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:

• How to select Optional Subject?

ATB!!