UPSC Exams-Subject Selection-Frequently Asked questions and Free Counselling

Respected Sir, I am doing my 3rd year engineering in electrical and electronics. Suggest me some optionals and their success ratio. I am planning to take up Electrical Engineering and Public Administration as my optionals.

- Meeran

The success ratio of Electrical Engineering is not good. There are 2 - 3 people only clear main exam out of 100 aspirants wrote with Engineering as an optional. So you have to revisit you decision.

Public Administration a good optional and its success ratio is about 1:12. Other optional, you can think of Geography. Its success ratio is about 1:10. In fact, you can go for Geography as a first optional. Other optional you can think is either psychology or Anthropology (being a science student, you will understand the subject well). The success ratio of Psychology is about 1:6 The success ratio of Anthropology is about 1:9.