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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