Civil Service Examination

The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to the various Civil Services of the Government of India.

## Papers

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### Compulsory papers

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* General Studies
* HIstory
* Economics
* Geography
* Politics
* International relations
* Statistics
* Essay
* Basic English
* Basic Indian language

### Optionals

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* Agriculture
* Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science
* Anthropology
* Botany
* Chemistry
* Civil Engineering
* Commerce & Accountancy
* Economics
* Electrical Engineering
* Geography
* Geology
* Indian History
* Law
* Management
* Mathematics
* Mechanical Engineering
* Medical Science
* Philosophy
* Physics
* Political Science & International Relations
* Psychology
* Public Administration
* Sociology
* Statistics
* Zoology

#### Literature optionals

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* Literature of Arabic
* Literature of Assamese
* Literature of Bengali
* Literature of Bodo
* Literature of Chinese
* Literature of Dogri
* Literature of English
* Literature of French
* Literature of German
* Literature of Gujarati
* Literature of Hindi
* Literature of Kannada
* Literature of Kashmiri
* Literature of Konkani
* Literature of Maithili
* Literature of Malayalam
* Literature of Manipuri
* Literature of Marathi
* Literature of Nepali
* Literature of Oriya
* Literature of Pali
* Literature of Persian
* Literature of Punjabi
* Literature of Russian
* Literature of Sanskrit
* Literature of Santali
* Literature of Sindhi
* Literature of Tamil
* Literature of Telugu
* Literature of Urdu

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## Resources

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* India
* International relations, Ministry of External Affairs
* News @ All India Radio

## Previous Questions

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* IAS Exam race
* Jeywin

## Mock Tests

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* GK Today