List of Optional subjectswhich are restricted for selection in UPSC Civil Services exam?

List of Optional subjects restricted for selection in UPSC Civil Services exam?

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List of optional subjects

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry & 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
21. Relations
22. Psychology
23. Public Administration
24. Sociology
25. Statistics
26. Zoology
27. Literature of one of the following languages:

• Arabic,
• Assamese,
• Bodo
• Bengali
• Chinese
• Dogri
• English
• French
• German
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Kashmiri
• Konkani
• Maithili
• Malayalam
• Manipur
• Marathi
• Nepali
• Oriya
• Pali
• Persian
• Punjabi
• Russian
• Sanskrit
• Santali
• Sindhi
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Urdu

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Dear candidate


the given below subject combination is restricted by the upsc.

a candidate can not choose the combination of these subjects.

1. political science &international relation and public administration
2. commerce & accountancy and management
3. anthropology and sociology
4. mathematics and statistics
5. agriculture and animal husbandry & veterinary science
6. management and public administration
7. civil engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering- not more than one subject
   
8. animal husbandry and medical science.

but a candidate can choose any two subject from these optional subject.

the subject are given below

1. agriculture
2. animal husbandry
3. botany
4. anthropology
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
21. psychology
22. public administration
23. sociology
24. statistics
25. zoology

a candidate can choose any 2 subject from all the above subjects according to his/her choice.

For civil service exam the following lists of optional paper combinations are not allowed.

--Mathematics and Statistics
--Anthropology and Sociology
--Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
--Political Science & International relations and Public Administration
--Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science
--Management and Public Administration
--Any two branches of engineering
--Combination of two literature--Commerce & Accountancy and Management

But you can choose any other 2 subject combinations according to your choice & interest.
The list of optional subjects are :-

Dear Aspirant,
>> The subjects which feature in the LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS allowed for the MAINS of the CIVIL SERVICES exams are mentioned below ::

# ANTHROPOLOGY.
# ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE.
# BOTANY.
# ZOOLOGY.
# CHEMISTRY.
# PHYSICS.
# MATHEMATICS.
# GEOLOGY.
# ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,
# MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
# MEDICAL SCIENCE.
# INDIAN HISTORY.
# PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
# GEOGRAPHY.
# POLITICAL SCIENCE.
# SOCIOLOGY.
# PHILOSOPHY.
# PSYCHOLOGY.
# COMMERCE & ACCOUNTANCY.
# STATISTICS.
# ECONOMICS.
# LAW.
# AGRICULTURE.
# MANAGEMENT.
# CIVIL ENGINEERING.

>> However,take note that you are not allowed to opt for two subjects which features in the RESTRICTED LIST.
The pairs of subjects which are restricted for selection for the MAINS exams are mentioned below ::

# A PAIRS OF ENGINEERING SUBJECTS.
# POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
# ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & VETERINARY SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE.
# ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & VETERINARY SCIENCE AND MEDICAL SCIENCE.
# PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT.
# COMMERCE & ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT.
# MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
# ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY.

>> Except these restricted pairs,you are free to choose any subject combination from the list of optional subjects.

>> For further details on the CIVIL SERVICES exams,visit the official website of the UPSC :: www.upsc.gov.in !!
All The Best.
aman//

Political Science & International Re-
lations and Public Administration;
(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Management;
(c) Anthropology and Sociology;
(d) Mathematics and Statistics;
(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science.
(f) Management and Public Administration;
(g) Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering�not more than one subject.
(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.