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    How Many IAS are Selected Every Year?

    How Many IAS are Selected Every Year?

    Vishnukumar VUpdated on 17 Jul 2024, 12:57 PM IST

    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.

    This Story also Contains

    1. UPSC IAS 2024 Prelims Qualified Statistics
    2. UPSC IAS Previous year selected candidates
    3. UPSC IAS Selection Process 2024
    4. UPSC IAS Cut off 2024
    5. UPSC IAS Toppers List Previous Year
    How Many IAS are Selected Every Year?
    How many IAS are selected every year?

    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 IAS 2024 Prelims Qualified Statistics

    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.

    UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 Data

    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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    UPSC IAS Previous year selected candidates

    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.

    UPSC CSE Previous Year Data

    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)

    UPSC IAS Selection Process 2024

    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)

    UPSC IAS Cut off 2024

    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.

    UPSC CSE Cut Off 2024 (Expected)

    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

    UPSC IAS Toppers List Previous Year

    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.

    UPSC CSE Toppers List

    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)

    Q: How many seats are allotted for UPSC IAS 2024 posts?
    A:

    Approximately 170 to 180 seats are expected to be allotted for UPSC IAS 2024.

    Q: How Many candidates are selected for UPSC CSE Prelims 2024?
    A:

    A total of 14627 candidates qualified for the mains examination.

    Q: How many CSE candidates were selected previous year?
    A:

    A total of 1143 candidates were selected for various Civil Services posts last year.

    Q: What is the UPAS IAS Selection process?
    A:

    Candidates will be selected in three states - Prelims, Mains and Interview.

    Q: How many posts are announced for UPSC CSE 2024?
    A:

    A total of 1056 UPSC CSE vacancies have been announced on the official notification.

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