UPSC optional papers: We all know that UPSC Civil Services examination is very difficult. Which can be passed with a right strategy. Whereas for UPSC Civil Services Main Examination, one has to select optional subjects, which is very important. Candidates should select these subjects carefully, because these subjects are of total 500 marks out of 2025 marks. If a candidate has not chosen the right optional subjects then it may affect the final score. Let us know about those optional subjects in which there are more chances of getting good marks.
First of all, let us tell you that out of the total 48 subjects available by UPSC, 2 optional subjects of UPSC have to be chosen. Therefore, candidates should choose optional subjects not only on the basis of toppers' marks, but on the basis of their background and interest. Some optional subjects, such as History, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology, Geography, Economics and Public Administration, have syllabuses that overlap with the General Studies (GS) syllabus in both UPSC Prelims and Mains exams. If you choose overlapping optional subjects, your preparation time can be saved and candidates will get a chance to focus on other aspects of the exam. A candidate is advised to research about the optional subjects before arriving at any decision.
Here, we are going to tell you about those UPSC optional papers which have the highest success rate. According to the report released by the Department of Personnel Training (DoPT), the success rate of all UPSC CSE optional subjects has been analyzed in the last few years. This means, we will tell you about those optional subjects with which the maximum number of UPSC candidates have been successful in clearing the Civil Services Examination so far.
According to the data of year 2019, these are the optional subjects with highest success rate.
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
management
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
medical science
agriculture
Civil Engineering
Top 4 literature based optional subjects with highest success rate (as per 2019 data)
Literature of Sindhi (Devanagari) Language
Literature of Kannada Language
Literature of Malayalam Language
Literature of Urdu Language
Top 7 optional subjects with highest success rate (as per 2020 data)
philosophy
Political Science and International Relations
Economics
Psychology
Geography
Sociology
With this, let the candidates know that this is just a report and does not guarantee that you will clear UPSC through the optional subjects selected from these. It is the level of knowledge and practice of every candidate that decides how much he can score in any optional subject. If a candidate works hard then every optional subject can be scoring for him.