Originally Posted by Monk

IR has general syllabus so it attracts people. We study indo Pak in our academic career so people think they can get hold of this. If more people opt a subject then competition swells and results in low scores. IR, Indo Pak, I law and Muslim law are favourite subjects of aspirants this year so one can predict that scores will be low as well.

If you really think that you can beat the competition by opting subjects of your choice then you should go for it despite scoring trend!