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Boys are back; claim top four slots in civil services exam
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 12
Jaipur’s Gaurav Agrawal, a graduate in Computer Science from IIT, Kanpur and postgraduate from IIM, Lucknow, has topped the Civil Services Examination. This was his second attempt.

Delhi-based Munish Sharma and Rachit Raj have got second and third positions, respectively.

Women had bagged the top slots in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Civil Services Exam.

Munish has a Bachelor of Science (biochemistry) degree from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University. Rachit has cracked the examination in his first attempt.

Bharti Dixit is the topper among female candidates. She has secured fifth rank. She has done Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi. This was her first attempt. A total of 1,122 candidates have been recommended for appointment in the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service (IPS) and other Central services on the basis of the Civil Services Examination, 2013, said a release issued by the Ministry of Personnel.

There are 15 males and 10 females in the top 25 positions. Among the top 25 candidates, 24 took the examination in English and one in Kannada.

Nine of the top 25 candidates are from engineering stream, three from medical science; four from science and nine from commerce, humanities and other social sciences background.

Five of them have made to the merit list in their first attempt, 11 in second, seven in third and two in their fourth attempt.

The result also showcases the pan-India distribution of successful candidates. Among the top 25, there are candidates claiming domicile from 11 states or union territories, including Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the release said.

Of these, 20 appeared for the examination from Delhi, two from Jaipur and one each from Lucknow, Bangalore and Chandigarh centres.

Of the total successful candidates, 517 are of general category, 326 of Other Backward Class (OBC), 187 of Scheduled Castes (SC) and 92 of Scheduled Tribes (ST).

There were 1,228 advertised vacancies — 622 general, 326 OBC, 188 SC and 92 ST — for Civil Services Examination-2013. The Civil Services (preliminary) Examination was held on May 26, 2013. A total of 7,76,565 candidates applied for the exam, out of which 3,23,949 candidates appeared and 14,959 candidates were declared qualified for appearance in the mains.

The mains exam was held in December 2013. Based on their performance, 3,003 candidates were shortlisted for the personality test which was conducted in April-June.

The Civil Services Examination is conducted in three phases — preliminary, mains and interview.

Gaurav Agrawal is the topper

• Gaurav Agrawal, a graduate in Computer Science from IIT, Kanpur and postgraduate from IIM, Lucknow, has topped
• Delhi-based Munish Sharma and Rachit Raj got second and third positions, respectively
• Bharti Dixit topper among female candidates. She has secured fifth rank
• Nine of top 25 candidates are from engineering stream.