can I write optional paper(socialogy) in kannada in upsc mains..
Hi
Yes, you can write the answers of your sociology optional paper in kannada.
This is because,
The UPSC Prelims and Mains examination question paper are set in both English and Hindi except the language papers -A and B in mains examination while prelims examination is objective, Mains examination is subjective and you have the option to write your answers in English or in any one of the Eighth Schedule languages .
So, beside English , you have the option to write answers in the language included
in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution which consists of 22 languages listed below:-
-) Assamese
-) Bengali
-) Gujarati
-) Hindi
-) Kannada
-) Kashmiri
-) Konkani
-) Malayalam
-) Manipuri
-) Marathi
-) Nepali
-) Odia
-) Punjabi
-) Sanskrit
-) Sindhi
-) Tamil
-) Telugu
-) Urdu
-) Bodo
-) Dogri
-) Maithili
-) Santhali
So, you can definitely write your Sociology optional answers in kannada.
To help you for further, here's a brief of UPSC examination pattern
UPSC civil services examination has 3 stages listed below :-
*prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is of qualifying nature , so you just need to at least qualify it to be eligible for mains examination, the score /marks obtained by you in your prelims examination is not added up or used in your final merit. Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -
-) general studies 1
-) general studies II ( csat )
You get 2 hours for each paper
*Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers which are listed below:-
-) paper A :- compulsory indian language.
-) paper B :- english
-) essay
-) general studies I
-) general studies II
-) general studies III
-) general studies IV
-) optional I
-) optional II
The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.
*Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.
For detailed information , I will recommend you to go through our page the link for the same is provided below
https://school.careers360.com/articles/how-to-become-an-ias-officer
Thank you