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The Optional Subject papers are written after the General Studies papers. We have not published the 2026 Optional questions yet — they go up here as soon as they are available, in the same form as the General Studies papers: every question word for word, mapped to the past questions it echoes.
We hold 1,066 optional-subject questions across 43 subjects. Working backwards through your own optional is the best preparation for the paper you are about to write.
For the paper structure and marks, see the UPSC syllabus. For choosing an optional in the first place, see how to choose a UPSC optional subject.