Civil Services: Syllabus for Mains Exam

Paper – I: One Indian Language

Paper – II: English

Paper – III: Essay

Paper – IV & V: General Studies.

Paper – VI, VII, VIII & IX: Two subjects from the following list of optional subjects.

Optional Subjects – Mains

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 & International Relations

Psychology

Public Administration

Sociology

Statistics

Zoology

List of Language Papers (and their Scripts to be used):

Language (Script)

Arabic (Arabic)

Malayam (Malayalam)

Assamese (Assamese)

Manipuri (Devanagari)

Bengali (Bengali)

Marathi (Devanagari)

Bodo (Devanagari)

Nepali (Devanagari)

Chinese --

Oriya (Oriya)

Dogri (Devanagari)

Pali --

English --

Persian --

French --

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

German --

Russian --

Gujarati (Gujarati)

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

Hindi (Devanagari)

Santhali (Devanagari or Olchiki)

Kannada (Kannada)

Sindhi (Devanagari or Arabic)

Kashmiri (Persian)

Tamil (Tamil)

Konkani (Devanagari)

Telugu (Telugu)

Maithili (Devanagari)

Urdu (Persian)

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