UPSC Mains number of candidates with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject 2015-2016

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Statement showing the number of candidates who appeared in Civil Services (Main) Examinations, 2015 and 2016 with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject
No. of candidates who appeared in the year
S. No.	Language (Optional Subject)	2015		2016
S. No.	Language (Optional Subject)	Paper-I	Paper-II	Paper-I	Paper-II
[A] Literature of an Indian Language as an Optional Subject
1	Assamese	03	03	05	05
2	Bengali	06	06	04	04
3	Gujarati	108	108	131	131
4	Hindi	421	420	154	153
5	Kannada	116	116	154	153
6	Kashmiri	00	00	00	00
7	Konkani	00	00	00	00
8	Malayalam	65	65	90	90
9	Manipuri	20	20	13	13
10	Marathi	15	15	17	17
11	Nepali	00	00	00	00
12	Oriya	07	07	04	04
13	Punjabi	50	50	46	45
14	Sanskrit	109	107	79	79
15	Sindhi (Dev)	03	03	05	05
16	Sindhi (Arabic)	02	02	01	01
17	Tamil	93	93	115	115
18	Telugu	132	132	112	112
19	Urdu	40	40	30	30
20	Dogri	02	02	00	00
21	Maithili	106	106	99	99
22	Santhali	02	02	02	02
23	Bodo	00	00	01	01
	Total [A]	1300	1297	1191	1189

No. of candidates who appeared in the year
Language (Optional Subject)	2015		2016
Language (Optional Subject)	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.	21	21	21	21
Total No. of candidates opting for Literature of a Language as an optional Subject [A+B].	1321	1318	1212	1210
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) [14640 in 2015 and 15142 in 2016]	8.8798	8.8593	7.865	7.8523

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