{"id":207760,"date":"2022-09-27T14:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T08:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=207760"},"modified":"2022-10-01T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T08:51:08","slug":"upsc-ias-mains-2022-optional-question-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-ias-mains-2022-optional-question-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC IAS Mains 2022 \u2013 Optional Question Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>We have prepared a list of all optional Papers, we will publish all the PDFs as soon as available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>UPSC IAS Mains 2022 Optional Question Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 95.6692%; height: 896px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Number<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><strong>List of optional subjects<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Paper 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Paper 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Agriculture<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-AGRICULTURE-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-AGRICULTURE-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ANIMAL-HUSBANDRY-AND-VETERINARY-SCIENCE-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ANIMAL-HUSBANDRY-AND-VETERINARY-SCIENCE-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Anthropology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ANTHROPOLOGY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ANTHROPOLOGY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">Botany<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-BOTANY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-BOTANY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">Chemistry<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-CHEMISTRY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-CHEMISTRY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">Civil Engineering<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-CIVIL-ENGINEERING-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-CIVIL-ENGINEERING-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">Commerce &amp; Accountancy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-COMMERCE-AND-ACCOUNTANCY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-COMMERCE-AND-ACCOUNTANCY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Economics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ECONOMICS-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ECONOMICS-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Electrical Engineering<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ELECTRICAL-ENGINEERING-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ELECTRICAL-ENGINEERING-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Geography<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-GEOGRAPHY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-GEOGRAPHY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">11<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Geology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-GEOLOGY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-GEOLOGY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">12<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">History<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-HISTORY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-HISTORY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">13<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Law<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-LAW-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-LAW-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">14<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Management<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MANAGEMENT-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MANAGEMENT-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">15<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Mathematics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MATHEMATICS-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MATHEMATICS-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">16<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Mechanical Engineering<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MECHANICAL-ENGINEERING-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MECHANICAL-ENGINEERING-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">17<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Medical Science<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MEDICAL-SCIENCE-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MEDICAL-SCIENCE-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">18<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Philosophy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-PHILOSOPHY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Philosophy-II.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">19<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Physics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Physics-I.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Physics-II.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">20<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\">Political Science &amp; International Relations<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PSIR-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 56px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-POLITICAL-SCIENCE-AND-INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONS-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">21<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Psychology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-PSYCHOLOGY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-PSYCHOLOGY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">22<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Public Administration<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">23<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Sociology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-SOCIOLOGY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-SOCIOLOGY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Statistics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-STATISTICS-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-STATISTICS-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.2503%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">25<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 35.5548%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\">Zoology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.1814%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ZOOLOGY-PAPER-I-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.2454%; height: 28px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ZOOLOGY-PAPER-II-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 95.6688%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\"><strong>Number<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\"><strong>Literature optional subjects<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><strong>Paper 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><strong>Paper 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Assamese<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ASSAMESE-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ASSAMESE-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Bengali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-BENGALI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-BENGALI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Bodo<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\">Paper 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\">Paper 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Dogri<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\">Paper 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\">Paper 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Gujarati<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-GUJARATI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-GUJARATI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Hindi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-HINDI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-HINDI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Kannada<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-KANNADA-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-KANNADA-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Kashmiri<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\">Paper 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\">Paper 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Konkani<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\">Paper 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\">Paper 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Maithili<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MAITHILI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MAITHILI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">11<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Malayalam<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MALAYALAM-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MALAYALAM-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">12<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Manipuri<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MANIPURI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MANIPURI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">13<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Marathi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MARATHI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-MARATHI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">14<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Nepali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\">Paper 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\">Paper 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">15<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Oriya<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\">Paper 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\">Paper 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">16<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Punjabi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-PUNJABI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-PUNJABI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">17<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Sanskrit<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-SANSKRIT-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-SANSKRIT-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">18<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Santhali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\">Paper 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\">Paper 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">19<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Sindhi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-SINDHI-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-SINDHI-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">20<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Tamil<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-TAMIL-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-TAMIL-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">21<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Telugu<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-TELUGU-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-TELUGU-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">22<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">Urdu<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-URDU-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-URDU-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 14.1746%; text-align: center;\">23<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.6603%; text-align: center;\">English<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.5047%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ENGLISH-PAPER-I-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 1<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 31.732%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/QP-CSM-22-ENGLISH-PAPER-II-Lit-280922.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UPSC-MAINS-2022-ESSAY-QP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSC Mains 2022 \u2013 Essay Question Paper PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UPSC-MAINS-2022-GS-1-Question-Paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSC Mains 2022 GS 1 Question Paper PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UPSC-MAINS-2022-General-Studies-Paper-2-QP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSC Mains 2022 GS 2 Question Paper PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UPSC-MAins-2022-GS-Paper-3-question-paper-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSC Mains 2022 GS 3 question paper PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UPSC-ias-mains-2022-gs-paper-4-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSC Mains 2022 GS 4 question paper PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to go through Previous Year\u2019s Question Papers. You can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-previous-year-question-papers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, 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. 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