best optionals in u.p.s.c

BEGINNING WITH FIRST OF ALL ALL THE VERY BEST FOR CHOOSING THIS STREAM OR FOR DECIDING TO BE A PART OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE ..A DREAM WHICH REQUIRES A LOT OF MENTAL STRENGTH,ABILITY,HARD WORK ,LADY LUCK AND DETERMINATION ALONG WITH SOME GOOD GUIDANCE...THE RACE IS REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE OF THE SHEER PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WANTING AND ACTUALLY WRITING THE EXAM..IMAGINE 1 LAKH ASPIRANTS WRITING THE EXAM FOR 500 POSTS AND IF YOU WANT TO BE AN IAS OR AN IPS IT HAS TO BE BELOW 200
EVERYONE OF US HAVE A COMMON PROBLEM BEFORE SELECTING AN OPTIONAL ..WE HEAR MANY RUMOURS THAT A PARTICULAR OPTIONAL IS VERY SCORING OR THAT MORE PEOPLE GOT SELECTED FROM ONE OPTIONAL ..OR SOMETHING ELSE.IF YOU THINK SO JUST LOOK BELOW AND DECIDE

Myth: Certain optionals have better prospects at the Preliminary.
Reality: The UPSC offers 23 optionals at the Preliminary. All optionals offer equal chances of success. Usually the “proportionate method of representation” is followed. This method may be explained as follows:
Total no. candidates appearing at the examination with various optionals = 1,00,000
Total no. of candidates to be selected for the Main Examination = 10,000
Candidates taking History = 20,000
Minimum representation to be secured of candidates who have opted for History = 2,000.
Thus every optional is weighted proportionally.

Myth: A large number of candidates are opting for optional ‘X’. Hence it is better to take optional ‘Y’, which is chosen by very few candidates.
Reality: As explained, the number of candidates to be selected from a certain optional is directly proportional to the number of candidates who opt for it. If a large number of students opt for a particular discipline then the number of students taking it selected for the mains will be equally large. If a small number opt for a particular subject, the number selected will be correspondingly less.

Myth: Every optional has a ‘cut-off’ mark. Hence it is better to choose one with a low cut-off.
Reality: What do we mean by cut-off? Only 10,000 qualify at the preliminary. The marks scored by the last candidate mark the ‘cut-off’ Thus all candidates who score more than the cut-off will qualify and all those who don’t will not. You should remember that this is a competitive examination. There is no qualifying score. Whatever the marks, the first 10,000 candidates will qualify. Thus the cut-off point changes from year to year. If the questions are difficult the ‘cut-off’ mark automatically comes down.

THIS CLEARLY SHOWS NOT TO BELIEVE IN RUMOURS IN UPSC .EVERYDAY 100 RUMOURS SURFACE ..DONT BOTHER ABOUT THEM..
EVERY OPTIONAL IS SCORING IT IS ONLY YOUR APTITUDE WHICH SHOULD DECIDE WHAT OPTIONAL YOU WANT TO WRITE WITH..MAKE AN SWOT ANALYSIS(YOUR STRENGHTS,WEAKNESSES,OPPORTUNITIES (THT IS THE COACHING AVAILABLE) AND THREATS )AND THEN DECIDE ON YOUR OPTIONAL..
THIS EXAM DETERMINES YOUR COMMITMENT AND CHARACTER..
FOCUS MORE ON CONCEPTUAL CLARITY
FOCUS ONLY ON THE SYLLABUS AND NOT ON ANYTHING ELSE..AND MOST OF ALL BE OPTIMISTIC ..I WAS VERY PESSIMISTIC ON THE DAY OF MY INTERVIEW AND I PAID THE PRICE FOR IT..HOPE YOU PEOPLE WONT REPEAT IT.. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE OPTED FOR THIS NO ONE PUSHED US INTO IT SO WHY SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS ....
PRAY TO GOD...