Subject wise marks weightage in UPSC in the years 2019,2018,2017 and 2016 respectively include:

1. Indian Economy-14%, 16%, 8%, 8%
2. Current Affairs-22%, 28%, 34%, 27%
3. History, Modern India, Indian National Movements-17%, 15%, 14%, 15%
4. Geography- 14%, 8%, 7%, 7%
5. Indian Polity- 15%, 13%, 22%, 7%
6. Science & Technology-7%, 7%, 4%, 8%

From the UPSC civil Services examination point of view  i would suggest you to choose Sociology. It is because the syllabus generally doesn't change much and it is not that conceptual subject too. I am not saying that it is a cake walk but as compare to International Relations it

Hello Aspirant,

BA in sociology honor would be a better option in comparison to general ba in sociology. As it will help you when you'll be taking in upsc. And moreover it  will add only one additional subject which will value most from degree perspective. And it will open more

Dear Suresh,

You can select any stream in class 10th and 12 th to write the UPSC exam. But the mist preferred and most useful stream would be the Arts stream with subjects including History, Geography, English and political science.

For your degree course also the same applies. But following

Hi,

Nearly half of students who crack Union Public Service examinations (UPSC) are engineer graduates. In 2017, among the top 20 UPSC toppers 19 were engineer graduates.There has been consistent rise in the number of engineers cracking the IAS Main exam since 2010.

I hope it helps.

Dear Prem,

There are a lot of differences between BA honors program and BA program which will be discussed in the following section:

• Requirement of Dissertation in the Honors degree which is not required for a BA program
• Academic Superiority for BA honors degree more than the BA Program
• Many

Hi

Upsc mains examination is descriptive examination and you have to answer question in a detailed manner so the choice of pen becomes important as it affects your writing speed and flow of writing.

In prelims only ball pens are allowed but in mains you can go for any pen

hey,

the syllabus of UPSC NDA and NA(1) Written test is as follows

paper 1 ; mathematics (300 marks)

syllabus- concept of set, operation on sets, venn diagram , de morgan laws, cartesian product , relations , equivalence relation

1. algebra - representation of real number on a line complex