Indeed I do consent somewhat that the study of BA helps in preparations as it covers the greater part of the subjects of general studies. As I would see it BA degree is awesome for UPSC since supposing that you will seek your BA degree then you will concentrate on topics of history, topography, country, and financial matters .when you will see the Syllabus of the UPSC General studies paper 1: history and geology. General studies paper 2: nation and policy management and general examinations 3: economic, ecology, climate and science and innovation. General studies paper 4: Ethics(philosophy and psychology) will accommodate for you these subjects assuming that you will seek a BA degree. What's more, you additionally know any other degree satisfies the qualification models for showing up in the UPSC test If you are keen on PCM then going for BSC is likewise the best degree. BSC likewise accommodates UPSC mains as the discretionary subjects.

Hi

If you want to prepare for UPSC and you are going to pursue BA after you 12th then ,

Yes, it is obviously a good decision to start your preparation for UPSC from the first year itself .

This is because,

if you start from 1st year you will have 3 years which is more than sufficient if you use it wisely to ace UPSC civil services examination. Moreover, there are many toppers who start their preparation for UPSC from the first year itself of their graduation itself so that there is no burden but you need make sure that you are able to balance it with your graduation studies and examination of your ba but that won't be a significant hurdle if you are pursuing BA because in Ba you will be studying subjects like history geography etc which is also a part of UPSC civil services examination so both your BA and UPSC examination preparation will go well with each other.

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC  examination :-

-----------------------------------) To start your preparation  first of all understand the examination pattern and go well through  syllabus :-

>>>> Examination pattern :- UPSC examination has 3 stages listed below :-

• prelims exam

• Mains exam.

• Interview

PRELIMS EXAMINATION PATTERN:-

MAINS EXAMINATION PATTERN

• To know exam pattern in detail visit :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc

• >>>> syllabus :- You can get complete syllabus at:- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

---------------------------------) Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)

*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)

*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum

*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII

*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)

*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)

*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong

World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI

*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma

*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)

*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)

*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-ias

-----------------------------------) Discipline is the key to crack UPSC, so you need to make a routine/ time table and follow it .

----------------------------------)Read newspaper like the Hindu or Indian Express  and magazines like Yojana, Kurukshetra, Economic and Political Weekly  to keep yourself updated with the current events and issues.

----------------------------------) take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain otherwise you won't be able to retain whatever you read.

-----------------------------------)Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

----------------------------------)Make short notes for each subject, these will be your life saviour and will help you in your revisions a lot as syllabus is wide

----------------------------------)Set daily goals like I have to cover these many topics today, weekly goals like I have to  cover these chapters this week and practice their questions too, by the end of this week and similarly set monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.

----------------------------------)Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

----------------------------------) Your mains examination is in written, so you need to work your speed and also work on improving how to present the knowledge you have on paper, so answer writing practicing should be your priority

----------------------------------)Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers ;- You should solve these , it will give you idea of types of questions asked and their difficulty level and will help you a lot.

----------------------------------)Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round.

For more tips go through

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

Thankyou