Dear student,

The list of literature optional for UPSC are:

• Assamese.
• Bengali.
• Bodo.
• Dogri.
• Gujrati.
• Hindi.
• Kannada.
• Kashmiri.
• Konkani.
• Maithili.
• Malayalam.
• Manipuri.
• Marathi.
• Nepali.
• Odia.
• Punjabi.
• Sanskrit.
• Santhali.
• Sindhi.
• Tamil
• Telegu
• Urdu.
• English.

You may have written the examination in English, but if you feel you are better off speaking in Hindi or Tamil or any other regional language that is your native language then you can opt for that.

Thank You.