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Dear Aspirant,
You’ve studied your Optional.
You’ve revised the syllabus.
You know the concepts.
But then you sit down to write a 10-marker…
You know the topic- but struggle to identify what the question actually demands. Your answer becomes too descriptive, lacks depth, or misses the analytical elements that can differentiate a high-scoring Optional answer.
Your Optional carries 500 marks. Knowing the subject is only half the battle. The real challenge is converting your knowledge into precise, structured and analytical answers within the given time.
To help you in your Optional preparation journey, we are organising the Open Answer Writing Townhall as per below mentioned venue:
| Optional | Date | Time |
| Sociology | 23 Sept. 2026 | 5:00 PM |
| PSIR | 23 Sept. 2026 | 5:30 PM |
| Hindi Literature | 24 Sept. 2026 | 5:00 PM |
| Public Administration | 25 Sept. 2026 | 2:00 PM |
| Anthropology | 25 Sept. 2026 | 5:00 PM |
| Philosophy | 25 Sept. 2026 | 5:00 PM |
| Law | 26 Sept. 2026 | 5:00 PM |
To register for the open optional town hall Click Here
Townhall will be organised in Online Mode & Offline at Karol Bagh Centre.
Optional Answer Writing Townhall will help you to get answers to the questions that matter:
- How do you decode the exact demand of an Optional question?
- How do you enrich answers with thinkers, scholars, theories, concepts and subject-specific examples?
- How can PYQs guide your answer-writing and content preparation?
- How do you integrate contemporary developments without losing the core Optional framework?
- How to differentiate between GS and Optional specific answer?
Don’t just prepare your Optional. Learn to write it the way UPSC demands.
Register Now: https://academy.forumias.com/event/optional-answer-writing-townhall
To know more about Optional Guidance Program (OGP) visit: https://academy.forumias.com/ogp/
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Your Team @ ForumIAS



