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Hii Rajan,
How to choose a subject? That's one question that haunts many students who many times, loose precious time waiting for that decision to happen. Now that UPSC has done away with specific subjects at the preliminary stage, students should perhaps find it easier to get down to preprations straight away. Even then, One should chooose one's subject well ahead of time, so as to have ample time to collect notes and books, and also to form study groups.
Normally one should select optionals, which one is familiar with, or has at least studied till the graduate level. If you are not comfortable with the subject, you should not select the subject as an optional. But the choice should not only be as per your interests but also be based on the study material available. Even science and engineering students take up subjects like history, sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, psychology and public administration because there is a huge amount of study material available in these subjects. Also keep in mind that you may have been proficient in a subject, but lack of touch may make it tougher to crack technical subject where freshers may do better. The competition is among the people who have opted for the same subject. One should top in his/her subject to succeed in the examination. The Point is, if you are an electrical engineer with 2 years of experience go for a new subject like pub adm or sociology.
Analyse the syllabus of previous years and the question papers, and analyse past trends. Get some feedback/advice from seniors and fellow students who are well versed in the subject. Remember no subject is bad. History is good if you can spend more than 4-5 hours everyday. Geography is a good option if you can spend at least 4 hrs every day. Pub Ad, more than 3 hours. Sociology, more than 2 hours and so on. So, it all depends on how much time you can spend a day and your liking of the subject. You have a very good memory then a technical subject may help else a social subject would be better. Lastly look for overlap in subjects like, sociology and pubad; history and political science etc.
Hope you get the points & tips.

Hii Aakash,
Generally, the people for such positions like governor or deputy governor of RBI are selected by the Government of India and form a part of Central Board of Directors of RBI, and there is no exam one needs to give to get selected for such positions. However, you really need to have good amount of work experience in the banking sector or any other relevant sector & need to have good educational back ground at post graduate level.
I would also suggest you to go through the profiles of the previous 21 governors appointed by government of India to have more in-depth knowledge on the kind of profile required to become a governor of RBI.

Hi,
Career opportunities are available for IT graduates both in India as well as abroad. Aspirants can get jobs with firms of the private or public sectors. A few job types are :
National Informatics Centre (NIC) often recruits IT professionals in to the position of 'Scientific Officer/Engineer'. The job position offers excellent pay packages up to Rs. 34800/- per month.
Education Institutions also offer numerous career openings. These candidates can work in the role of Project Staff in IIIT, Allahabad. Salary packages offered for this job amounts up to Rs. 30,000/- per month.
Apart from this, NET qualified candidates can work as 'Assistant Professor' in government colleges and can earn UGC pay scales.
Project Engineer or Software Programmer is one of the common job profiles available both in public sector as well as private sector. ERNET India, offer jobs to the candidates in the role of Project Engineer and provides salary packages around Rs.27, 000/- per month.
Private firms like Smart Vision, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, etc also recruit these candidates to similar job positions.
Reputed firms in private sector offer initial salary packages between Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 15,000/- per month.
Those with adequate professional skills can expect higher salary packages with 1-2 years of work experience.
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