History Optional Coaching: Course for UPSC CSE

History Optional is one of the interesting, scoring and entirely static subjects in the UPSC Civil Services Exam. The 2 papers of History Optional comprises Paper-I (Ancient and Medieval Indian History) & Paper-II (Modern Indian History and World History). The subject due to its extensive overlap (nearly 60%) with GS Paper I, Art & Culture, and Prelims. It is a static, "story-based" subject that requires analytical depth rather than rote memorization.

In the past 5 years, the History optional subject has given an average success ratio of around 7-9%. Hemant Jha Sir is a highly respected faculty with total experience of 25+ years in teaching for History Optional Coaching in Delhi.

Our History Optional Course for UPSC is designed for building conceptual clarity & improving answer writing to score better marks in Mains exam. Our full course gets completed in 5-6 months in English Medium & Offline/Online mode. The offline course is conducted at Our Old Rajinder Nagar Centre.

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Batch Details of History Optional Foundation Course

Offline Batch

20-07-2026: History Optional Foundation Course for CSE 2027

Regular

Batch Date

Jul 20, 2026

Batch Time

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Venue

Old Rajendra Nagar

₹ 50,847.46 + GST

Live-Online Batch

20-07-2026: History Optional Foundation Course for CSE 2027 (Live-Online)

Online

Batch Date

Jul 20, 2026

Batch Time

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

₹ 50,847.46 + GST

History Optional Course Features

Quality Teaching with focus on conceptual clarity.
Comprehensive coverage of the syllabus.
Basics to advance level based on current trend of the questions.
Coverage of theories/topics in general not taught elsewhere (such as early medieval period, micro issues, non-conventional issues, important statements, etc.) but are highly relevant for the examination.
Separate Classes on Map related questions.

Regular Answer-writing sessions.
Discussion on previous years' relevant questions.
Complete coverage of themes and topics in general.
Discussion on inter-connection between History optional & GS History.
Focus on Individual Attention.
Thoroughly researched and well-designed Study Material.

Download History Optional Syllabus

Why History as an Optional?

Entire syllabus of History optional subject overlaps with GS (Ancient-Medieval-Modern-Post-1947 Indian History, Indian Art & Culture and World History).
About 20 questions in GS Prelims Exam and about 10 questions in Mains Exam.
Evergreen subject & consistent in terms of popularity and result.
Knowledge of History helps in personality building and is also helpful for Personality Test.

Access and Support:

Students attending offline classes will get 72-hours access to the recorded lecture. If today is the class, they can attend it offline and will be able to access the recording for the next 72 hours (3 days).
Online students can watch the lecture live on the app and will get access to the recorded lecture for the next 72 hours (3 days).

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