Union Public Services Commission is the conducting body for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) exam. The commission announces every year about 1000 to 1150 vacancies for the UPSC Civil Service exam for various posts. Out of these vacancies around 175 to 180 candidates are selected for the UPSC IAS exam.
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The commission selects the candidates in three various steps that are preliminary, main and interview.
Every year, approximately 13 lakhs candidates apply for the UPSC CSE exam. Out of which, nearly 8 to 9 lakhs candidates were appearing for the preliminary examination and approximately 2250 candidates were shortlisted for the Interview stage. Aspirants can check how many IAS candidates selected, applied, and appeared in this article.
UPSC conducted the Civil Services exam 2024 on June 16, 2024 across the country. Following that, the commission announced the UPSC IAS prelims result on July 1, 2024. Nearly 13.3 lakhs candidates applied for the various Civil Services posts. Out of which, a total of 14627 candidates are selected for mains examination.
Particular | Details |
UPSC IAS prelims exam date | June 16, 2024 |
UPSC IAS prelims result date | July 1, 2024 |
Total applied for CSE | 13.3 lakh (Approximate) |
Number of candidates qualified | 14627 |
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The commission that appoints the shortlisted candidates to the various Civil Services Posts will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in the rules for the examination. The number of UPSC IAS selected candidates and for other services are given below in the table.
SERVICES | GEN | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total |
I.A.S. | 73 | 17 | 49 | 27 | 14 | 180 |
I.F.S. | 16 | 04 | 10 | 05 | 02 | 37 |
I.P.S. | 80 | 20 | 55 | 32 | 13 | 200 |
Central Services Group ‘A’ | 258 | 64 | 160 | 86 | 45 | 613 |
Group ‘B’ Services | 47 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 113 |
Total | 474 | 115 | 303 | 165 | 86 | 1143* |
* includes 37 PwBD vacancies (16 PwBD-1, 06 PwBD-2, 05 PwBD-3 & 10 PwBD-5)
The UPSC IAS 2024 selection process compresses three stages that are given below. The commission releases the final UPSC IAS merit list after these three stages only.
Preliminary exam
Mains exam
Personal Interview (Personality Test)
Based on UPSC CSE previous years' cut off the below expected cut off is arrived. Candidates can have a look at the expected UPSC CSE cut off in the table below.
Categories | IAS Prelims expected cut off 2024 |
General | 92-96 |
EWS | 90-14 |
OBC | 91-95 |
SC | 82-89 |
ST | 75-81 |
PwBD-1 | 52-62 |
PwBD-2 | 42-62 |
PwBD-3 | 57-67 |
PwBD-5 | 57-67 |
The commission releases the UPSC IAS toppers list after the conclusion of the interview process. The UPSC IAS toppers name and roll number has been given in the below table.
Rank | Name | Roll Number |
1 | Aditya Srivastava | 2629523 |
2 | Animesh Pradhan | 6312512 |
3 | Donuru Ananya Reddy | 1013595 |
4 | P K Sidhartha Ramkumar | 1903299 |
5 | Ruhani | 6312407 |
6 | Srishti Dabas | 0501579 |
7 | Anmol Rathore | 3406060 |
8 | Ashish Kumar | 1121316 |
9 | Nausheen | 6016094 |
10 | Aishwaryam Prajapati | 2637654 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Approximately 170 to 180 seats are expected to be allotted for UPSC IAS 2024.
A total of 14627 candidates qualified for the mains examination.
A total of 1143 candidates were selected for various Civil Services posts last year.
Candidates will be selected in three states - Prelims, Mains and Interview.
A total of 1056 UPSC CSE vacancies have been announced on the official notification.
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