List of Mains Optional Subjects - UPSC Exam

UPSC Mains- Paper (6) - Optional Subject-1 and Paper (7) - Optional Subject-2

Out of 25 Optional Subjects and 23 literature subjects, candidates has to choose one subject as optional subjects, and in that subject he/she has to write optional exam 2 papers- as optional subject-6 and optional subject-7 

UPSC Mains Paper 6 and Paper 7 Optional Subject Books List

How to Choose Optional Subject

Choosing optional subject is a one of the important aspect most people often get confused, In general - Out of 26 optional subjects most choose the subject, in which they have graduated, example law student chooses law as his optional subject, management students chooses management as optional subject, agriculture students chooses agriculture as optional subjects <<Read  More>>

Optional subject List

1.)	Agriculture	10.)	Physics	19.)	Mathematics
2.)	Anthropology	11.)	Psychology	20.)	Law
3.)	Chemistry	12.)	Statistics	21.)	Philosophy
4.)	Commerce and accountancy	13.)	Animal husbandry and veterinary science	22.)	Political science and  (IR) international relations
5.)	Electrical Engineering	14.)	Botany	23.)	Public administration
6.)	Geology	15.)	Civil engineering	24.)	Sociology
7.)	Management	16.)	Economics	25.)	Zoology
8.)	Mechanical Engineering	17.)	Geography	26.)	Literature of any of the following Languages
9.)	Medical Science	18.)	History

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Literature Subject List (23)

1.)	Assamese literature	9.)	konkani literature	17.)	Sanskrit literature
2.)	Bengali literature	10.)	Maithili literature	18.)	Santhali literature
3.)	Bodo literature	11.)	Malayalam literature	19.)	Sindhi literature
4.)	Dogri literature	12.)	Manipuri literature	20.)	Tamil literature
5.)	gujarati literature	13.)	Marathi literature	21.)	Telugu literature
6.)	Hindi literature	14.)	Nepali literature	22.)	Urdu literature
7.)	kannada literature	15.)	Oriya literature	23.)	English literature
8.)	kashmiri literature	16.)	Punjabi Literature

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