12 May 2011
Type: Exam Results
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the list of candidates who have been selected for the Civil services based on the Civil Services Main Examination that had been conducted in October-November 2010 as well as the Personality Test that was conducted in March-April, 2011.
The candidates who have been selected for the civil services have been recommended for appointment to the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Foreign Services (IFS), Indian Police Services (IPS) and Central Services (Group 'A' and Group 'B').
The total number of candidates who have been recommended for the services is 920.
A total number of 5,47,698 candidates applied for the examination for the year 2011 and 2,69,036 candidates appeared for the Preliminary examination, which was conducted on May 23, 2010.
The number of candidates who had qualified for the main written examination that was held on October-November 2010 was 12,491 out of which 2589 candidates had been shortlisted for the Personality Test that was conducted this year in March-April.
The top 25 candidates this year comprise of 20 males and 5 females. Out of these 25, 15 candidates are from an engineering background, 5 candidates are from commerce, management, humanities, science and social sciences and the rest 5 are from medical science background.
Eight candidates among the top 25 have succeeded in making it to the list in their first attempt itself. 4 candidates from the 25 have succeeded in their second attempt, 9 in their third attempt, 3 in their fourth attempt and 1 in the fifth attempt.
28 candidates from the 920 who have been recommended are physically challenged, 14 are orthopaedically challenged. Also, 5 candidates are visually impaired and 9 are hearing impaired.
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