Government & Defence Entrance Exam

Dear aspirants, Union Public Service Commission and Public Service Commission of respective states conduct entrance examinations for various fields and positions, and for most of them, one needs to hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification. Now, It does not matter whether you have completed your Bachelor's degree program after a Diploma course or have followed a bachelor's degree program after completion of higher secondary, if you are a graduate, you will be considered eligible for graduate-level examination provided you fulfill other eligibility criteria applicable to each examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission, Public Service Commission of respective states or any other regulatory bodies. If you found it useful then upvote or thumbs up my answer. Good luck.

The syllabus of UPSC is based on complete general studies and one optional subject of your choice. So you can choose any subject listed by UPSC in their syllabus. You can go through the UPSC exam syllabus for civil services on its official website. Maths is recommended and you'll be able to handle it with relative ease if you have engineering experience. Perhaps, because civil service exams do not include computer engineering, you could be better off keeping math as an optional subject. You can choose any subject first and then, start from class 6 to 12 for that particular subject book. However, according to the weightage and simplicity of the syllabus, it is best to start with Indian Polity NCERT books for UPSC. Hope it helps.

Of course, you can and you should. If you are serious about it, It's great news because If you want to crack Civil Services you need a minimum of 3 years of preparation at least. If you are going through it during your graduation it will save you plenty of time and energy after graduation. As your link is not broken with the subjects which are very useful in civil services, It is the most appropriate time to go about it. There can be two kinds of strategies you can opt for-
1. If you are very sure that UPSC or other similar administrative services are your only goal then take out the syllabus of those exams and note down major subjects. The next step will be to note those subjects you are least interested in. Now you should do your graduation with those difficult subjects and you will be able to tackle all of your subjects together without coaching because your professors will help you.
2. If you have an interesting area in any other stream go for that because mental peace is most important in this journey and you will enjoy the preparation. The most important part of both the ways is to manage your time properly, Make small goals weekly and revise timely. Best of luck I hope you will achieve everything you want.