Is political science a less-scoring subject?

[fromQAU]

@all:
what r ur views about the prevailng myth that the political science is a less-scoring subject???

[mangat1]

I think it is a low scoring subject. Its very hard to write a lot in this subject. Using the terms of the subject in the answers is very tough. In my personal experiments, it is a low scoring subject.

[Raja4u]

Dear no subject in the CSS examination has been recorded as low scoring but we have generally made our observation so narrow that we see some subjects are high scoring and few low scoring subjects. There is misconception regarding few subjects like Indina History, Political Science, International relations and etc... which is not justified with good reasons.
What exactly happens is that if we take any subject then we must have to deal it accordingly. For example; taking the Indian History subject needs greater effort to put some quotations of British and Indian writers in a chronological way, giving the exact facts and figure in a very effective way;which we mostly miss in our paper and blame the checker for giving low score.
Same case happens when you opt Political Science as an optional subject, Political science basically is a theoretical and philosophical subject as it is divided into two parts, i.e Theory and Philosophy. If you have energy and passion to engulf the both parts easily you can take it, but you have to be careful as the questions coming in the Examination wants 100% clarification in both the terms and your answer must be supplied with effective stuff.

[Muhammad Ali Awan]

Infact political science is very good subject to broaden the intellect but it is not scoring when it comes to opt.

The only difference between a high scoring and low scoring subjects is that those subjects which had made reputation as a high scoring needs little effort, every one is getting good score in high scoring subjects, no extra effort is required and at times marks are attainable beyond expectations.
This is the trend which is followed and which makes a demarcation between high scoring and low scoring subjects.

Apart from that many students has proved it wrong, but only those who knows that target can be achieved. The only requirement is to have a complete grasp over a subject and to do justice with the opted paper, no matter which subject is chosen.

Regards.

[shallowwater]

I believe that no subject is low scoring or high scoring. If a person has full grasp over the subject only then can he/she score in that subject. Same is the case with pol.science. People consider Indo.pak history as a high scoring subject; i ask them what happened to Indo.Pak in 2008? If you dont write anything in the paper then how can one expect good marks?

[Mumtaz Hayat Maneka]

Originally Posted by fromQAU

@all:
what r ur views about the prevailng myth that the political science is a less-scoring subject???

Now this one is an oft repeated, one , but still i;ll try to answer it.

There are two ways to approach this question, ie

Political Science vs Accounting, Regional Languages, Geography ( at times ),other mathematical and scientific Subjects

The verdict will be against Political Science.

2. if one has no aptitude or prior knowledge of these subjects then probably Political Science is the best choice for such candidates.

As far as the low scoring myth is concerned, this concept of "scoring" and "non-scoring" is a relative concept. A subject which was a highly scoring subject one year can be a disaster the next. Take Indo Pak History as a case study.
I know candidates who scored in 140's in 2007 but in 2008 there score was in the range of 70-90 . Real shocker i know . On the other hand some who scored 70-80 in 2008 have scored 130-140 in 2009. I hope you all get what i am trying to say.

Miss Sarah Rashid 3rd position holder in css2005 or 2006 scored 157 in Political Science. Even in my batch i know 2 friends who scored 130-135 in Political Science. I scored 129 and in both papers i was one question short, that means i had to attempt them by improvising. Had i attempted them correctly i would have scored in 140's. It means that we can not label Political Science as a low scoring subject.

Some Tips on how to get good Marks in Political Science.

• Your writing style matters a lot. A good written expression helps a lot in expressing your ideas in Paper A and B.
  
• Try to get good grip on the Political Theory portion. I have seen that majority who suffer in Political Science have poor grip on the Political Thought portion or confuse the concepts. This requires interest and time .
  
• Read good books like Judd Harmon, Sabine or Dunning and do not rely on get through guides or Top 10 or 20 questions.
  
• Past Papers are the best guide, if you have a look at past 15 years papers i am sure all of you will be able to predict whats coming in next year's paper .

Best of Luck

Regards

[fromQAU]

Originally Posted by Mumtaz Hayat Maneka

As far as the low scoring myth is concerned, this concept of "scoring" and "non-scoring" is a relative concept. A subject which was a highly scoring subject one year can be a disaster the next. Take Indo Pak History as a case study.
I know candidates who scored in 140's in 2007 but in 2008 there score was in the range of 70-90 . Real shocker i know . On the other hand some who scored 70-80 in 2008 have scored 130-140 in 2009. I hope you all get what i am trying to say.

welcome back sir.

sir don't u think that this above trend is not really a criterion of doing justice with the intellectuality of the candidates? give one year a boom, and the other year a doom.

and really u hv poited out some basic issues which bog down the score in political science.one more point that i wud like to add to it is that the syllabus of this subject (political science) is really huge.it takes a lot of time to make notes and a lot of memory and revision to retain the total highlights of the total topix.

Thank u sir.

and thank u all for sharing ur opinion.a myth is always unreal.

ALLAH BLESS U.

[Izaz4u]

the declaration on the part of some students that political science is a low scoring subject is not true. many students in 2008 have gone above 150/200.what is required is a total committment towards both paprA and B. I THINK those who r not gratuated in this subject, 8 least, should not opt it.furthermore what matters is the pattern of date sheet and tha quantum of this suject right after history group when many feel a lot of fatigue from consecutive papers.

[Mr_Honey]

Certainly there are few subjects that are scoring and few that are not

[Abdullah Nayyar]

Not worth the effort.