Opting Public Administration in Civil Services, this article would be of some help to you

From many years Public Administration become choice of most of the students in the civil services because of its relevance to the service, easy understanding, help it gives in GS paper, easy availability of books accompanied by good support system.
There has been some good teachers around to guide in your endeavor like Ravindaran Sir, Bhawani Singh Sir, Mohanty Sir and Atul Lohiya Sir to name few, they all have proper understanding of the subject and a good experience so if you have money and time you can surely take help of these as they better know tricks of trade and mould you in better frame.


And if you are thinking to go for self-study then also this subject will not create any problem as such as it not has much jargon of itself, go through standard books and you can score good marks in this. Keep abreast of new happenings and if possible quote from books and journals.
What you should take care while answering is that you should present your answer with proper facts and reason and not just plain copying from book, analysis is very important in this subject also like most of other optionals.
While answering question take proper care of terms like Explain, Comment, Compare and Contrast, Illustrate, Discuss, Analyse, Critically Evaluate as all these term has their own meanings and if not follow those your marks will be deducted accordingly.
So, in conclusion I can only say from my experience that this subject is not that easy which people in general thinks because one can easily get average marks but to get good marks it needs thorough preparation.
Good Luck !

You can also visit :

1. Public Administration Syllabus
   
2. How to prepare for Public Administration ?
3. What should be the approach for preparing Public Administration
   
4. Mains Question paper 1997 to 2007