Are there any subjects which are related to environmental studies in UPSC Mains optional subject list?

Are there any subjects which are related to environmental studies in UPSC Mains optional subject list?
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Dear friend,

There is no specific paper in the list which is dedicated for environmental studies alone.you can go with any two of the optionals mentioned in the list below as per you interest and comfort.the following list will give you a fair idea about the optionals available.

the following is the list of optionals given by UPSC:

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


Following combinations of subjects ARE NOT ALLOWED IN Civil services exam:�

(a) political Science & International Relations 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.

all the best

In the following subjects you have topics related to environment
1) Agriculture
you have separate chapter on Ecology, climate change and environment
2) Civil Engineering
you have 2 separate chapters on Environmental Engineering and Environmental pollution in paper 2
3)Geography
you have chapter on ENvironmental geography in paper 1
in paper 2 another chapter on contemporary issues such as Ecological issues
4) similarly you have a chapter on Geochemistry and Environmental Geology in paper 2 of geology
5) you have a separate chapter in Ecology in paper 2 of zoology

These are the subjects which have certain topics related to environmental studies. There is no subject which is completely related to environment.
for more detailed syllabus on these topics refer upsc.gov.in