If I take a drop for JEE prepration will this affect, my UPSC prep after graduation, I mean it is allowed to have a gap year between 12th and graduation

Hi,

Well yes, you can also do that.

As you have to prepare for your board exams and JEE Main simultaneously, it may happen that you are not able to dedicate your entire energy and focus on preparation towards JEE Main with pressure mounting on due to the nearing board exams. You may also end up complaining or begrudging about your JEE Main performance (which might not be at par with your expectations) or with the thought of not getting the desired college or B.Tech branch. If that is the case, you may consider the alternate option of a year’s drop and preparing for the next year’s JEE Main in the hope of a better performance and improved marks. It is commonly felt that if one had a bit more time for the JEE Main preparation, it would have resulted in a better performance.  Taking a break for a year sounds good as it means 12 months of extra time for preparation and a second chance at IIT or NIT admissions. Since one whole year of dedicated study exclusively devoted to JEE Main sounds very promising of a very good JEE Main score, you may think of this as a good option.

My advice always is: don’t stop the flow of your career for CS exams. It is very much possible to prepare for the CS exams while doing a job or studying for your PG. What you need to do is to schedule your work in such a way that you focus on what is near —- focus on your PG exams when they are near and on CS when it is near.

For more information, use link - https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-should-you-drop-year-or-take-admission-in-other-colleges

Hope this helps.

Good luck.