UPSC Optional Subjects 2026: The UPSC conducts the Civil Services Examination (CSE) every year which includes the three step selection process. The three stages are: Preliminary examination, Mains ...

Among the subjects, students have a choice to select History as their optional subject and appear for Paper 1 and Paper 2 for a total of 250 marks each. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) ...

UPSC Mains Syllabus 2024: Candidates who pass the UPSC Prelims are invited to the mains examination, which consists of nine papers, the marks obtained in seven of which will be used for creating the ...

E.H. Carr says,” What is history?, our answer, consciously or unconsciously, reflects our own position in time, and forms part of our answer to the broader question, what view we take of the society ...

The UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) is not just a test of knowledge — it is an assessment of how well an aspirant understands Indian society, governance, and the challenges of modern ...

Along with the preparation of the General Studies papers, candidates will also have to prepare for the optional subject as well as for the Language papers. The preparation time has officially begun ...