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Your passion for psychology deserves everything you need to excel.
The Psychology optional paper is an important part of the UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE) Mains and other State PSC exams. As an option paper, it helps aspirants score good marks, which can boost their final score in the exam.
At UPS Education, we offer dedicated classes for Psychology optional for UPSC and State PSC Mains. With experienced psychology faculty and well-researched study materials, we help you prepare well and score better in these prestigious exams.
If you choose Psychology as your optional subject, you need to prepare two papers — Psychology-I and Psychology-II — in the Mains exam. Click here for the detailed syllabus.
UPSC Civil Services Exam (CSE) and many State Public Service Commission (PSC) exams have a Mains stage, which includes optional subjects along with General Studies papers. Psychology is one of the optional subjects you can choose for the Mains exam.
In this exam, you will write two papers on Psychology — Paper I and Paper II (for some State PSC, there is only 1 Psychology paper). Psychology as an optional is popular because it is connected with human behaviour, thinking, and emotions. It is also useful in many other government jobs where understanding people is important, such as administrative services, police, social welfare, and health departments.
Easy to understand: Psychology is one of the interesting and logical subjects. When you understand the theories well, it becomes easier to write good answers and score more marks.
Improves critical thinking: Psychology helps improve your thinking skills, which is useful for all parts of the exams, too.
Helpful for other papers: Psychology topics also appear in GS Paper IV, like Attitude and Emotional Intelligence. So, it gives you an advantage in general studies as well.
Better personality: Learning Psychology can improve your behaviour and personality, which is helpful during interviews.
Our Psychology optional course is delivered in a fully virtual mode, so you can study from anywhere at your own pace.
Every day, we upload virtual lectures with visuals and examples to help you grasp concepts quickly. Preparing for tough exams like UPSC needs expert guidance, strategic planning, and trusted study material. UPS Education provides all these resources to help you succeed in your Civil Services Mains Psychology optional exam.
Astounding Faculty
All virtual lectures will be given by our experienced and renowned Gold Medalist Faculty (Arvind Otta). Dr. Otta has been helping psychology students ace the MPhil Clinical Psychology entrances for more than a decade.
Printed study materials
Materials are prepared by our experienced separate research unit, under the supervision of Gold Medalist faculty, and focused on the new pattern and syllabus of Psychology Entrances.
e-Learning Portal
We offer the best-in-class e-learning portal for effective preparation, where AI-enabled systems help you analyse and assist your preparation.
Visual Representation
Our virtual lectures are well-designed with graphics-visuals, images, tables and illustrations that make complex topics easier to understand. Our team ensure the delivery of engaging, clear, and effective lectures in this course.
Interview Support
You do not need to worry about your interview; our experts will help you with interview guidance and preparation.
Exam Alerts
Our dedicated team will keep you updated with all the upcoming exams and application deadlines and provide you with important links to apply.
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Yes, students enrolled in our Classroom, Live and Virtual programs get access to recorded revision sessions. These recordings are available on the student portal throughout the course duration.
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