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On 25th September, UPSC IAS Mains 2022 Optional Papers were conducted in 2 sessions. With the completion of both sessions, UPSC IAS Mains 2022 Optional Question Papers are available for analysis. You can go through the question paper and analyze your level of preparation in your optional subjects.
We have prepared a list of all optional Papers, we will publish all the PDFs as soon as available.
UPSC IAS Mains 2022 Optional Question Papers
| Number | List of optional subjects | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 1 | Agriculture | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 2 | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 3 | Anthropology | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 4 | Botany | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 5 | Chemistry | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 6 | Civil Engineering | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 7 | Commerce & Accountancy | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 8 | Economics | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 9 | Electrical Engineering | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 10 | Geography | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 11 | Geology | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 12 | History | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 13 | Law | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 14 | Management | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 15 | Mathematics | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 16 | Mechanical Engineering | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 17 | Medical Science | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 18 | Philosophy | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 19 | Physics | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 20 | Political Science & International Relations | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 21 | Psychology | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 22 | Public Administration | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 23 | Sociology | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 24 | Statistics | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 25 | Zoology | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| Number | Literature optional subjects | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 1 | Assamese | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 2 | Bengali | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 3 | Bodo | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 4 | Dogri | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 5 | Gujarati | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 6 | Hindi | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 7 | Kannada | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 8 | Kashmiri | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 9 | Konkani | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 10 | Maithili | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 11 | Malayalam | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 12 | Manipuri | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 13 | Marathi | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 14 | Nepali | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 15 | Oriya | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 16 | Punjabi | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 17 | Sanskrit | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 18 | Santhali | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 19 | Sindhi | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 20 | Tamil | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 21 | Telugu | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 22 | Urdu | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
| 23 | English | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
Below are the PDFs of all the conducted examinations. If you want to read the questions online, you directly go on to the individual posts (given below).
UPSC Mains 2022 – Essay Question Paper PDF
UPSC Mains 2022 GS 1 Question Paper PDF
UPSC Mains 2022 GS 2 Question Paper PDF
UPSC Mains 2022 GS 3 question paper PDF
UPSC Mains 2022 GS 4 question paper PDF
If you want to go through Previous Year’s Question Papers. You can visit this page.
