You will have to write all the paper in the medium you opt to write the examination. It is not possible to write General Studies and Essay paper in Hindi and optional subject in English.
However, UPSC gives you liberty to opt for choice of language for Interview Stage.
So, give it a cool thought and take a rational decision. It is all about your career and you know what works with you.
If you feel, you have good expression with Hindi; you opt for Hindi medium and pick a new optional subject that has some overlap with General Studies syllabus. As such, you are opting for a subject that is little different from your own subject.
Many engineering background candidates make cross-domain shift and pick a subject from humanities/literature of languages subjects available in the given list.
Even there are many instances where many engineering background candidates have succeeded with Hindi as medium of writing examination.
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