Hello,

The answer to your question lies in the fact that you want to appear for UPSC with or without back up plan, see BA-BEd degree is really good option if you're aiming for career in teaching as a back-up plan, you can easily appear for CTET and state level SETs if you enjoy teaching, if you don't then you can simply pursue BA program or BA Hons in political science, history, geography, economics, public administration, sociology etc as there is considerable overlap with the syllabus of  general studies and optional subject, in general the eligibility criteria of UPSC is passed graduation in any stream from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this case, you can appear even in the final year of graduation, and you need to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year.