| Optional Subject-wise Number of Candidates Appeared and Recommended by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in India (2002, 2005 and 2006) | |||||||||
| Optical Subject | 2002 | 2005 | 2006 | ||||||
| Number of Candidates | Success Ratio of Candi- dates | Number of Candidates | Success Rate (Per- cent) | Number of Candidates | Success Rate (Per- cent) | ||||
| Appe- ared | Recomm- ended | Appe- ared | Recomm- ended | Appe- ared | Recom- mended | ||||
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