Subjects to choose for IAS Exam for a Computer Science student

I am a Computer Science student and now I want to give the exam of IAS and for that I want to get the details of subjects to choose for IAS Exam for a Computer Science student so can you provide me that?

[Raman Vij]

As you want to get the details of subjects to choose for IAS Exam for a Computer Science student so here it is for you:

It all depends on your personal interest

But I will suggest you to choose the subject of graduation in the exam of IAS or near to that subject

List of Optional Subjects - CS (Main) - (Total 25):
Agriculture
Management
Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science
Mathematics
Anthropology
Mechanical Engineering
Botany
Medical Science
Chemistry
Philosophy
Civil Engineering
Physics
Commerce & Accountancy
Political Science & International Relations
Economics
Psychology
Electrical Engineering
Public Administration
Geography
Sociology
Geology
Statistics
Indian History
Zoology
Law

List of Optional Subjects (Literature) - CS (Main) - (Total 26)
Arabic
Gujarati
Manipuri
Sanskrit
Assamese
Hindi
Nepali
Sindhi
Bengali
Kannada
Oriya
Tamil
Chinese
Kashmiri
Pali
Telugu
English
Konkani
Persian
Urdu
French
Marathi
Punjabi
German
Malayalam
Russian

Nationality:
A candidate must be either :—
a citizen of India, or
a subject of Nepal, or
a subject of Bhutan, or
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Age Limit:
Candidates must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have crossed 30 years

Minimum Educational Qualifications:
Candidates must have passed graduation from any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India

Number of Attempts:
General: 4
OBC: 7
SC and ST: No Limit

Scheme of CS (Preliminary) Examination

The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 400 marks.
The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi

General Studies Paper - I 200 Marks
General Studies Paper - II 200 Marks

Scheme - CS (Main)

Paper-I
One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 18 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper) 300 Marks
Paper-II English (Qualifying Paper) 300 Marks
Paper-III Essay 200 Marks
Papers IV & V General Studies (300 Marks for each paper) 600 Marks
Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX
Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper) 1200 Marks
Total Marks for Written Examination 2000 Marks
Interview Test 300 Marks
Grand Total 2300 Marks

Contact Details:
Union Public Service Commission
UPSC,
Man Singh Road Area,
New Delhi,
Delhi 110069
India

Map Location:

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Can you tell me what subjects to choose for IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Exam as a Computer Science student as I am confused about it?

[Arun Vats]

There is no special subject that is precisely for the Computer Science student for IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Exam. Below I am listing the names of all the subjects that are offered in IAS Mains Exam you can select any one of them:

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Management
Mathematics
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

Pattern of Civil Services (Mains) Examination
Paper - I
Language -300 Marks
Candidate can take any Modern Indian language but this paper is of qualifying nature

Paper - II
English -300 Marks

Paper - III

Essay - 250 Marks

Paper-IV
General Studies-I 250 Marks
(Indian Heritage and Culture,
History and Geography of the World and Society)

Paper-V
General Studies -II: 250 Marks
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)

Paper-VI
General Studies -III 250 Marks
(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)

Paper-VII
General Studies -IV 250 Marks
(Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
Marks carried by General Studies was 4X 250=1000

Paper-VIII
Optional Subject - Paper 1 -250 Marks

Paper-IX
Optional Subject - Paper II -250 Marks

Sub Total (Written test) 1750 Marks

Interview/Personality Test - 275 marks

Grand Total 2025 Marks