Shruti Sharma tops civil services exam, women bag first three ranks

Shruti Sharma a student of history has topped the civil services examination 2021 with the first three rank holders being women in results announced by the Union Public Service Commission UPSC on MondayAnkita Agarwal and Gamini Singla have secured the second and third rank respectively A total of 685 candidates 508 men and 177 women have qualified and their names were recommended by the Commission for appointment to various central services the UPSC saidAmong the finally qualified candidates top three are women candidates the Commission saidSharma who has graduated in History Hons from the University of Delhi topped the examination with history as her optional subjectAgarwal a graduate in economics Hons from the University of Delhi secured the second rank with political science and international relations as her optional subjectSingla a Bachelor of Technology BTech in computer science stood third in the rank with sociology as her optional subject the UPSC saidAishwarya Verma secured the fourth position and Utkarsh Dwivedi achieved the fifth rank it saidThe top 25 candidates comprise 15 men and 10 womenPrime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the successful candidates and had words of encouragement for those who could not clear the examCongratulations to all those who have cleared the Civil Services Main Examination 2021 My best wishes to these youngsters who are embarking on their administrative careers at an important time of Indias development journey when we are marking Azadi Ka Amrit MahotsavI fully understand the disappointment of those who couldnt clear the Civil Services Exam but I also know that these are outstanding youngsters who will make a mark in any field they pursue and make India proud My best wishes to them the prime minister tweetedEducational qualifications of the top 25 successful candidates range from graduation in engineering humanities commerce and medical science from premier institutions of the country such as IIT AIIMS VIT PEC University of Mumbai University of Delhi GB Pant University etc the UPSC saidTop 25 successful candidates have opted for subjects like anthropology economics geography Hindi literature history mathematics medical science political science amp international relations public administration sociology and zoology as their optional choice in the written main examination it saidThe recommended candidates also include 25 persons with benchmark disability seven orthopedically handicapped five visually challenged eight hearing impaired amp five with multiple disabilities the Commission saidOf the successful candidates 244 are from the General category 73 from Economically Weaker Sections 203 of Other Backward Classes 105 from Scheduled Castes and 60 from the Scheduled TribesThe civil services examination is conducted annually by the UPSC in three stages preliminary main and interview to select officers of the Indian Administrative Service IAS Indian Foreign Service IFS and the Indian Police Service IPS among othersThe civil services preliminary examination 2021 was conducted on October 10th 2021A total of 1093984 candidates applied for this examination out of which 508619 candidates appeared in the examination the UPSC saidAs many as 9214 candidates qualified for appearance in the written main examination which was held in January 2022A total of 1824 candidates qualified for the personality test of the examination it addedThe candidature of 80 candidates is provisional while the result of one candidate has been withheldUPSC has a facilitation counter near the examination hall on its campus Candidates can obtain any informationclarification regarding their examinationsrecruitment on the working days between 1000 hours to 1700 hours in person or over telephone nos 2338527123381125 23098543 the Commission saidResults are also available on the UPSCs website wwwupscgovinMarks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of result it saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever