All about optional subjects in mains
Hello student there are 25 optional subjects offered by UPSC apart from literature subjects.
Optional subjects offered by UPSC are as mentioned below -
1Agriculture
2Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3Anthropology
4Botany
5Chemistry
6Civil Engineering
7Commerce & Accountancy
8Economics
9Electrical Engineering
10Geography
11Geology
12History
13Law
14Management
15Mathematics
16Mechanical Engineering
17Medical Science
18Philosophy
19Physics
20Political Science & international Relations
21Psychology
22Public Administration
23Sociology
24Statistics
25Zoology
Literature optional subjects are as mentioned below -
1AssameseSyllabus
2BengaliSyllabus
3BodoSyllabus
4DogriSyllabus
5GujaratiSyllabus
6HindiSyllabus
7KannadaSyllabus
8KashmiriSyllabus
9KonkaniSyllabus
10MaithiliSyllabus
11MalayalamSyllabus
12ManipuriSyllabus
13MarathiSyllabus
14NepaliSyllabus
15OriyaSyllabus
16PunjabiSyllabus
17SanskritSyllabus
18SanthaliSyllabus
19SindhiSyllabus
20TamilSyllabus
21TeluguSyllabus
22UrduSyllabus
23English
Candidates need to choose any of the the one optional subjects from above for mains exam.
Feel free to comment if you've any doubt
Good luck
Hello,
Are you enquiring for optional subjects in UPSC Mains, then the optional subject has two papers, each is of 250 marks, the subjects included in the list are Agriculture, Anthropology, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Commerce and Accountancy, Geology, Geography, Economics, History, Law, management, mathematics, medical science, mechanical engineering, philosophy, political science and international relations, physics, psychology, sociology, public administration, statistics.