hi

--

I am in class 12th I want to be an IAS officer someone told me that the passing rate of psycology in IAS is very high. I have now decided to opt for psychology hons in my graduation…. Please tell is it true and should I do my graduation from psychology?

Please simplify my problem with right solution


by --
2 answers
| Share :
Take The Ideal Career test Here

Ideal Career Test Inlcudes:

  60 minutes of Duration

  180 Questions

  Instant Report

  500+ Career Options

  1M+ Test Taken

2 answers

RE: I am in class 12th I want to be an IAS officer someone told me that the passing rate of psycology in IAS is very high. I have now decided to opt for psychology hons in my graduation…. Please tell is it true and should I do my graduation from psychology?

Meghna Mukherjee
Meghna Mukherjee
Verified Career Expert
Counselor at Adaptive Minds
  • Mumbai

Hi There,

I extremely like your decision to pursue IAS

I am sure you are very well aware that Civil Service examination as well as post is all about How well one can reason keeping all facts in hand, at the same time being diplomatic.


As far as gaining knowledge is concerned, I see you are good with that, whereby you have found pout that most of the Psychology students qualify for the exam, but when it comes to reasoning, I see you have completely put me down.

Just because the number of Psychology students appear for the exam, does it means that people from other backgrounds do not qualify.
The last IAS officer, was from the engineering background. And engineering does not fall or has any link with Psychology.

Please note that the number of students from Psychology or rather I say from Humanities background is highre, since Humanities is a field that requires reasoning a little higher than other streams.

I agree with the above counselor, that please do choose a subject that you like and are very well at.

At the same time, though in-depth knowledge about a subject is important, we cannot deny the fact that READING and GENERAL AWARENESS is extremely important.

So right from now and till the end, you would have to continue with reading and being able to express yourself with your own analysis and develop diplomatic way of communicating.

Hope this helps.

Wish you good luck...........

Take The Ideal Career test Here

Ideal Career Test Inlcudes:

  60 minutes of Duration

  180 Questions

  Instant Report

  500+ Career Options

  1M+ Test Taken

In order to post replies to the question: "I am in class 12th I want to be an IAS officer someone told me that the passing rate of psycology in IAS is very high. I have now decided to opt for psychology hons in my graduation…. Please tell is it true and should I do my graduation from psychology?"

Post Reply

Caching Date: 1/28/2026 6:52:40 AM