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Don't drop a year. Either go for the improvement exam or take admission. It is only advisable to those to drop an year who have to improve there ranks. Moreover, Bangalore has some of the very good colleges. Try out your luck in the counselling process.

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Army Institute of Hotel Management conducts its own written test for admission to Bachelor of Hotel Management. Candidates are selected based on performance in Personal Interview and Army Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology Written Admission Test. For further details regarding elig

Sorry, you are not eligible for the same. Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks in their Master's degree exams (in streams such as Humanities, Social Science, Electronic Science, Computer Science & Applications, etc.). From a UGC recognised college/university fulfil UGC NET eligibility crit

Please check for your eligibility to appear for the IISER entrance test from the criteria mentioned at the link provided below:
https://www.shiksha.com/science/exams/iiser-entrance-exam.

BA is better. You will have a choice to choose optional subjects. It is better you choose History, Political Science, Geography, etc., subjects. Even you can do B.Sc, but BA is better. You will be having much time to prepare for IAS if you choose BA.
All the best.

Yes, I have dropped a year and also took Jee Mains, Advanced and BITSAT. Feel free to ask anything.