Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2018 Literature Subjects Assamese Literature Paper - I Assamese Literature Paper - II Bengali Literature Paper - I Bengali Literature Paper - II English Literature Paper - I English Literature Paper - II Gujarati Literature Paper - I Gujarati Literature Paper - II Hindi Literature Paper - II Hindi Literature Paper - I Kannada Literature Paper - I Kannada Literature Paper - II Maithili Literature Paper - I Maithili Literature Paper - II Malayalam Literature Paper - I Malayalam Literature Paper - II Manipuri Literature Paper - I Manipuri Literature Paper - II Marathi Literature Paper - I Marathi Literature Paper - II Oriya Literature Paper - I Oriya Literature Paper - II Punjabi Literature Paper - I Punjabi Literature Paper - II Sanskrit Literature Paper - I Sanskrit Literature Paper - II Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper - I Sindhi (Devanagari) Literature Paper - II Tamil Literature Paper - I Tamil Literature Paper - II Telugu Literature Paper - I Telugu Literature Paper - II Urdu Literature Paper - I Urdu Literature Paper - II General Studies General Studies Paper - I General Studies Paper - II General Studies Paper - III General Studies Paper - IV Compulsory Subjects English Assamese Bengali Bodo Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Malayalam Marathi Nepali Oriya Punjabi Sindhi (Devnagari) Sanskrit Tamil Telugu Urdu Optional Subjects Agriculture Paper - I Agriculture Paper - II Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper - I Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Paper - II Anthropology Paper - I Anthropology Paper - II Botany Paper - I Botany Paper - II Chemistry Paper - I Chemistry Paper - II Civil Engineering Paper - I Civil Engineering Paper - II Commerce and Accountancy Paper - I Commerce and Accountancy Paper - II Economics Paper - I Economics Paper - II Electrical Engineering Paper - I Electrical Engineering Paper - II Geography Paper - I Geography Paper - II Geology Paper - I Geology Paper - II History Paper - I History Paper - II Law Paper - I Law Paper - II Management Paper - I Management Paper - II Mathematics Paper - I Mathematics Paper - II Mechanical Engineering Paper - I Mechanical Engineering Paper - II Medical Science Paper - I Medical Science Paper - II Philosophy Paper - I Philosophy Paper - II Physics Paper - I Physics Paper - II Political Science and IR Paper - I Political Science and IR Paper - II Psychology Paper - I Psychology Paper - II Public Administration Paper - I Public Administration Paper - II Sociology Paper - I Sociology Paper - II Statistics Paper - I Statistics Paper - II Zoology Paper - I Zoology Paper - II General Essay