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Three top UPSC ranks go to girls; Shubhra Saxena tops
Girls have bagged the top three ranks in the Civil Services Examination 2008 with Noida`s Shubhra Saxena topping the test, results for
which were declared here today.
While Sharandeep Kaur Brar has been placed second, Kiran Kaushal secured the third position.
A total of 791 candidates have cracked the exam for which written test was conducted in October-November last year and the interview for personality test was held in March-April this year, the UPSC said.
The candidates, who have been recommended for appointment, include 364 from general category, 236 from OBC, 130 from SC and 61 from ST group.
30-year-old Saxena has done her B.Tech from IIT Roorkee. This was her second attempt. Second topper Sharandeep Kaur has done her MA from Punjab University.
The top 25 candidates included 10 women. While 12 of them are from Commerce, Management, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences, nine candidates are from streams of Engineering and four from Medical Sciences.
A total of 3,18,843 candidates applied for the examination, while 1,67,035 appeared for the preliminary examination. Of them 11,849 qualified for the Mains but only 2,140 could make it to the personality test.
Source:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET-Cetera/Three--top-UPSC-ranks-go-to-girls/
which were declared here today.
While Sharandeep Kaur Brar has been placed second, Kiran Kaushal secured the third position.
A total of 791 candidates have cracked the exam for which written test was conducted in October-November last year and the interview for personality test was held in March-April this year, the UPSC said.
The candidates, who have been recommended for appointment, include 364 from general category, 236 from OBC, 130 from SC and 61 from ST group.
30-year-old Saxena has done her B.Tech from IIT Roorkee. This was her second attempt. Second topper Sharandeep Kaur has done her MA from Punjab University.
The top 25 candidates included 10 women. While 12 of them are from Commerce, Management, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences, nine candidates are from streams of Engineering and four from Medical Sciences.
A total of 3,18,843 candidates applied for the examination, while 1,67,035 appeared for the preliminary examination. Of them 11,849 qualified for the Mains but only 2,140 could make it to the personality test.
Source:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET-Cetera/Three--top-UPSC-ranks-go-to-girls/
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