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As per the schedule of the UPSC Mains Examination 2024, the commission will be conducting both Optional papers on 29 September 2024, the optional subject is important in the exam as a single subject weighs for 500 marks which is the highest among all subjects in the UPSC exam and the subject selected by the student can be a major part of discussion in the interview. In this article, we have attached UPSC Mains Optional question papers for all the optional subjects in the UPSC Mains Exam.
UPSC Optional Question Paper 2024
The UPSC holds optional exams for 48 subjects mentioned in their official announcement. In 2024, these exams took place on September 28. In this article, we will share the UPSC Mains Optional question papers for all subjects in PDF format to help candidates.
UPSC Optional Question Paper 2024- Subject Wise
Below we have mentioned subjects and corresponding to that we are updating the question papers for UPSC Mains Optional Paper 2024. It should be noted that choosing the optional subject for UPSC Mains Exam is very important and these optional question papers of UPSC Mains 2024 can help candidate understand the difficulty potential of each optional subject, in order to choose the right optional subject for UPSC Mains examination.
| S.No. | Optional Subjects | Question Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agriculture | Agriculture Paper 1 and Agriculture Paper II |
| 2 | Botany | Botany Paper I and Botany Paper II |
| 3 | Chemistry | Chemistry Paper I and Chemistry Paper II |
| 4 | Economics | Economics Paper I and Economics Paper II |
| 5 | Medical Science | Medical Science Paper I and Medical Science Paper II |
| 6 | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Paper I |
| 7 | Anthropology | Anthropology Paper I and Anthropology Paper II |
| 8 | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering Paper I and Civil Engineer Paper II |
| 9 | Zoology | Zoology Paper I and Zoology Paper II |
| 10 | Public Administration | Pub. Adm. Paper I and Pub. Adm. Paper II |
| 11 | Commerce and Accountancy | Commerce and Accountancy Paper I and Commerce and Accountancy Paper II |
| 12 | Electrical Engineering | Electrical Engineering Paper I and Electrical Engineering Paper II |
| 13 | Geography | Geography Paper I and Geography Paper II |
| 14 | Mathematics | Mathematics Paper I and Mathematics Paper II |
| 15 | Philosophy | Philosophy Paper I and Philosophy Paper II |
| 16 | Geology | Geology Paper I and Geology Paper II |
| 17 | History | History Paper I and History Paper II |
| 18 | Law | Law Paper I and Law Paper II |
| 19 | Political Science and International Relations | PSIR Paper I and PSIR Paper II |
| 20 | Statistics | Statistics Paper I and Statistics Paper II |
| 21 | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering Paper I and Mechanical Engineering Paper II |
| 22 | Psychology | Psychology Paper I and Psychology Paper II |
| 23 | Sociology |
Sociology Paper 1 and Sociology Paper II |
| 24 | Management | Management Paper I and Management Paper II |
| 25 | Physics | Physics Paper I and Physics Paper II |
| 26 | English | English Paper I and English Paper II |
| 27 | Hindi | Hindi Paper I and Hindi Paper II |
How to Download UPSC Mains 2024 Optional Question Paper?
Through the below step, the candidate can download the UPSC Mains Optional Question Paper 2024.
- Step 1: Visit the official UPSC website, upsc.gov.in.
- Step 2: Navigate to the Home page and click on examination for UPSC Mains Optional Question Paper
- Step 3: Click on the previous year’s questions
- Step 4: Select Civil Services Exam from the dropdown
- Step 5: Click on download
- Step 6: Save the PDF for your reference.
List of Scoring UPSC Optional Subjects
With the results from previous years, it is clear that the choice of UPSC optional subjects should involve not only the candidate’s interest but also the marking scheme and previous performance in the subject. There are a few optional subjects where even the highest marks are not competitive. For example, the highest mark in Economics was 325, compared to 362 in Anthropology and 375 in Mathematics. Below, we have listed the most scoring UPSC optional subjects.
- Anthropology
- Hindi
- English
- History
- PSIR
- Geography
- Public Administration
- Sociology
- Philosophy
- Psychology
UPSC Optional Question Paper 2024 Difficulty Level
We will be evaluating all the UPSC mains optional papers, a detailed summary over the difficulty level will be updated after the question papers are released.
UPSC Mains Optional Paper 2024 Syllabus
The UPSC Mains Optional Paper subject list encompasses 48 subjects, and candidates are required to choose one subject for both Optional Paper I and Optional Paper II, it is important to go through the syllabus of UPSC optional subjects and for the same we have below attached syllabus for each UPSC optional subject in the table.
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