Advantage of Sanskrit as an Optional Paper

The Scheme of UPSC Civil Services Exam offers 48 Optional Subjects.

While none opted for 6 Subjects and 42 Subjects were opted, during the last 10 years.

The Annual Reports released by reveals that the 10 years Average Success Rate for 42 Subjects is 8.05%, Having the Success Rate of

(1) 8.81% for 16 Specialized Subjects, (2) 9.23% for 17 Languages and (3) 7.69% for 9 General Subjects.

The Success Rate for Sanskrit is 8.23%, which is higher than the Average Success Rate of Total Subjects [8.05%] and the General Subjects [7.69%] and slightly lower than the Specialized Subjects [8.81%].