UPSC Mains number of candidates with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject 2014-2015


UPSC Mains number of candidates with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject 2014-2015


Statement showing the number of candidates who appeared in Civil Services (Main) Examinations, 2014 and 2015 with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject

S.
No.
Language (Optional Subject)

 
No. of Candidates who appeared in the year
2014 2015
Paper I Paper II Paper I Paper II
1 Assamese 4 4 3 3
2 Bengali 3 3 6 6
3 Bodo 0 0 0 0
4 Dogri 0 0 2 2
5 Gujarati 87 87 108 108
6 Hindi 403 402 421 420
7 Kannada 131  131 116 116
8 Kashmiri 0 0 0 0
9 Konkani 0 0 0 0
10 Maithili 95 94 106  106
11 Malayalam 65 65  65  65
12 Manipuri 17 17  20  20
13 Marathi 24 24 15 15
14 Nepali 0 0 0 0
15 Oriya 7 7 7 7
16 Punjabi 61 61 50 50
17 Sanskrit 89 89 109  107
18  Santhali 1 1 2 2
19 Sindhi (Arabic) 3 3 2 2
20 Sindhi (Devnagari) 2 2 3 3
21 Tamil 94 94 93 93
22 Telugu 122 122 132 132
23  Urdu 31 31 40 40
  Total [A] 1239 1237 1300  1297
Language (Optional Subject)


 
No. of Candidates who appeared in the year
2014 2015

Paper I

Paper II
 
Paper I Paper II

[B] English Literature as an Optional Subject

Total No. of candidates [B] with English
Literature as one of the Optional Subjects.
33 33  21 21
Total no. of candidates opting for Literature of
a Language as an optional subject [A+B]
1272 1270 1321 1318
Percentage of candidates with an Indian
Language as an optional subject [A] in respect
to the total no. Of candidates appeared based
on Paper I (Essay) <essay candidates> in 2015
7.6110 7.5987 8.8798 8.8593