I am an Electrical Engineer and am a little confused about selection of subjects. I want to give the CSS exams in 2017.
So far, I have decided that I could maybe take up the following subjects.

• IR (200) from Group 1
• Physics (200) from Group 2
• Public Administration (100) from Group 3
• History of USA (100) Group 4

Some alternates could be

• Governance and public policy (100) from Group 3
• Gender studies (100) from Group 5
• International Law (100) from Group 6

As I have no prior expertise relating to any of these subjects, except for Physics - to some extent, what would you suggest?

Senior members, kindly comment and post your suggestion.
If possible, critically analyze the mentioned subjects keeping the following points in mind:

How has your past experience with these subjects been?
What has been the scoring trend in previous years?
How lengthy is the syllabus and how much time will be required to cover it?
Which subjects would form an overlapping combination?
What would be a better choice keeping in mind the recent changes in paper pattern(s)?
Paper Attemptibility?
Complexity versus clarity?

ProfessorX,

Much like yourself I am an electrical engineer as well and also wish to appear in 2017 exams, I am also in the initial phase of subject selection, I would like to share my findings with you soon,

Best wishes,

Hefemilitar,

Excellent! The sooner the better. Which city do you live in?

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