What is the highest marks in history optional in UPSC?
What is the highest marks in history optional in UPSC?
Toppers with History optional The following table gives the names of a few IAS toppers who had taken history as their optional subject. *Ishwar Kumar Kandoo secured the highest marks in history optional in 2017. He secured 160 and 156 in paper I and II respectively, giving him a total of 316/500.
What is the success rate in history optional?
UPSC Optional Subjects Success Rate 2017
| No. | Optional Subject | Success Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Geography | 5.5 |
| 18 | History | 5.5 |
| 19 | Management | 8.1 |
| 20 | Mechanical Engineering | 11.2 |
How can we cover ancient history for UPSC optional?
- Map for practice. The Historical Atlas of the Spectrum (with Key Places) is a good book for map practice.
- Essay paper.
- Interesting and Easy to understand.
- Start with the NCERTs.
- Divide into Parts.
- Strategy of Notes making.
- Integration Is The Key to Preparation.
- Previous year question papers.
How many optional subjects are there in the UPSC exam?
The selection of the optional subject in the Main Exam (written stage) plays a crucial role in the success of candidates. UPSC allows candidates to choose one subject from about 50 optional subjects mentioned in the syllabus. Each subject has two papers (worth a total of 500 marks).
How to score high marks in the UPSC exams?
Take a subject like mathematics. It is common knowledge that you can score high marks in this subject (even full marks) compared to a humanities subject like history or sociology. So, the UPSC normalizes the marks obtained by a candidate in this subject to bring parity with students who take history or other ‘less scoring’ subjects.
Is history a good subject for the UPSC?
Although the UPSC adds dynamism to every subject (except hardcore science subjects like physics and mathematics), history is unlike polity and public administration where every question can perhaps be looked at from the current affairs angle. And, of course, history doesn’t change.
Why does the UPSC normalize the marks obtained in history?
So, the UPSC normalizes the marks obtained by a candidate in this subject to bring parity with students who take history or other ‘less scoring’ subjects. So, if you get an actual score of 450 out of 500, the marks you are awarded would be quite less than 450.