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.

Compulsory papers

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

Optionals

 * 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

 * 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

Resources

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

Previous Questions

 * IAS Exam race
 * Jeywin

Mock Tests

 * GK Today