Is History A Good Choice As An Optional Subject In W.B.C.S.?

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Is History A Good Choice As An Optional Subject In W.B.C.S.?

West Bengal Civil Service (Executive), popularly known as W.B.C.S.(Exe), is the civil service of West Bengal. For the W.B.C.S. (Exe) and other comparative posts, Public Service Commission of West Bengal arranges competitive examinations in three phases every year. These phases are Preliminary, Main and Interview.History is a reasonably popular optional subject that candidates choose in the WBCS mains exam. It is an important subject as far as the WBCS is concerned because history is covered in the prelims exam and also in the general studies papers in the mains. If you are an WBCS aspirant you cannot get by without studying history.Continue Reading Is History A Good Choice As An Optional Subject In W.B.C.S.?

Why History as an Optional?

First of all whatever optional you take, you must have interest in that subject. We believe that History is a scientific, objective, analytical subject. Most interesting thing is that it helps in General Studies too, because its 40% syllabus is common to General Studies syllabi in the form of World History, Modern History and Art & Architecture. Historical perspective is require to analyse social issues, political issues, as well as economical issues and it also helps in writing Essay. So, this optional will help you in enriching your knowledge.

How to prepare?

History has a vast syllabus and there are so many books, so how to prepare?

First thing is select few books as reference books and follow those books religiously. Use other study resources as supplementary material to complement your knowledge and to cover the syllabus. Particularly, notes making is very helpful in History optional because when you make notes, you can revise it very easily, you can remember the fact, event and this gives you confidence in exam. So, attempt atleast last 10 years question papers and this will enrich your answer writing skills also.

Let’s have a look at a few logical facts about this optional:

• Preparation for History optional doesn’t demand cramming of crude facts. One needs to analyze the nature of questions asked and include relevant facts accordingly. The essence of writing a good answer in Mains lies in having good conceptual clarity, developmental clarity and analytical capability.
• The syllabus of almost every other optional subject included by WBCS is equally vast and comprehensive. It is a known that WBCS does not discriminate among subjects. Any popular optional subject like History, Geography, Public Administration, Sociology etc. selected by the candidates have a comprehensive and well defined syllabus.
• When it comes to marks being awarded, the WBCS examiner does not discriminate among subjects while giving marks. A subject doesn’t determine that an aspirant can fetch good marks or not, it solely depends upon one’s performance.

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