Analysis of reformed grouping and subjects - Page 3

kingfalcon · #21 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by nationbuilder

where do i go:-(

its my 1st attempt and i have starting the prep of geography and psychology now according to re-shuffling they are both in the same group and also reduced to 100 and only 1 can b opted

according to new grouping, one must have to opt 1 subject of 200 marks to complete his/her 600 marks of optional...
i am civil engineer i am totally uncomfortable with the 1st and 2nd group, even i cant think about these subjects

though i m civil engineer i can do physics but majority of aspirants says that physics is not scoring and safe subject..
please please guide me what can i do..

I'm also like you but I don't feel like choosing Physics as it is dangerous even though it could be quite interesting. That is why I am inclined towards IR for my 200 marks subject. Political Science is also nice but I heard the syllabus is very lengthy and time consuming whereas IR is interesting and relatable to PS. I might be wrong, please correct me if I am.

kingfalcon · #22 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by MorningLark

Optional
May Be Political Science 200
Public Administration 100
Islamic History & Culture 100
Philosophy 100
Sociology 100 or Punjabi 100

Please seniors comment on my subject selection. Thanks

I think your combination is very time consuming and needs a lot of hard work. You might want to re-think it. PS, IHC are very huge subjects, don't know about Philosophy, but hey, if you have a knack for it, then interest is the first priority and then comes scoring/length of course etc.

kingfalcon · #23 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by Aabia

listen! if you have prepared zoology or have any guidance regarding that! can you guide me about it.i have gone through the syllabus,it seems doable,topics even read from fsc bio book. but for css which level books are to be read.

Are you asking me Aabia? Sorry, I do not have any experience with Zoology, but if you have an interest in it then go for it. Can someone else shed some light on it?

kingfalcon · #24 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by Palwasha tariq

my new optionals

punjabi 100
criminology 100
zoology 100
history of pakistan and india 100
but confused to opt 200 marks subject i am thinking about IR / POLITICAL SCIENCE

Read both syllabi of IR and Political Science again and again with some research on the stuff in them. You will come to a conclusion. I find both interesting but feel like IR is more interesting than PS.

raviz · #25 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by kingfalcon

Isn't IR better than Political Science? I think PS has a huge syllabus and too many theories etc.

As far as Criminology is concerned, I also like this subject but I'm a bit hesitant about the lack of material available which is relevant to Pakistani context.

There is no dearth of material on Criminology as FPSC has also recommend myriad of sites for that in the syllabus.
Ans as far as IR and PS are concerned, IR contains many institutions, foreign policies and outstanding issues that ll require facts and figures and dates. Its more tough. PS is divided into sections and each section has definite marks but IR is merged altogether. If we cover 70% of each section of PS we can think of passing it but we don't know which section of IR ll make how many marks or questions. So, for me, PS is a far better choice.
Plus, IR I a whole new thing.
No one knows its trends, important topics etc...

kingfalcon · #26 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by shezi khnz

My Optional maY be

criminology 100

pushto 100

Gender studies 100

Town Plang&Urban management / indo pak history 100

Accounting / IR / Political science Confused

200

Accounting if you have background in it. I also like Criminology and Town Planning & Urban Management, do you think these are short subjects with interesting material in them? Finding books relevant to the syllabus would be a problem (for local topics mainly).

kingfalcon · #27 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by TALHASARWAR

FPSC has played havoc with the lives of former aspirants.I appeared in Css2015 all of the papers went well except for punjabi paper.My optional were
Indo Pak history (prepared 70 %)
Socilogy (prepared 100 %)
Geography (prepared 100 %)
Punjabi (prepared 40%)
and now i cant opt sociology and geography together because of the absurd condition imposed by the FPsc i.e aspirants are only allowed to select one subject from each group having 100 marks
i cant opt history of usa and indo pak history
css was and is my dream i did my best to purse my dream i did all the hard work required to translate that dream to reality.I am Engineer by profession i even scapegoated my professional career for the cause of css. Initially,when i started preparing for css i made a plan that i would burn the mid night oil for one year and after giving my first attempt i will look for job and then i will keep on revising along with the job.
And ironically now i have to begin from the scratch Thanks to fpsc.
FPSC does not have an idea about the intensity of the blow they have caused to former aspirants.

Now i am thinking to go for
Computer Science 200
Geology 100
IndoPak history oR History of Usa 100
Muslim law and Jurisprudence 100
Sociology 100

I'm in the exact same boat as you bro (apart from some difference in subject combination). I thought I'll revise my work for the next exam but seems like we have to start from scratch again. I am thinking of not starting a job even this year just because of CSS, I even left my job abroad and came back to appear for these exams because I was getting overage and preparing with job abroad is hell difficult. Seems like a good plan for us is to prepare for the upcoming exam in 2016 and start looking for jobs in Oct/Nov, that way, we should be able to start work in March right after exams. One thing that worries me quite a lot is that there is not much material in the market for these new subjects, I hope Jehangir's publishers or some other authors quickly get some books out in the market before it is too late as we need a lot of guidance to cover the courses. I think you should have another look at your subject combination, for some reason I don't feel easy with them (but then it is a personal observation, you can disagree).

Regarding Geology, don't you think opting Geology with Geography is good? At first I was scared of Geology but it seems quite similar to Geography and interesting as well.

aamirsaleem786 · #28 Saturday, April 18, 2015

instead of international law , think of Muslim law and jurisprudence. the big portion is coverd in islamyat compulsory

kingfalcon · #29 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by musmanhussain

My optional subjects
Business administration
mercantile law
punjabi
Economics/IR choose one from them
Islamic history/british history/Gender studies/Agriculture
These are some confusing points.
Need suggestions from economists and diplomats in case of economics and IR???

Economics does need background in it whereas IR can be prepared with minimal background of IR. That is my own opinion, it could be wrong.

kingfalcon · #30 Saturday, April 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by Huda Jadoon

International Relations 200
Town Planning & Urban Management 100
Islamic History & Culture 100
Criminology 100
Psychology/Gender Studies 100 (i'm confused about these two)

Go for your interest. But I would say that Psychology is an established subject with adequate guidance and material available. Don't know about Gender Studies, but if you have an interest, then go for GS. Also, check which subject can be covered faster as we don't have much time.

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