Public Administration

Before knowing anything specific about ANY OPTIONAL SUBJECT, one should first know about the different optional subjects in the CSE MAINS as categorised by the UPSC.

THE OPTIONAL SUBJECTS AS CATEGORISED BY THE UPSC ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. ENGINEERING: Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
2. MEDICAL SCIENCE: Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science
3. SCIENCE: Agriculture, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology
4. HUMANITIES – A: Anthropology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology.
5. HUMANITIES – B: Commerce & Accountancy, Economics, Law, Management, Public Administration and Political Science & International Relations.
6. LITT. OF LANGUAGES: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil,Telugu, Urdu, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santhali and English.

Thereafter one should have the overview about the performance of all different optional subjects in the CSE MAINS conducted by the UPSC which has been discused as follows: