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

Hi

You need to choose one subject for optional for your UPSC main examination and  there will be two papers for your optional subject.

-) both the optional papers are of 250 marks each
-) your optional papers will be subjective
-) your optional subject question paper will be set in both English and Hindi except for the literature subject
-)  you can choose any one subject of your choice for your optional subject from the the given below list of optional subjects  which include literature subject as well i. e English and Indian languages.

List of optional subject is provided below:-

-) Agriculture
-) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
-) Anthropology
-) Botany
-) Chemistry
-) Civil Engineering
-) Commerce & Accountancy
-) Economics
-) Electrical Engineering
-) Geography
-) Geology
-) History
-) law
-) Management
-) Mathematics
-) Mechanical Engineering
-) Medical Science
-) Philosophy
-) Physics
-) Political Science & International Relations
-) Psychology
-)Public Administration
-) Sociology
-)Statistics
-) Zoology

List of literature optional subjects is provided below:

-) English
-) Assamese
-) Bengali
-) Gujarati
-) Hindi
-) Kannada
-) Kashmiri
-) Konkani
-) Malayalam
-) Manipuri
-) Marathi
-) Nepali
-) Odia
-) Punjabi
-) Sanskrit
-) Sindhi
-) Tamil
-) Telugu
-) Urdu
-) Bodo
-) Dogri
-) Maithili
-) Santhali

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.

So, if you managed to sail through all the three stages  then congratulations you can become an ias  officer depending upon  rank obtained by you in UPSC civil services examination ,your preference of services and your category .

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

If you have any other doubt then feel free to ask them :) we are always here to help you out and guide you

Thank you

Dear Student,

Yes, Hindi/Telugu is required as eligibility along with 60% in +2 class for MA integrated political science course if you have not studied hindi/telugu then you have to given equivalent examination in hindi/telugu by government of India or any state government along with +2 as it is mentioned on the official website.You can visit official website for more information.

Thanks

Hi,

There are certain advantages and disadvantages of both science and arts as optionals in UPSC. Optional paper has a major role in UPSC exam as it carries 500 marks. If you choose arts as an optional, the added advantage is that , the syllabus has an overlap with your GS papers. Generally, there are many questions in which we have to give our view point and our view point can vary from the examiner. So, it may cost you some marks. While science is a factual subject and has concepts, so, if you clearly write the facts and concepts, then there is less chance for cutting of marks. However, you need to see your area of interest. If you are good enough in science, you can continue it. But, if you have some kind of uncertainty then you can surely change your stream to Arts. You should see your interest rather than seeing the list of optional subjects. Because if you start even preparing from your first-year, you will have a lot more time to complete the syllabus for UPSC CSE. So, choose the optional subjects wisely. You can shorten the list like you can cut off the subjects in which you do not have interest and mark the list short and read subjects of those books and then, you can decide the optional.