A total of 761 candidates have cleared the coveted civil services examination 2020, with engineering graduates Shubham Kumar and Jagrati Awasthi bagging the first and second ranks respectively.
The Union Public Service Commission on Friday declared the results of the examination, conducted annually to select IAS, IPS and IFS officers, among other civil servants.
Kumar, a Bachelor of Technology (civil engineering) graduate from IIT Bombay, has qualified the examination with anthropology as his optional subject while Awasthi is the topper among women candidates, according to a statement issued by the UPSC. Awasthi qualified the examination with sociology as her optional subject. She completed B.Tech (electrical engineering) from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal.
Ankita Jain has achieved the third rank in the prestigious test.
Of the total 761 candidates, 545 men and 216 women have cleared the examination and been recommended for various civil services by the Commission.
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