| Group A’ Services | |
| Indian P&T Accounts Finance Service | Indian Audit and Accounts Service |
| Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) | Indian Defence Accounts Service |
| Indian Revenue Service (I.T.) | Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Assistant Works Manager, Admininstration) |
| Indian Postal Service | Indian Civil Accounts Service |
| Indian Railway Traffic Service | Indian Railway Accounts Service |
| Indian Railway Personal Service | Indian Railway Protection Force (Assistant Security Commissioner) |
| Indian Defence Estate Service | Indian Information Service (Junior Grade) |
| Indian Trade Service. Group ‘A’ (Gr.III) | Indian Corporate Law Service |
| Group B’ Services |
| rmed Forced Headquarters Civil Services (Section Officer’s Grade) |
| Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Services (DANICS) |
| Delhi Andaman & Nicobar Island, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service (DANIPS) |
| Pondicherry Civil Service |
| Pondicherry Police Service |
| List of Optional Subjects for Main Examination | ||
| 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 Any One of the Following Languages: | ||
| Assamese | Bengali | Bodo |
| Dogri | Gujrati | Hindi |
| Kannad | Kashmiri | Konkani |
| Maithili | Malayalam | Manipuri |
| Marathi | Nepali | Odia |
| Punjabi | Sanskrit | Santhali |
| Sindhi | Tamil | Telgu |
| Urdu | English | |