Which are the highest scoring subjects in an UPSC exam? Which subjects will give me an edge over others ?

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8 years ago
Going by the present standards, there is no subject which is perfectly scoring. It all depends on how you perform. Still science is optional and in humanities, geography and sociology are quite scoring. But this year, toppers have got huge marks in optional like public administration which is consid

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Siddharth Bhardwaj
8 years ago
The exam of UPSE is all just to testify your knowledge, command over the subject and the dedication. According to me, the highest scoring subject in exam is one in which you are 100% confident about and have a lot of interest. The point I want to make, is that if you do not have interest in any sub

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8 years ago
Hi, If we look at the trend, Political Science is winning. 2016 results show, most of toppers had Political Science and scored 65% marks in it. That is huge. Highest being 326/500 My favorite subject is Philosophy. Selected candidates have been scoring pretty well in Philosophy. Athar Amir 2

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Harsh Ranjan
8 years ago
UPSC is a high level entrance exam, which needs an extraordinary student who could cracks the exam. So, if someone is really desperate, then he or she will definitely crack the exam. There are many students who were able to crack the exam with surprising subject, which was really hard to score, but

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