WHY SHOULD WE CHOOSE AGRICULTURE AS OPTIONAL SUBJECT IN UPSC ?

• EASY  TO  LEARN  & UNDERSTAND : If you compare with other subjects available for optional , agriculture is easy to learn and understand . It is one subject where you are not required to remember a number of dates & years.  People with agriculture degree definitely find an edge by opting it as an optional but it is equally relevant for those who are not holding this degree.The reason is, it does not go deep into jargons as the keywords used here ex.'mycorrhiza' is itself a question that can be elaborated in simple language to fetch marks. While  other subjects like political science , economy etc. do not fetch marks to an aspirant without going deep into jargons. In other subjects there are other sophisticated keywords associated with the keyword a question asks to elaborate .So definitely agriculture is an easy optional to opt for UPSC.
  

• GENERAL  QUESTIONS  ARE  ASKED : Questions asked in agriculture optional are mostly general & straightforward that we go through in our day to day life. The way to answer such questions in an attractive form is by adding related point from current affairs which one usually reads while preparing for civil services.

• REPETITION  OF QUESTIONS : Specially in agriculture optional , questions are repeated every year & this makes this optional more predictive for an aspirant. If you will solve all the previous ten years questions , more than half of your preparation for this optional is over .

• DON'T  NEED  TO  REFER  PLETHORA OF BOOKS: If you have done your bachelors in agriculture, then your college notes supplemented with agriculture current affairs are enough for this optional . But in case you are some other degree holder, then also you don't need to buy a plethora of books. You can easily access notes from the website eagri.org
  

• LESS OPTED OPTION : This optional subject is not so popular among UPSC aspirants which makes it less competitive than other traditional optional subjects like history , geography , polity etc. This helps the aspirant to fetch more marks with less efforts.
  
  

• ELIGIBILITY FOR INDIAN FOREST SERVICES(IFoS) : If you have done your bachelors in agriculture , you are eligible for IFoS exam .