• Shakti Dubey has topped the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024, with Harshita Goyal and Dongre Archit Parag getting the second and third ranks.

• The Civil Services Examination is conducted annually in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.

• The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2024 was conducted on June 16, 2024. A total of 9,92,599 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 5,83,213 candidates actually appeared in the test.

• A total of 14,627 candidates qualified for appearance in the written (main) examination, which was held in September 2024. Out of these, 2,845 candidates qualified for the Personality Test or interview, which were held between January 7 and April 17 this year.

• Of them, 1,009 candidates — 725 men and 284 women — have been recommended by the UPSC for appointment to various services.

• Out of the total successful candidates, 335 are from the general category, 109 from the economically weaker sections, 318 from Other Backward Classes, 160 from Scheduled Castes and 87 from Scheduled Tribes.

• The government has reported 1,129 vacancies — 180 in IAS, 55 in IFS, 147 in IPS,  605 posts in different central Group A services and 142 in Group B services — to be filled through the Civil Services Examination 2024.

• The candidature of 241 recommended candidates has been kept provisional and the result of one candidate has been withheld.

• Another 230 successful candidates have been put on a reserve list.

• The UPSC has a ‘Facilitation Counter’ near the examination hall on its campus in Delhi. Candidates can obtain information or clarification regarding their exams or recruitment on all working days between 10 am and 5 pm in person or over the phone by dialling 23385271/23381125/23098543.

• The marks will be available on the website — www.upsc.gov.in — within 15 days from the date of declaration of the result.

The toppers

• Topper Shakti Dubey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Allahabad. She qualified for the examination with political science and international relations as her optional subject.

• Harshita Goyal has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the MS University of Baroda. She qualified for the exam with political science and international relations as her optional subject.

• Dongre Archit Parag, a Bachelor of Technology graduate in electrical and electronics engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nadu, had philosophy as his optional subject.

• Shah Margi Chirag, who has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer engineering from Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, secured the fourth rank with sociology as her optional subject.

• Aakash Garg, who has a Bachelor of Technology degree in computer science from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, got the fifth rank with sociology as his optional subject.

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