Hi All,
Many Aspirants ask about performance and trends of XYZ Optional subjects.
Therefore, I have come up with detailed analysis of performance of 47 Optional Subjects in UPSC CSE Mains 2013-2017.
Advisory:
- Look for trends. How is the performace off late?
- Look for optionals that remain largely stable and consistent.
- CSE 2018 report is not yet released by UPSC.
- SELECT OPTIONAL CAREFULLY!
Analysis:

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Optional Strategies by Toppers:
Law: Law Optional: Himanshu Verma IPS, Former IRS.
Anthro:Anthropology Strategy: Anupama Anjali, IAS CSE 2017
Commerce: Shivani Gupta IFS CSE17: Prelims-Mains-Answer writing-Commerce
Sociology: Rank-2 Anu Kumari Sociology Strategy (318 marks)
Sociology: Sociology | Pradeep Singh IAS
Maths: Maths Optional Strategy by Ram Prakash IAS CSE 2017
Maths: Maths Optional Notes – Ram Prakash IAS
Maths: Maths Optional-Saurabh Baranwal IRS
PSIR: PSIR Strategy by Tushar Gupta IPS, CSE-2017
PubAd: Pubad Strategy Ankit Jain IPS (309 marks)
PubAd: Sumit Kumar Rai|AIR-54|Public Administration
Philosophy: Philosophy Strategy Juhi Jalota IFS
Philosophy: Philosophy Strategy by Sakshi Tomar (Rank 369 CSE 2017)
Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य – प्रणव अनंत कानिटकर (भारतीय राजस्व सेवा)
History: History Optional (324): Vikas Ahlawat IRS-17, AIR 146 CSE 18
Geography: Rank-5 Pratham Kaushik Geography Strategy (327 marks)
Geography: My Geography Strategy
Also Read, an old post on HOW TO SELECT OPTIONAL SUBJECT:
ATB!!

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