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A UPSC aspirant is often faced with the dilemma of choosing the right optional.
A right optional is the one which helps you to outperform in mains, the one the which fetches you maximum marks, the one which comes to your rescue when you fail to score well in General Studies and last but not the least, the one which brings out the best in you.
Political Science and International Relations can prove to be a smart choice considering several factors.
Many candidates are opting for PSIR as their optional based on the success ratio that this subject has to offer. Many candidates have been able to score 300+ in PSIR and many have managed to bag top ranks. However, UPSC does not discriminate between any of its optional subjects and one should consider his/her interest a top priority while choosing an optional.
Name of the candidate | Year of passing | Total marks (500 | Paper I PSIR (250 MARKS | Paper II PSIR (250 MARKS |
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TINA DABI | CSE- 2015 | 299 | 128 | 171 |
AISHWARYA DONGRE | CSE-2016 | 327 | 175 | 152 |
MIRANT PARIKH | CSE-2016 | 307 | 158 | 149 |
KEERTHI KIRAN PUJAR | CSE-2017 | 303 | 153 | 150 |
DHANANJAY SINGH YADAV | CSE-2018 | 283 | 144 | 139 |
SATYAM GANDHI | CSE-2020 | 275 | 154 | 121 |
Sr. | Course & Features | Fees |
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1. | Online Video Lectures for Both Optional Papers 1 & 2 + Study Material in Soft Copy + Test Series | Rs. 30,000/- |
2. | Online Video Lectures for Both Optional Papers 1 & 2 + Study Material in Soft Copy | Rs. 20,000/- |
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Section A
POLITICAL THEORY AND INDIAN POLITICS
INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS:
Salient Features of the Indian Constitution:
Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court.
Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.
Grassroots Democracy:
Statutory Institutions/Commissions:
Federalism:
Planning and Economic Development:
Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
Party System:
Social Movements:
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ANALYSIS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:
State in comparative perspective: Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies, and, advanced industrial and developing societies.
Politics of Representation and Participation:
Globalisation: Responses from developed and developing societies.
Approaches to the Study of International Relations:
Key concepts in International Relations:
Changing International Political Order:
(a) Rise of superpowers; strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and Cold War; nuclear threat;
(b) Non-aligned movement: Aims and achievements;
(c) Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world.
Evolution of the International Economic System:
United Nations:
Regionalisation of World Politics:
Contemporary Global Concerns:
India and the world:
1. Indian Foreign Policy:
2. India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement:
3. India and South Asia:
(a) Regional Co-operation: SAARC – past performance and future prospects.
(b) South Asia as a Free Trade Area.
(c) India’s “Look East” policy.
(d) Impediments to regional co-operation: -river water disputes;
1. Is PSIR a Good Optional For UPSC Exam?
Many candidates are opting for PSIR as their optional based on the success ratio that this subject has to offer. Many candidates have been able to score 300+ in PSIR and many have managed to bag top ranks. However, UPSC does not discriminate between any of its optional subjects and one should consider his/her interest a top priority while choosing an optional.