The top 25 candidates include 15 males and 10 females. Educational qualification-wise they comprise of 12 candidates belonging to Commerce, Management, Humanities, and Science & Social Sciences; 9 candidates belonging to Engineering and 4 candidates belonging to Medical Science background. Of these, 22 took the Examination in English medium; 2 in Hindi medium and 1 in Punjab medium.
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.
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.
Table: Civil Service Exam 2008 Marks Scored by the 10 Toppers
Toppers
Subject
Max- Marks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Essay(Paper III)
200
140
104
116
130
140
118
119
120
118
134
General Studies (Paper-IV)
300
174
168
182
136
163
154
172
158
163
166
General Studies(Paper-V)
300
154
163
162
177
152
153
169
134
171
156
Optional I,
Paper-VI
300
194
191
175
168
191
163
147
188
183
169
Paper-VII
300
156
163
176
188
190
163
181
190
179
187
Optional II,
Paper-VIII
300
154
194
163
181
184
191
189
200
171
151
Paper-IX
300
189
177
164
172
134
178
158
174
182
156
Penalty Marks
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Written Total
2000
1161
1160
1138
1152
1154
1120
1135
1164
1167
1119
Interview Marks
300
210
200
215
192
183
216
195
164
156
201
Final Total
2300
1371
1360
1353
1344
1337
1336
1330
1329
1323
1320
Civil Service Exam 2008 Marks Scored by the 10 Toppers
Rank-1 Roll No. : 159306
Name : SHUBHRA SAXENA Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\140
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300\ 174
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\ 154
Optional I, Psychology Paper-VI 300\ 194
Paper-VII 300\ 156
Optional II, Public Administration Paper-VIII 300 \154
Paper-IX 300\ 189
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000\ 1161
Interview Marks 300\ 210
Final Total 2300\ 1371
Remarks : Recommended
Rank-2 Roll No. : 307085
Name: SHARANDEEP KAUR BRAR Civil Services (Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\104
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300\ 168
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\ 163
Optional I, Psychology Paper-VI 300\ 191
Paper-VII 300 \163
Optional II, Sociology Paper-VIII 300 \194
Paper-IX 300\ 177
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000\ 1160
Interview Marks 300 \200
Final Total 2300\ 1360
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-3 Roll No. : 055950
Name : KIRAN KAUSHAL Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject &Maximum
Marks
Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\ 116
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300\ 182
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\ 162
Optional I,History Paper-VI 300 \175
Paper-VII 300\ 176
Optional II, Philosophy Paper-VIII 300\ 163
Paper-IX 300\ 164
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000 \1138
Interview Marks 300 \215
Final Total 2300 \1353
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-4 Roll No. : 170034
Name : VARINDER KUMAR SHARMA Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks Marks
Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\ 130
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300\ 136
General Studies(Paper-V) 300 \177
Optional I,Sociology Paper-VI 300 \168
Paper-VII 300 \188
Optional II, Lit. of Punjabi Language Paper-VIII 300\ 181
Paper-IX 300 \172
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000\ 1152
Interview Marks 300 \192
Final Total 2300\ 1344
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-5 Roll No. : 006731
Name : BIJAY KETAN UPADHYAYA Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks
Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\ 140
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300 \163
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\152
Optional I,Psychology Paper-VI 300 \191
Paper-VII 300\ 190
Optional II, Public Administration Paper-VIII 300\ 184
Paper-IX 300\ 134
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000 \1154
Interview Marks 300\ 183
Final Total 2300 \1337
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-6 Roll No. : 109733
Name : YASH GARG
Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks
Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200 \118
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300\ 154
General Studies(Paper-V) 300 \153
Optional I,Psychology Paper-VI 300 \163
Paper-VII 300 \163
Optional II, Medical Science Paper-VIII 300\ 191
Paper-IX 300 \178
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000 \1120
Interview Marks 300\ 216
Final Total 2300 \1336
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-7 Roll No. : 047983
Name : TARUN KUMAR PITHODE Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks
Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\ 119
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300\ 172
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\ 169
Optional I,Psychology Paper-VI 300 \147
Paper-VII 300 181
Optional II, Public Administration Paper-VIII 300\ 189
Paper-IX 300 \158
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000\ 1135
Interview Marks 300 \195
Final Total 2300 \1330
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-8 Roll No. : 005167
Name : SURYA PAL GANGWAR
Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks
Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\ 120
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300 \158
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\ 134
Optional I,Psychology Paper-VI 300\ 188
Paper-VII 300\ 190
Optional II, Public Administration Paper-VIII 300\ 200
Paper-IX 300 \174
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000\ 1164
Interview Marks 300\ 165
Final Total 2300\ 1329
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-9 Roll No. : 259842
Name : S SASIKANTH SENTHIL Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks
Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\ 118
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300\ 163
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\ 171
Optional I,Psychology Paper-VI 300\ 183
Paper-VII 300\ 179
Optional II, Public Administration Paper-VIII 300\ 171
Paper-IX 300\ 182
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000\1167
Interview Marks 300\ 156
Final Total 2300\ 1323
Remarks : Recommended.
Rank-10 Roll No. : 059632
Name : MITHRA T Civil Services(Main) Examination 2008
Subject & Maximum
Marks Obtained
Essay(Paper III) 200\ 134
General Studies (Paper-IV) 300 \166
General Studies(Paper-V) 300\ 156
Optional I, Public Administration Paper-VI 300\ 169
Paper-VII 300 \187
Optional II, Lit. of English Language Paper-VIII 300\ 151
Paper-IX 300\ 156
Penalty Marks 0
Written Total 2000\ 1119
Interview Marks 300 \201
Final Total 2300\ 1320
Remarks : Recommended.
