
Civil services topper Shubham Kumar scores 52.04%
The Hindu
Shubham Kumar got a total of 1,054 marks — 878 in the written and 176 in the personality test (or interview), according to UPSC data
Shubham Kumar topped the civil services examination 2020 with 52.04% marks, and second rank holder Jagrati Awasthi scored 51.95% in the prestigious test conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to select the country’s civil servants.
A total of 761 candidates — 545 men and 216 women — have cleared the examination, results of which were announced by the Commission on Friday.
The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC in three stages — preliminary, main and interview — to select officers for the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Indian Police Service among others.