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There is no Specific Subjects to become an IAS Officer.

Only Graduation is a minimum Qualification for IAS Officer.

For main Exam you can choose any subjects from a given list.

Upsc Main Examination - Optional Subjects :

• General Studies
• Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry & 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
• Zoological

Part A - IAS/UPSC Preliminary Examination - Optional Subjects
General Studies
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

Part B - IAS/UPSC Main Examination - Optional Subjects
General Studies
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
Anthropology
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Chinese
English
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Management

it depends on your own ability. the list of subjects can be obtained from upsc official website.

friend,

There are various subjects which are compulsory and various which are optional
so they are:

1) Psychology
2) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3) Public Administration
4) Agriculture
5) Sociology
6) Botany
7) Chemistry
8) Geology
9) Electrical Engineering
10) Civil Engineering
11) Economics
12) Commerce and Accountancy
13) History
14) Geography
15) Physics
16) Medical Science
17) Law
18) Mathematics
19) Mechanical Engineering
20) Philosophy
21) Zoology
22) Political Science
23) Statistics

For MAINS EXAMINATION the optional are:
General Studies,
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,
Anthropology,
Arabic,
Assamese,
Bengali,
Chinese,
English,
German,
Gujarati,
Hindi,
Kannada,
Kashmiri,
Konkani,
Malayalam,
Manipuri,
Marathi,
Nepali,
Oriya,
Pali,
Persian,
Punjabi,
Russian,
Sanskrit,
Sindhi,
Tamil,
Telugu,
Urdu,
Management.

Hi dear,

The Following Combinations are NOT allowed by the UPSC

Political Science & International relations and Pubilc Administration
Commerce & Accountancy and Management
Anthropopgy and Sociology
Mathematics and Statistice
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Management and Public Administration
Any two branches of engineering
Animal Husbandry & Veterimary Science and Mediacal Science
Combination if two Literatures

UPSC PLAN OF EXAMINATION:

The Civil Services Examination consists Civil Services Main Exam(Written & Interview) for selection of candidates

UPSC Interview Questions 2011
UPSC Main Examination - Optional Subjects
General Studies
Essay
English Qualifying
Indian Languages
Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Anthropology

Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Chinese
Dogri
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu


Thanks

It is depend your choice or your streem

To become a IAS officer first of all you need to be graduate in any discipline ,You can take subjects whatever subjects you have studied in your graduation and you will have to take some of the optional subjects like Indian History,Management,Physics,Chemistry,Botany,Zoolog y,Mathamatics,Phisioloy.sociology ,Civil engineering ,etc ,paper consists of 2 papers Pre exam and mains ,Mains is subjective and mains is subjective ,You need to clear both the papers to appear for Interview.

dear friend,it depends what subjects you are good at.you have not mentioned your stream also but however some of the important subjects for IAS are indian history,international affairs,geography,economics,,political science ,english ,ecologyetc.

you need to take english as compulsory subject

you can select any of the one among this as regional subject..

Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Chinese
Dogri
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu


all the best

All subjects are optional for becoming IAS officers. You had choose any subjects for IAS.
Optional subjects are:
General Studies
Essay
English Qualifying
Indian Languages
Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Anthropology
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Chinese
Dogri
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

The optional subjects for main examination of IAS/UPSC are as follows:
1.general studies,
2.essay,
3.english qualifying,
4.indian languages,
5.mathematics,
6.agriculture,
7.animal husbandry and veterinary science,
8.botany,
9.chemistry,
10.civil engineering,
11.commerce,
12.economics,
13.electrical engineering,
14.geography,
15.geology,
16.indian history,
17.law,
18.mathematics,
19.management,
20.mechanical engineering,
21.medical science,
22.philosophy,
23.physics,
24.political science,
25.psychology,
26.public administration,
27.sociology,
28.statistics,
29.zoology,
30.anthropology.

these are the subjects which we can take and study as an optional subject..Here all are important only because in all the subjects you can shine only if you are strong in that subject.

all the best

subjects are given below

(Paper 1) (200 marks) consists of
Current events.
History
Geography
Indian Polity and governance
Economic and social development
and General science.

(Paper II) (200 marks)
Comprehension
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy(Class X level)
English language comprehension skills (Class X level)

hello dear....
For IAS exam the one subject is compulsory i.e GENERAL STUDIES and second one is optional and you can choose any from Psychology, Sociology, Geology, Agriculture, Physics ,Chemistry ,Maths....its not compulsory to choose the same subject of your graduation........kkk

In Civil service exam , you will have to choose two optionals.
UPSC provides a long list of optionals to chose from, which covers almost all of the bachelor fields courses, so you can do your graduation in whatever field you like.

You can see the list of optional here:
http://www.upsc.gov.in/general/civil.htm

only English and anyone of regional language is compulsory in CS.you can choose any of optional according to your choice.mostly arts subject are useful because of availability of material and coaching classes also .

Dear freind i like your thinking,it is good to think from right now for a bright career.IAS exam is conducted by upsc,ias paper consists of two sets one written test and other one is personal interview.The whole process of selection take one year,intreview test are conducted for only those who will pass written test.There are many courses through which you can give ias exam,the best way is to pursue a graduation in any course of your interest and then give from that subject ias paper.Foi ias graduation is must.some subjects are listed here-chemistry,physics,maths,geography,botany,zoology,h istory of India and many other subjects are there.But you must analyse your interest in subject.Good luck!

for an IAS exam, you need to select one of the subject for a paper, i.e. two subjects:-

(Paper 1) (200 marks) consists of
Current events.
History
Geography
Indian Polity and governance
Economic and social development
and General science.

(Paper II) (200 marks)
Comprehension
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy(Class X level)
English language comprehension skills (Class X level)

Dear friend, there is no compulsion to choose certain subjects. You can choose subjects of your choice. Always remember to choose subjects with which you are comfortable not just because your friends or relatives have opted for it.

IAS test is conducted by Union Public Service Commission each year as their no compulsory subjects required at graduation level,a candidate have completed his graduation then he is eligible to give entrance test with fulfill age criteria:
A list of various subjects available according to region or interest of candidaate:
Psychology,Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science,Public Administration,Agriculture,Sociology,Botany,Chemis try,Geology,Electrical Engineering,Civil Engineering,Economics,Commerce and Accountancy,History,Geography,Physics,Medical Science, Law, Mathematics,Mechanical Engineering,Philosophy,Zoology,Political Science,Statistics

For MAINS EXAMINATION the optional are:
General Studies,
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,
Anthropology,
Arabic,
Assamese,
Bengali,
Chinese,
English,
German,
Gujarati,
Hindi,
Kannada,
Kashmiri,
Konkani,
Malayalam,
Manipuri,
Marathi,
Nepali,
Oriya,
Pali,
Persian,
Punjabi,
Russian,
Sanskrit,
Sindhi,
Tamil,
Telugu,
Urdu &
Management

hello,
there is no praticular subject to become IAS officer you only have to graduater with min 60%
with any of the stream ( science,comm or arts ) the only difference come when u become officer
and at that time u were asked for only that palce in which u r graduted thats all . With every
graduation degree you can become IAS officer u hav to give CDS exam and than SSB .if u clear both of this
exam u are asked to join any of the defence field so u can join them .
all the best for your future

IAS exam held in 3 stages:-
Prelim., main and interview.

Prelim.exam is now changed to CSAT exam.

Subjects choosen option is in the main exam.
UPSC Main Examination - Optional Subjects

General Studies
Essay
English Qualifying
Indian Languages
Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Anthropology
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Chinese
Dogri
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

Any Graduate Candidates are eligible to become a IAS officer, So You can choose any subjects/Course In your Graduation. I think you are aware about that the IAS Examination was conducted by UPSC And to become IAS Officer You need to appear for Civil services examination, The Examination was held 2 times in a year and firstly you have to appear for Preliminary examination and after clear the preliminary examination you are eligible for Main Examination, The UPSC Have already changed the preliminary examination Pattern, And for this examination you have to appeared for 2 examination the examination called CSAT, The paper are Objective type with same marks and same duration, The pattern and syllabus are availiable in the UPSC website.

But To apply for This examination your age should between 21 to 30 years and You must be hold a graduate degree in any discipline from a Recognised university, Final Year students ate also eligible for this examination, the application form was availiable in the month of February in the employment newspaper or in the official website of UPSC, You can also obtained the application form from the designated post offices of India. You will gets only 4 chances to apply for this examination And for more information please check UPSC website.

So, Please dont worry, Just choose any subject and course according to your own Interest.

There are various subjects which are compulsory and various which are optional
so they are:

1) Psychology
2) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3) Public Administration
4) Agriculture
5) Sociology
6) Botany
7) Chemistry
8) Geology
9) Electrical Engineering
10) Civil Engineering
11) Economics
12) Commerce and Accountancy
13) History
14) Geography
15) Physics
16) Medical Science
17) Law

to became an IAS you are grauate from any streem.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello sir,
WHAT SUBJECTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR BECOMING IAS
thank you in advance

Hey friend,

IAS is conducted by UPSC and it is held every year.There are certain restrictions which a candidate must possess to apply for IAS.

The candidate must be a citizen of India.
The candidate must have a age limit of 21-30 years
The candidate must have a degree from a recognized university.

There are 3 stages in this exam namely:

Preliminary exam.
Main exam.
Interview.

The optional subjects for this main exam are:

• General Studies
• Essay
• English Qualifying
• Indian Languages
• Mathematics
• Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Commerce
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Geography
• Geology
• Indian History
• Law
• Mathematics
• Management
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Science
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Arabic
• Assamese
• Bengali
• Bodo
• Chinese
• Dogri
• English
• French
• German
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Kashmiri
• Konkani
• Maithili
• Malayalam
• Manipuri
• Marathi
• Nepali
• Oriya
• Pali
• Persian
• Punjabi
• Russian
• Sanskrit
• Santali

For more information check at the official website at http://www.upsc.gov.in

Thank you.

MOSTLY IAS ASPIRANT OPTED FOR GEOGRAPHY OR ARTS SUBJECT.

The optional subjects for main examination of
IAS/UPSC are as follows:
1.general studies,
2.essay,
3.english qualifying,
4.indian languages,
5.mathematics,
6.agriculture,
7.animal husbandry and veterinary science,
8.botany,
9.chemistry,
10.civil engineering,
11.commerce,
12.economics,
13.electrical engineering,
14.geography,
15.geology,

hiii sir gud mrng...!
i m very intsrtng about an IAS oficer i juz die for that post...plz tel me hw to prepare for the xams nd say 1 of the best institute in hyderabad r delhi..now m studyng b.tech final year in ece stream...how many years tym it vl take to complete the preparation plzzz ans to my msg

hiii sir good mrng...!
i m very intesting about to bcom an IAS oficer...i juz die fot that post bcoz that's my life...now m studyng b.tech final year n ece stream..plz tel me how much time r years it vl take to prepare for an IAS nd one of the best inst to join in civils in hyderabad r delhi

please send me a fast rply 2 my post

UPSC offers a long list of subjects, so dont worry about optional subjects.
The most important if General awareness & current affairs, current affairs are getting more importance in last years.
It will also help you in Interview.
So, for subjects, its better to keep one subject which yo have studied in graduation & another chose according to ur interest.
But still public Ad & geography are some good scoring optionals.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello sir,
WHAT SUBJECTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR BECOMING IAS
thank you in advance

In IAS each and every subjects is necessary like :
Law
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Statistics,
Zoology,
Anthropology,
Arabic,
Assamese,
Bengali,
Chinese,
English,
German,
Gujarati,
Hindi,
Kannada,
Kashmiri,
Konkani,
Malayalam,
Manipuri,
Marathi,
Nepali,
Oriya,
Pali,
Persian,
Punjabi,
Russian,
Sanskrit,
Sindhi,
Tamil and
Telugu.

Minimum qualification is graduation and you have one of the following subject compulsory.....
General Studies
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry & 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
Zoological
If you have one of the above mentioned subject then you are eligible...

subjects are given below

(Paper 1) (200 marks) consists of
Current events.
History
Geography
Indian Polity and governance
Economic and social development
and General science.

(Paper II) (200 marks)
Comprehension
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy(Class X level)
English language comprehension skills (Class X level)

i am student of class ninth good at general studies and history can i become ias from only these two subjects

There is no Specific Subjects to become an IAS Officer.
Only Graduation is a minimum Qualification for IAS Officer.
There are various subjects which are compulsory and various which are optional
so they are:

1) Psychology
2) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3) Public Administration
4) Agriculture
5) Sociology
6) Botany
7) Chemistry
8) Geology
9) Electrical Engineering
10) Civil Engineering
11) Economics
12) Commerce and Accountancy
13) History
14) Geography
15) Physics
16) Medical Science
17) Law
18) Mathematics
19) Mechanical Engineering
20) Philosophy

Hi friend ,
In ias exam there are multiple subject you have to choose any one of the subject . There are 3 level of examination is conducted by the UPSC there are Preliminary exam , Main exam , and Interview .The eligibility of IAS exam is you finished any of the degree course in recognized board . The age limit is you have complete 21 to 30 years . The relaxation period is given sc/st and widow candidates . I listed the optional subject of ias .

List of Subject for IAS Examination :

General Studies
Commerce
Economics
Botany
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Law
Indian History
Geology
Geographic
Chemistry
Animal husbandry
Physics
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Philosophy
Medical Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Zoology
statistics
If any of the subject missing means iam very sorry for that .
You can choose any one subject in above list .

compulsory questions:
You Have the Knowledge about given below :
comprehension
Precis writing
Usage and Vocabulary
Short Essay
Translation of English
All The Best!

For IAS any bachelor degree students are eligible.

So you can choose any subjects of your interest.

Science, arts or commerce candidates are apply for IAS examination
only if they completed his graduate degree course and your age not be
less than 21 and not more than 30.

Application broucher are availiable in post offices or also availiable online.
The exams are already completed, please wait for next year examination
the notification was published in January, read the employment website
and also visit UPSC website for details.

hi,friend
the subjects for to become IAS is given here

physics
mathematics
mechanical engineering
electrical engineering
economics
agriculture
indian history
giology
giography
zoology
statistic
sociology
political science
bonaty
chemistry
law
management
medical science
civil engineering
commerce
pyscology