UPSC Mains number of candidates with literature of an Indian Language/Foreign Language as an Optional Subject 2016-2017

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Statement showing the number of candidates who appeared in Civil Services (Main) Examinations, 2016 and 2017 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)	2016		2017
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	05	05	03	03
2	Bengali	04	04	03	03
3	Gujarati	131	131	100	100
4	Hindi	283	283	265	264
5	Kannada	154	153	114	113
6	Kashmiri	00	00	0	0
7	Konkani	00	00	0	0
8	Malayalam	90	90	111	111
9	Manipuri	13	13	13	13
10	Marathi	17	17	17	17
11	Nepali	00	00	01	01
12	Oriya	04	04	05	05
13	Punjabi	46	45	39	39
14	Sanskrit	79	79	66	65
15	Sindhi (Dev)	05	05	02	02
16	Sindhi (Arabic)	01	01	0	0
17	Tamil	115	115	106	106
18	Telugu	112	112	72	72
19	Urdu	30	30	26	26
20	Dogri	00	00	0	0
21	Maithili	99	99	78	78
22	Santhali	02	02	0	0
23	Bodo	01	01	01	01
	Total [A]	1191	1189	1022	1019

No. of candidates who appeared in the year
Language (Optional Subject)	2016		2017
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].	1212	1210	1043	1040
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) [15142 in 2016 and 13052 in 2017]	7.865	7.8523	7.8302	7.807

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