UPSC CSE Exams: Sixty three per cent of UPSC Civil Services Exam (UPSC CSE) Mains candidates between the years 2017-2021 were engineering graduates, suggests data tabled by the Union Minister of State for Personnel Jintendra Singh. In response to a question by BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, the Union Minister informed the Rajya Sabha that out of 4,371 candidates recommended in UPSC CSE Mainsbetween 2017-2021, 2,783 were from the engineering stream.Engineering is closely followed by the Humanities Stream, with the number hovering around 1,033. The data also revealed that 315 were from Science stream and 240 were medical graduates.
The statistics presented in response to the question further showed that 3,635 male candidates (constituting a total of 74.6%) and 1,106 women candidates (constituting 25.4%) had cleared the exam between 2017-2021.
Candidates belonging to the engineering domain have shown a notable shift by moving into other domains in Humanities. The data also revealed that engineers are now opting for subjects like political science, international relations, and sociology for UPSC CSE, along with geography and anthropology. These humanities subjects ranked as the most chosen optional subjects in the Civil Services Exam. Candidates who had a more advanced course of study were mostly from the humanities background. Estimates suggest that there were 597 postgraduates in humanities and 243 postgraduates in engineering ho qualified the exam.
Candidates who were finally recommended by the UPSC had preferred to write their papers in their respective vernacular languages, such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Maithili among others.
Application to hire ratio
The UPSC Civil services exam is one of the most competitive and challenging exams in India. In 2023 alone, close to 13 lakh cnadidates appeared for the UPSC Prelims exam, across 79 exam centres in the country. The competition for UPSC civil service is intense, with 13 lakh applicants competing for only 1,255 vacancies in 2023. This roughly translates to a remarkably low applicant-to-hire ratio.
DU, JNU, and IITs shine with highest success rates in UPSC CSE
One survey suggests that the country’s top institues, such as Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and IITs across the country, notably IIT Delhi, Kanpur and Roorkee, bring in a significant chunk of candidates each year, who qualify the UPSC CSE exams.
The report reveals that Delhi University has the highest success rate. Interestingly, Ms. Ishita Kishore, who secured AIR 1 in 2022, is an economics graduate from DU’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC).
The 2021 UPSC topper, Shruti Sharma, was again a graduate from the Delhi University’s St. Stephens College and later from the JNU.
Contrary to popular belief, statistics show that Science students face challenges in UPSC exams based on their graduation syllabus. Candidates hailing from IITs are often noted to outperform their peers from other backgrounds in UPSC exams. Among the various IIT branches, IIT Delhi has seen a significant number of students participate in the UPSC exam, while students from IIT Kanpur have demonstrated a significantly higher success rate than their counterparts. In 2020, Shubham Kumar secured AIR 1 in the Civil Services Exam. He is a graduate from IIT Bombay.
The statistics presented in response to the question further showed that 3,635 male candidates (constituting a total of 74.6%) and 1,106 women candidates (constituting 25.4%) had cleared the exam between 2017-2021.
Candidates belonging to the engineering domain have shown a notable shift by moving into other domains in Humanities. The data also revealed that engineers are now opting for subjects like political science, international relations, and sociology for UPSC CSE, along with geography and anthropology. These humanities subjects ranked as the most chosen optional subjects in the Civil Services Exam. Candidates who had a more advanced course of study were mostly from the humanities background. Estimates suggest that there were 597 postgraduates in humanities and 243 postgraduates in engineering ho qualified the exam.
Candidates who were finally recommended by the UPSC had preferred to write their papers in their respective vernacular languages, such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Maithili among others.
Application to hire ratio
The UPSC Civil services exam is one of the most competitive and challenging exams in India. In 2023 alone, close to 13 lakh cnadidates appeared for the UPSC Prelims exam, across 79 exam centres in the country. The competition for UPSC civil service is intense, with 13 lakh applicants competing for only 1,255 vacancies in 2023. This roughly translates to a remarkably low applicant-to-hire ratio.
DU, JNU, and IITs shine with highest success rates in UPSC CSE
One survey suggests that the country’s top institues, such as Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and IITs across the country, notably IIT Delhi, Kanpur and Roorkee, bring in a significant chunk of candidates each year, who qualify the UPSC CSE exams.
The report reveals that Delhi University has the highest success rate. Interestingly, Ms. Ishita Kishore, who secured AIR 1 in 2022, is an economics graduate from DU’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC).
The 2021 UPSC topper, Shruti Sharma, was again a graduate from the Delhi University’s St. Stephens College and later from the JNU.
Contrary to popular belief, statistics show that Science students face challenges in UPSC exams based on their graduation syllabus. Candidates hailing from IITs are often noted to outperform their peers from other backgrounds in UPSC exams. Among the various IIT branches, IIT Delhi has seen a significant number of students participate in the UPSC exam, while students from IIT Kanpur have demonstrated a significantly higher success rate than their counterparts. In 2020, Shubham Kumar secured AIR 1 in the Civil Services Exam. He is a graduate from IIT Bombay.
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