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The eligibility criteria for UPSC is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this case, candidates in the final year of graduation too are eligible provisionally to apply for the same, you can pursue engineering in any discipline of your choice, however some of the discipline enlisted as optional subjects are civil, electrical and mechanical, so if you have an interest in any of these areas then you may pursue the same, otherwise choose any graduation stream as per your preference, in order to commence your preparation for UPSC get acquainted with the syllabus, learn it by heart, start reading any newspaper such as The Hindu or The Indian Express on a daily basis focusing on editorial section, government schemes, news of national and international importance etc, once you know the syllabus you get to know what to read and what to skip, apart from NCERTs you can refer the following books;

History ; NCERT Class XI and XII/India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra, For Indian Culture, refer art and culture by Nitin Singhania

Geography ; NCERT Class VI to XII/ GC Leong's Physical Geography/World Atlas

Economics ; NCERT Class XI/ Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

International Relations & Polity ;NCERT XII Political Science with current affairs/ Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

CSAT ;  Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal/ M Tyra's Quicker Maths

Coming to Mains Exam, you can refer the following books for four General Studies Paper;

• GS I - For History , Class XI NCERT book with India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra,India after Independence by Bipan Chandra,History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra
• For Geography refer World Geography and Geography of India by Majid Hussain, GC Leong's Physical and Human Geography with NCERT Class XI book.
• For GS II - Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
• For GS III - For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget.
• For GS IV - For Ethics refer a book named Lexicon by Niraj Kumar, also you can go through study material of IGNOU.

Remember to keep your resources minimal, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time, as you have to retain so much of information so rely on only limited yet trustworthy resources and revision is the only key for remembrance.

Writing mains is a huge task, for nine paper it requires immense practice along with knowledge. So, you have to start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, There are many sites which provide questions on daily basis you can avail that. Try to give a holistic viewpoint while answer writing by providing political, economical and social aspect. You can get topper's answer sheet from various sites, try to analyze and study them minutely, you'll get an ideas about what to write, how to express and present viewpoint in organized manner.

Go through previous year question paper which you can get from the official website of UPSC, additionally apply mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites exclusively dedicated to UPSC, it's highly important to evaluate your performance going through the preparation process.

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Zakir Husain Delhi College, formerly Zakir Husain College, Anglo Arabic College and Delhi College, founded in 1792, is the oldest existing educational institution in Delhi, and is a constituent college.

• As you see it is one of the oldest college with best of the best faculty members.
• The college has a placement cell that works with institutions like Indian Express, Career launcher and Times Education to arrange training programmes for the students.
• It provides them with all the necessary skills that will be required during the on-campus placement drive.
• The college offers a number of scholarships to meritorious students. They are named as Mirza Mahmood Begg Memorial Scholarship, Sri Narain Nigam Memorial Scholarship, Ved Kumar Gupta Memorial Scholarship, Kumar Shubham Memorial Scholarship.
• In 2015, Vidya Devi Education Fund was created of INR 5,51,000. It provides help to students who need financial assistance.

Next query will it help in your UPSC preparation. Yes,of courses subject in bachelor of arts is the right choice. According to the experts these subjects will easily help you understand the exam pattern and boosts your preparation.

Hope this helps!!

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You can choose any courses in which you are comfortable as for being eligible for union Public Service Commission examination the candidate nice to only complete graduation in any specialisation. There is no specific subject which you have to take in graduation for fighting union Public Service Commission examination. The age of the candidate must be minimum 21 years.

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As this scheme is developed by the government Ministry, yes obviously this scheme is important from the point of view of the Union Public Service Commission the question can be asked from this scheme. This scheme is under the syllabus of upsc.

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Yes, it has several pros if you wish to prepare for UPSC. Doing a Masters in Geography will definitely prove as a good decision in the long run since a lot of questions and interrelated essay questions find their roots in Geography.

Geography optional syllabus can be broadly divided into three parts. It constitutes Physical Geography, Human Geography, and Indian Geography. Paper I consists of physical and human geography and Paper II consists of Indian geography. All of this will pretty much get covered in your Masters.

Although MA Geography is not a necessity to clear UPSC's geography section, it is still a good course with job opportunities or you can also pursue higher studies like PhD as a backup option.

There is no loss if you look at it from this perspective. So yes, MA Geography would be a good option.

Hello Adarsh

According to UPSC, the upper age limit for general candidates should not cross 32 years on the 1st of August of the year of examination.

You will remain less than 32 years even on 1st August 2023 so you are eligible for UPSC 2023.

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