Hello Sir. First of all my regards to you for creating such a useful website n helping candidates. Now, coming to point....sir, I have done my B.Tech from computer science engineering. I haven’t started my preparation for civil services yet but I want to. I am completely a newbie and all this CSE preparations are really a fuss to me right now. But the biggest dilemma for me is choosing the optional. I know that people say that go for a subject for which you have a liking. But sir, my problem is that I don’t know about the subjects available at all. Of course, I have studied subjects like History and Geography at my school level. But that I am not sure that these subjects I can carry on with the depth and level which this exam requires. And with rest all other subjects I am just completely unfamiliar. So, kindly throw some light sireas to which subject should I take. I have the following set in my mind to choose from Geography/History/Psychology/Sociology/Public Administration. However, I am starting to think to consider Geography as optional just because I want to choose a subject which can also help me in my General Studies section. Rest every other subject is like same for me in learning. I guess the syllabus and all will be vast for every subject. So, what you think sir if I choose Geography, considering the fact that I am a very average student. I know this exam is like chasing rainbows for a guy like me....but I think the only thing which can keep me motivated is the charm for civil services which is increasing day by day. Also I wanna ask sir that choosing a subject other than your graduation field...is that create negative impact on the examiners or at the time of interview.... I mean don’t they ask that you are from this field than why you opted that subject? (as I am a computer science engineering graduate and thinking about conventional subjects). Thank you sir for reading such a tedious post. Waiting for reply and thanking you in advance.