Even the slightest difference in the marks is a matter of great concern. Only the aspirants know the value of even 0.5 marks. That's why no aspirant wants to take any chance even for a single mark and tries to adopt strategies and subjects that will help them in fetching more marks in the examination.

It sounds good theoretically when we say marks don’t matter, but we all know the truth. Losing even the tiniest of marks can stop you from achieving your dreams and becoming the IAS officer to serve your country. No aspirant wants to trade off their marks at any cost. And why would they? Marks do matter when it comes to clearing competitive examinations. UPSC being the toughest examination in the country demands not just mere willingness to become the IAS Officer but full dedication and honest efforts to make your dreams come true.

One of the ways to be on the safer side is to choose an optional subject which will help you in scoring more marks so that even if you lose some marks in the other subjects, it can be covered by the marks of your optional subject. The best part to choose L2A Anthropology as your optional subject is it is a scoring subject at the same time interesting too. All need to do is focus on clearing the concepts and understanding the topics in the depth. Since some parts of the Anthropology subject are also covered in GS, it will save your time and you can practice more by saving your precious time.

Anthropology is the only optional subject in the UPSC syllabus, whose considerable amount of syllabus has been cut down. Topics like Developmental Anthropology, Ethnicity, Twins, and Reproductive biology has been removed. This means you can even finish the entire syllabus of Anthropology in just 4 months with the right guidance and preparation. L2A classes are the best classes for Anthropology preparation and timely completion of the syllabus if want to score well in Anthropology optional subject. Anthropology is a quite popular optional subject among the students of science background because the subject is peppered with science concepts.

L2A has been producing a considerable amount of toppers in Anthropology subjects in UPSC examinations. Most of the toppers of Anthropology are from L2A only. The experienced faculty of L2A knows how students can score marks in Anthropology and they teach their students the same. L2A Anthropology classes believes in making the conceptual clarity not just providing study material to the students and leaving them on their own. They feel as if it is their responsibility to get you the selection in UPSC. L2A never fails in delivering its promises and giving you the best guidance in your preparation.

Here are few things that you can pay more attention to in increase your marks in Anthropology. Even though Anthropology is considered to be a scoring subject; not paying attention to the details may do more harm than good to your marks.

1) After knowing the UPSC Syllabus for Anthropology, through past years and by checking it through the net, divide the entire Anthropology syllabus into small sections so that you can prepare each topic in detail without getting bogged down. For instance, as Paper-1 consists of Biological and Social-Political Anthropology you can prepare these topics first and Topics of Paper-2 are Indian Society and Tribal India, which are interrelated to each other would be better to prepare together.

2) Relate each chapter with the other, as all chapters are interrelated to each other, in this way it will be easier in remembering the topics.

3) Greenhorns should focus on practising more questions of physical anthropology where they can score more marks through diagrams as the questions are largely static.

4) Practice answers writing to score good marks. The more you will practice, the better you will get at it. It is best to mention the name of the researcher or anthropologist while citing something in your answers like any definition or criticism.

5) Try including sub-headings in your answers to give a proper structure to them.

Following these things is a good way to get more marks in Anthropology subject. The questions are mostly asked directly, so you can include flow charts, diagrams and examples to make your answers more presentable.