| Optional Subject-wise Number of Candidates Appeared and Recommended by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in India (2003) | |||
| Optical Subject | Number of Candidates | Success Ratio of Candidates | |
| Appeared | Recommended | ||
| Agriculture | |||
| Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | |||
| Anthropology | |||
| Botany | |||
| Chemistry | |||
| Civil Engineering | |||
| Commerce and Accountancy | |||
| Economics | |||
| Electrical Engineering | |||
| Geography | |||
| Geology | |||
| History | |||
| Law | |||
| Management | |||
| Mathematics | |||
| Mechanical Engineering | |||
| Medical Science | |||
| Philosophy | |||
| Physics | |||
| Political Science and International Relations | |||
| Psychology | |||
| Public Administration | |||
| Sociology | |||
| Statistics | |||
| Zoology | |||
| Literature of Assamese Language | |||
| Literature of Bengali Language | |||
| Literature of Gujarati Language | |||
| Literature of Hindi Language | |||
| Literature of Kannada Language | |||
| Literature of Manipuri Language | |||
| Literature of Marathi Language | |||
| Literature of Malayalam Language | |||
| Literature of Oriya Language | |||
| Literature of Pali Language | |||
| Literature of Punjabi Language | |||
| Literature of Sanskrit Language | |||
| Literature of Tamil Language | |||
| Literature of Telugu Language | |||
| Literature of Urdu Language | |||
| Literature of English Language | |||
| Literature of French Language | |||
| Literature of Persian Language | |||
