Question : Respected Sir, Please tell me which is best optional for prelims Is it Geography or Public Adm.? Also tell me If I had done my B. com. by private degree then Is it a valid degree of graduation? Please also tell me Sir this IAS exam is overall fair or not because I have heard some rumour about partiality at interview stage?

-Madhup benawat, (7/1/2009)

The degree is valid. You may go with any of the optional. Both are doing well. So, go according to your interest.
There NO partiality in the Interview. You need not worry about it, it is fair.

13 . Subject : regarding optional subjects to be choosEn
Question : SIR I AM AN B.PHARM GRADUATE SIR WHICH SUBJECTS SHOULD I CHOOSE AS OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

-ishwar kumar, (7/1/2009)

You may go with Zoology or Sociology in prelims, Psychology may be second optional.

14 . Subject : chemical engineering
Question : sir i want to take ifs exam can i take geology and chemical engineering as two required optional subjects if any better optional than geology tell me

-raju, (7/1/2009)

Its ok. You can go ahead with this combination.

15 . Subject : SELECTION OF OPTIONALS
Question : Dear Sir/Madam, Please let me know the success rate in UPSC CSE with the following combinations ( public admn & psychology) , (public admn & sociology) & (Sociology & Management).Also please suggest me the best combination of the above interms of previous success rate,availability of material and any other factors.

-AJAY KUMAR PITALA, (7/1/2009)

Public Administration and Psychology.

16 . Subject : Dilemma over option for mains
Question : Respected Sir, I have completed my law and now wish to pursue my preparation for Civils. My option for prelims will be Law. Sir can you please guide me as to which out of Geography, Public Administration and Sociology should be my second option for mains. My first option will be Law and oblige. Best Wishes Rakhi Sharma

-Rakhi Sharma, (7/1/2009)

The second optional may be Public Administration.

17 . Subject : eligibility
Question : resp sir, i am doin engg in Information technology in last year ...is i am eligible for ies .... as i am from I.T

-yogesh chavan, (7/1/2009)

Yes. You are very much eligible. You may go with Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering.

18 . Subject : which optional should i select?
Question : respected sir, i have done maths hons and mba, i am thinking of taking management as my 2nd optional in mains. but i am confused over which optional sub to select for prelims among geo/hist/sociology/political sci. please tell me which optional will better suit with management and the success ratio , thank you sir

-ritu1, (7/1/2009)

Geography will be better and Sociology can be the second choice if you are not comfortable with Geography.

19 . Subject : Regarding IAS
Question : Respected Sir,I am an Engineer. I want to write IAS in Hindi Medium.I have thought about Philosphy and sociology as my optionals for IAS.which one i should select as a optional 1 (for prelims) and are these subjects suitable for IAS EXAM bcoz i have heard that sufficient books and good coachings on these subjects in hindi medium are not availble? Plese reply sir..

-adarsh, (7/1/2009)

Sociology will be better.

20 . Subject : query regarding IAS exam..
Question : Respected sir.. i wish to seek your guidance for the combination of optional subjects that can be selected for IAS prelims and main exams after completing graduation in BDS. Kindly guide me... Thanking you a lot..

-tanvir bhullar, (6/30/2009)

You may go with Zoology or Sociology in the prelims and Psychology may be opted as the second optional. Zoology and Sociology will also be a good combination.

21 . Subject : for appearing ies exam
Question : Respected sir,i have completed B.E(computer science)can i give the exam of ies?

-shruti, (6/30/2009)

Yes. Resd the question & answers given in the site. Then ask such question if there is no answer because, we have already answered similar, query which is also displayed in the site now.

22 . Subject : regarding upsc
Question : sir, i have done my MCA and now working with MNC , but i want to prepare for upsc exam , and my birth yr is Jan-1982 and i belongs to general category, so pls guide me how to i proceed. thanks

-pankaj, (6/30/2009)

You have TWO more attempts and you can go through the site in detail. It has all the details.Then if you have any specific query, you are welcome.

23 . Subject : study material
Question : sir, you have suggested to refer to certain websites for study material. please tell us websites where i can get the knowledge of good study material.

-garima, (6/30/2009)

We said for the book list only. Not for the study material. It is always better to go for the hard copy books for any preparation.

24 . Subject : selection of optionals
Question : dear sir,i've completed b.a. in anthropology & for ias.my 1st optional will be anth.but i'm confused whether to take psychology or pub. adm.

-prasant, (6/30/2009)

Anthropology is NOT an optional in the prelims stage. You may go with Public Administration in prelims.

25 . Subject : subject selection
Question : Sir, i am a mechanical engineer working in Essar. for cse i want mechanical engineering as my first option and philosophy as my second option. Is it a right choice? Also I want to halt my preparations for one year so that I can improve my writing skills which are very poor right now. Please tell some measures to improve my writing skills.

-rohit, (6/30/2009)

Mechanicl Engineering may be little difficult to score. As far as to improve the writing skills, one has to to more "Writing practice". Thats all.

26 . Subject : eligibility for civil services
Question : sir,i've done my graduation from SOL delhi university ,am i eligible for civil services exam especially after all the controversy regarding the recognition of the degrees from SOL by DEC..thank you

-vikas, (6/30/2009)

If the degree is NOT recognized, UPSC can't help. BUT in this case, UPSC is the final authority.

27 . Subject : Confusion on optionals selection!!
Question : Sir,I narrowed down to taking Maths & Management as my optionals but I am unaware of how far these subjects are helpful in achieving good scores.I am very much interested in both these subjects but lot of people are saying management is not a good optional!!I can understand that the other optionals like geography,history are useful in general studies as well but please tel me "Can I achieve my target of cracking civils with my chosen optionals?"

-raviteja, (6/30/2009)

It is also possible and there are many people go with these types of combination and pass also. BUT the success ratio is low in these combinations. BUT if you are really thorough in these subjects, you can very well go ahead with it.

28 . Subject : History
Question : Respected Sir/mam, i am a civil service aspirant. My first optional is history. basically i am a technical student. i have gone thro the strategy for history by bhusan sir in this site. how can i start my preparation ? I have all the booklets of ignou. shall i start from ncert & ignou? Thanx in advancel

-krish, (6/30/2009)

Its fine. You may follow the strategy given in the site. that is more than enough.

29 . Subject : IAS or IES?
Question : Sir, I have completed my B.Tech in electrical and electronics and I am currently working as a graphic specialist. I am 23 now and I am in a great dilemma of chosing between IAS or IES? Which one would be preferred by you and why? I would a also like to know if taking an M.Tech degree is a better option.

-Viswa, (6/30/2009)

Civil Services is better than IES. There is no doubt about it. But the Civil services are general in administration, where as the IES is purely technical one.
If you can do M.tech, you can very well go for it.

30 . Subject : optionals selection
Question : Sir, please tell me the best combination out of following subjects- history, geography, political science, public admin.. which one is most suitable for prelims

-swapnil, (6/30/2009)

Geography and Political Science OR Geography and Public Administration.

31 . Subject : dillema on publ adminis
Question : respected sir,i am a mbbs prefinal student. i have decided medi sci as my first potionl and thinking of pub admin as second one but i am told that upsc selects certain percentage of aspirnts wid pub admin and rejects other. in a way there is a filter for oub adm persons. is it so?

-yagyesh shah, (6/30/2009)

It is not like that. It is purely a rumour and wrong information. You can go with any subject. Today, we have explained the selection criteria in the prelims stage also.

32 . Subject : Regarding IPS
Question : Dear sir, i have done 2 years diploma in animal husbandry after s.s.c and after thar i have completed B.A in ambedkar university can i eligible for civil services exams.

-s.makthar ahamed, (6/30/2009)

Yes.

33 . Subject : Regarding proportion
Question : Hi sir, iam from Bangalore. Sir, my option in prelims is public adm. Sir i wanted to now how much i need to score in pub adm and general studies to qualify for the mains. Please guide and how they take into account i mean how they will calculate. Is there will be difference from subject to subject. Every one commonly takes pub adm as an optional do i have less chance to qualify for mains. Please guide me its an humble request.

-Vishwa, (6/30/2009)

There is a process called Normalisation or standardization.Under this procedure all the subjects scores will be normalised with the score of a standard subject. Then GS mark will be sdded and then the list will be issued.
For example, the standard subejct is History and the top mark is 250 out of 300. Then other scores like Public Administration TOP score is 270 out of 300 meand the 270 will be brought down to 250 and all the scores will be downgraded accordingly. Then if the TOP mark/score of Maths is 225 out of 300, where the 225 will be brought up to 250 mayks. All the other scores of Maths will be made up proportionately. Like this all optional scores are normalised and then the GS mark is added directly with the score in the ranking. then the list is published.

34 . Subject : MPSC
Question : Dear sir , I am 27 yer old for last 4 yer working in Pharmacetical campany in sales .Can apply for UPSC & how i start preparing . Thanksyou.

-Sachin Jagdale, (6/30/2009)

Yes. You can do it.

35 . Subject : IES question papers.
Question : Sir, I need Previous year questions papers of IES electrical examination. Is there any website where can i get this ?

-Vinod, (6/30/2009)

No where it is available. We are in the process. Soon, it will be there in the site.

36 . Subject : Query on IAS syllabus
Question : Sir, I am kannada medium strudent and i have finished graduate in recognised university, can i take IAS syllyabus in KANNADA LANGUAGE?

-santhosh, (6/30/2009)

Yes. You can take up.

37 . Subject : enquiry
Question : dearsir, i am doing my graduation(BA) from D.U coresspondence am i elligible for civil services

-sourabh bhartiya, (6/30/2009)

Yes. Any recognized degree is eligible.

38 . Subject : confusion over MECHANICAL ENGINEERING as an optional subject
Question : Respected sir , I am in final year of mechanical engineering (Mumbai university) and want to start preparing for upsc exam.I want to select MECHANICAL ENGINEERING as one of the optional subjects for both prelims and mains as i am comfortable with it.However many of the coaching centers advise against it.So what must be the subject selection for both prelims and mains?

-Vaibhav pawar, (6/29/2009)

Go with some popular subjects like Public Administration/ Geography/ Sociology/ psychology etc.

39 . Subject : ias
Question : sir,does the prelims exam have negative markingfor the wrong answers?

-priyanga, (6/29/2009)

Yes. One third for every negative answer.

40 . Subject : IAS
Question : Respected Sir, As I am finishing my b.tech in 2011 so I will get the marksheet in may 2011 but I will got the complete degree in aug 2012 but marksheet is the proof of completing the b.tech So Sir, can I eligible for 2011 then?

-Tinu Agarwal, (6/29/2009)

Degree is important. OR you ahve to get the Course Completion Certificate.

41 . Subject : about subjects
Question : Respected Sir,I am B.B.A. 2 nd student n planning for doing I.A.S. I m in confsion wid subjects which subjets i choose for this exams..i wanted to know if it is possible to choose public administration and ecomics...if my decision is wrong pls sugesst me any other subject which is more suitable for me.........THANKS

-PRIYANKA, (6/29/2009)

Its fine. You have to be strong in Economics as this subject is not the core subject.

42 . Subject : about the qualification
Question : Sir, i am studying in final year degree. i wish to take IAS exam. but i wanted to know if its possible to take IAS exam even when now or after the completion of the degree. wil i able to apply now itself or after completing my degree please answer i am waiting

-ashwini, (6/29/2009)

Those who are in the final year degree also can apply but must complete 21 years as on 1st August of the year of exam. BUT it is suggested to go for the exam after completing the degree with full preparation, so that you will not waste one attempt unnecessarily.

43 . Subject : for hindi medium
Question : Dear sir,i m doing AMIE IN MECHANICAL, i want to go for ias in year 2012,and want to write exam in hindi Medium.i m taking two optional subject indian history & public administrative.sir i have doubt,i want to give all subject exam's in hindi.only english qualifiying in english medium. can i give general studies,essay,my optional subjects exam in hindi medium? Thank's

-ashish jangda, (6/29/2009)

Yes. You have to write all papers in Hindi except General English(Qualifying) in English.

44 . Subject : query
Question : Gud afternoon sir,i have just completed my b.com this year,now i do not have any interest in commerce field .so,what course can i do now for a good career?please reply soon.

-payal, (6/29/2009)

That means, you are NOT interested in CA also. Then, you can think of management also. In addition, think of some computer related course as of now. Then, you can think of Civil Services exam also.
If possible, you can go for MA Economics immediately.

45 . Subject : about ies
Question : sir, please kindly inform me that whether the ies examination conducted by the upsc is for the candidates of computer science branch or its only for electrical, electronics,civil and mechanical

-pankaj, (6/29/2009)

The computer Scienec person also can appear, but he/she has to appear with one of the four subjects given by the UPSC. Normally, CS people go with Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering.

46 . Subject : ARC RECOMMENDATION
Question : Sir how sooner can we expect the ARC reccomendation to be implemented,as the govt.of india seems very much convinced with the commissions recommendations on overhauling the civil services set up in the country.

-umair, (6/29/2009)

It is not like that. If it is accepted, there will be soemtime frame for others, who are above 25 years, have to be given ample opportunity. So, there will be a cut off date in this regard. In addition, there are many stake holders in this issue, it may go through some amemndments also.

47 . Subject : ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION
Question : Respected sir, i completed my BE(ECE) this year..i started to prepare for civil service..but i am confused in taking optional subjects..my friend is saying that he is going to take electrical engg..and sociology..please help me..i am decided to take sociology and geography..is it ok..

-M.UMAPATHY, (6/29/2009)

You may go with your Choice and you are better placed.

48 . Subject : civil services
Question : sir recently i completed my btech in ece wid 80% and i want to write civil services exam now so can i go for it r else shall i go for a s/w job nd my 2nd query is shall i choose electrical engineering as an optional for prelims

-deepthi, (6/29/2009)

Dear Friend, you may go with your gut feeling. What do you want to achieve in this world, that is very important. If you are really interested in the Civil Services, work for it with more dedication, where you have to loose manything now like entertainment, chatting, friends circle ( reduced timing). So, you may go with your liking and disliking. Better thing is that you may write down your needs and your aspirantions with what do you want to achieve in this period like that, this will give a clearcut idea to select a right path.
As far as your query about optionl is, the technical subjects are NOT doing well in these years, so you can think of some other subject in its place if you are serious about the preparation.
Above all, you may see the family situation, whether your family needs your support or not like that.

49 . Subject : IES
Question : Respected Sir, I am pursuing B tech ECE .I am a 3 yr student. I wanted to ask how much time is required for preparation of IES? When should I start my preparation for a good attempt?? Waiting for your kind reply

-Vaibhav, (6/29/2009)

8 Hours preparation per day for 8-9 months.

50 . Subject : Course Option
Question : Dear Sir/Madam , Excuse me if my quesion is weird . I have completed Btech in ComputerScience and doing Job for last 2 years .Generally for this back ground what are the best options to opt . Santhosh

-Santhosh, (6/29/2009)

Go for MBA in a reputed instituition like IIMs or go for Masters in IIT etc.

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