Hi anamika,

Yes you can pursue bachelor of arts (B.A) after completing 12 th in science background but you should have 50% in your 12 th marks.

For preparing for upsc it actually depends upon you like what is most interesting subject for you and you can opt for the same subject.

Some of the colleges for pursuing B.A are: -

1)Indira Gandhi National College

2)St. Joseph's College, Bangalore

3)Mumbai University

4)Loyola College, Chennai

5)Christ University, Bangalore

Thank you.

Hello Anamika, see 1st you need to know what all subject are that covered under UPSC prelims and mains part. If you want to do BA than you need to identify which subject will help to score good marks.

You can opt for BA in polity/economics/ geography/history/ public administration/ sociology, becoz these are scoring subjects in UPSC. Taking any subject from above will help in both prelims and mains. In Mains there is one optional paper consisting to two part of 500 marks. It will be beneficial for you.

The best Colleges in Delhi for BA - Hindu college, shri ram college, JNU, st. Stephen's college, BHU, Hans raj college,  Delhi college of arts and commerce...


Information you need to know... UPSC demand graduation, even pursuing final year in graduation candidate can apply for it too...


Prelims stage - paper 1 (objective questions) - main subject that need to covered are polity, history, geography, current affairs, art and culture, environment and science, and economy.


Prelims paper 2 (objective questions) is CSAT which contains 10th level maths, comprehension, decision making question


Mains stage (subjective paper) that covers total 9 paper (optional subject has 2 paper - Paper I and II)


Final stage is interview

All the best...

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