New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission announced the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2019 today and Pradeep Singh topped the IAS 2019, while Pratibha Verma topped among women candidates.
However, in a weird coincidence, rank 420 has been bagged by Rahul Modi as the official UPSC result 2019 shows.
It is certainly strange that roll number 6312980 possesses a name which is the combination of that f the two biggest rivals in Indian politics Rahul Gandhi from Congress and PM Narendra Modi.
Since IAS, IPS, and IFS posts are given to candidates with higher ranks, Rahul Modi will likely make it to Central Services Group given his rank.
The final Civil Services 2019 result is available on the official UPSC website and a total of 829 candidates have been selected through the 2019 exam.
More about UPSC result 2019
The final UPSC 2019 result is based on the written portion of the Civil Services exam 2019 which was held in September last year followed by the interviews and personality tests in February-August 2020.
The EWS quota was implemented for the first time in the UPSC Civil Services 2019 and 78 candidates have been selected from among them
The UPSC result of 11 candidates has been kept withheld.
The UPSC Civil Services exam is held every year for selection of candidates to Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Other Central Services.
The UPSC Civil Services exam 2020 was scheduled to be held on May 31 has been postponed till October 4 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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