UPSC Optional Subject List

UPSC Optional Subjects List

Check the list of UPSC optional subjects List for mains examination 2019. Learn to select the best optional subject according to the latest UPSC syllabus here. We list out the optional subjects offered in the civil services (IAS) examination. It is clear now that the provision of optional subjects in the Main Examination stage only and not in the preliminary stage. There are two papers of optional subject i.e. Paper VI & Paper VII consisting of 250 marks each and the duration of each paper is 3 hours.

UPSC IAS Mains Optional Subjects List

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3. Anthropology
4. Botany
5. Chemistry
6. Civil Engineering
7. Commerce and Accountancy
8. Economics
9. Electrical Engineering
10. Geography
11. Geology
12. History
13. Law
14. Management
15. Mathematics
16. Mechanical Engineering
17. Medical Science
18. Philosophy
19. Physics
20. Political Science and International Relations
21. Psychology
22. Public Administration
23. Sociology
24. Statistics
25. Zoology
26. Literature of any one of the following languages:
    • Assamese
    • Bengali
    • Bodo
    • Dogri
    • Gujarati
    • Hindi
    • Kannada
    • Kashmiri
    • Konkani
    • Maithili
    • Malayalam
    • Manipuri
    • Marathi
    • Nepali
    • Oriya
    • Punjabi
    • Sanskrit
    • Santhali
    • Sindhi
    • Tamil
    • Telugu
    • Urdu
    • English