UPSC Civil Services Exam Ranking

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UPSC Exam Ranking

The Civil Services Examination is administered by the Union Public Service Commission each year. The exam is conducted to recruit candidates for different posts including IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, etc. The individuals who clear the civil services exam will be allocated to different civil services posts depending on various factors. However, the candidates will be allotted civil service posts based on their UPSC rank.

The rank-wise post is announced by the UPSC once the results for that particular year are declared. The results for the UPSC civil services examination will be declared once the mains and interview rounds are completed. The UPSC releases the rank-wise post each year. Based on the vacancy, the number of applicants, and the overall cutoff the UPSC's lowest rank will be determined.

The rank-wise post produced by the UPSC helps the candidates to acquire an understanding of the rank required to get into their desired services.

Category-wise distribution of selected candidates in the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE)

Service General SC ST OBC EWS Total
IAS (Admin) 73 27 14 49 17 180
IFS (Foreign) 16 5 2 10 04 37
IPS (Police) 80 32 13 55 2 200
Central Services Group A 258 86 45 160 64 613
Group B Services 47 15 12 29 10 134
Total 474 165 86 303 115 1143

Rank-wise post is the candidates will be allocated civil service posts based on their rank in UPSC.
The candidates will be ranked based on their performances in the Mains Examination and interview.
No, the final ranking is based on the combined performances of the candidates in the Mains Examination and Interview.
The UPSC exam, short for Union Public Service Commission exam, is India’s premier competitive test to recruit candidates for top government services like IAS, IPS, and IFS.

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