Indian Forest Service(IFS) Exam Optional Subjects 2016-2017

List of Optional Subjects in IFS exam

Two optional subjects have to be selected from the following subjects. Total number of questions in the question papers of optional subjects will be eight. All questions will carry equal marks. Each paper will be divided into two parts, viz. Part A and Part B, each part containing four questions. Out of eight questions, five questions are to be attempted. One question in each part will be compulsory. Candidates will be required to answer three more questions out of the remaining six questions, taking at least one question from each part. In this way, at least two questions will be attempted from each Part i.e. one compulsory question plus one more.

Agriculture
Agricultural Engineering
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Forestry
Geology
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Statistics
Zoology

Provided that the candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combination of subjects :

Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Agriculture and Forestry
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Mathematics and Statistics
Not more than one of the Engineering subjects viz. Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

NOTE: For further details, please refer to the Commission’s Notice for the Examination when it is published in the Employment News and some of the daily newspapers.