How many subjects can we choose as optional subjects in Mains exam?

How many subjects can we choose as optional subjects in Mains exam?
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The mains Examination pattern is like
Main Examination - Optional Subjects

Paper-I	One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 22 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper)	300 Marks
Paper-II	English (Qualifying Paper)	300 Marks
Paper-III	Essay [in the medium you choose]	200 Marks
Papers IV & V	General Studies (300 Marks for each paper)	600 Marks
Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX	Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)	1200 Marks
Total Marks for Written Examination		2000 Marks
Interview Test [in the medium you choose]		300 Marks
Grand Total		2300 Marks

You can choose the optional subjetcs from the following list of Subjetcs :

UPSC Main Examination - Optional Subjects
General Studies
Essay
English Qualifying
Indian Languages
Mathematics
Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Management
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Anthropology
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Chinese
Dogri
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Santali
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

Hello Friend !!

Only two subjects are allowed to consider as Optional Subjects.

And that two can be any of :

Agriculture

Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science

Anthropology

Botany

Chemistry

Civil Engineering

Commerce and Accountancy

Economics

Electrical Engineering

Geography

Geology

History

Law

Management

Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

Medical Science

Philosophy

Physics

Political Science and International Relations

Psychology

Pubic Administration

Sociology

Statistics

Zoology

Mains Examination Pattern :

I wish you a very Good Luck !!

Dear,

two subject is compulsory for the civil service mains exam. and two two paper of the one optional subject.
means total four paper is taken by upsc your two optional subject.
the subject list is given by the upsc is also given below please pick up two subject from the list

Agriculture
Management
Animal Husbandry & Vet nary
Science
Mathematics
Anthropology
Mechanical Engineering
Botany
Medical Science
Chemistry
Philosophy
Civil Engineering
Physics
Commerce & Accountancy
Political Science &
International Relations
Economics
Psychology
Electrical Engineering
Public Administration
Geography
Sociology
Geology
Statistics
Indian History
Zoology
Any language subject

Following subject do not took together
Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
Commerce and Management
Anthropology and Sociology
Maths and Statistics
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Management and Public Administration
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science
Any two branches of engineering

best of luck

Dear

The main examination comprises of Nine papers, all of them of a descriptive type conducted within a span of 20 days.

Paper-I : One of the Indian Language to be selected by the candidate from 22 languages. : Marks 300

Paper-2 : English : Marks 300

Paper-3 : Essay : Marks 200

Paper-4 & 5 : General Study (300 Marks Each) : Marks 600

Paper- 5,6,7,8,9 : Any Two subject to be selected : Marks 1200
(Each having Two Papers & 300 marks for each paper)


So dear friend you can select two paper in the main examination

All the best.

Any aspirant for mains examination is allowed in two(2) subjects as optional subjects out of four subjects.
You can select any two optional subjects as your Interest mentioned below are:

->Management

->Agriculture

->Zoology

->Indian History

->Statistics

->Economics

->Electrical engineering

->Mechanical Engineering

->Civil Engineering

->Geology

->Medical Sciences

->Physics

->Science

->Animal Husbandry

->Anthopology

->Chemistry

->Public administration

->Sociology

->Philosophy

->Commerce

->Commerce and Accountancy.

***Remaining two(2) subjects are compulsory subjects are English and General Studies....

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Hi Aspirant,

Friend you will have to choose two optional subject in mains exam which are compulsory only for mains exam.

UPSC conducts civil Service exam in three stages which are as follows

Preliminary

Mains

Interview

In preliminary stage there is no optional subject. Here you would not have to choose any subject. There are only two papers of general studies to check the mental and logical ability of candidates. Each paper is of 200 marks.

In mains exam there is total 9 papers and 4 paper of optional subject. It�s mean 2 papers for each optional subject. For mains exam you will have to choose two optional subjects. The major part of your success is directly depends on optional subject because optional subject contains 1200 marks and each paper contains 300 marks.

Therefore you should choose the optional subject very carefully and choose only those subjects which are familiar to you.

List of optional subject

Agriculture

Animal husbandry & vetinary science

Anthropology

Botany

Chemistry

Civil engineering

Commerce and accountancy

Economics

Geography

Indian History

Law

Management

Mathematics

Mechanical engineering

Medical science

Philosophy

Physics

Political science & international relations

Psychology

Sociology

Statistics

Zoology

Best of Luck�

List of optional subject of mains exam is
Agriculture
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Animal husbandry & Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botnay
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
law
management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Public Administration
Scology
Statics
Zoology
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