Hi Aspirants, hope you are doing well. UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) allows candidates to choose one optional subject for the Mains examination from a list of optional subjects. This list includes literature subjects as well. Here is the list of optional subjects, including literature optional papers, that are mentioned in the UPSC CSE notification:
list of UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) Optional Papers
• Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry and 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
• Public Administration
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Zoology
list of UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) Literature Optional Papers:
• Assamese
• Bengali
• Bodo
• Dogri
• English
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Kashmiri
• Konkani
• Maithili
• Malayalam
• Manipuri
• Marathi
• Nepali
• Odia
• Punjabi
• Sanskrit
• Santhali
• Sindhi
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Urdu
There are two papers for every optional paper which have a weightage of 250 marks each and both are allotted 3 hours.
Good luck! 👍