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.