UPSC Results Declared, Women Bag Top Four Ranks

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, July 04, 2015: The Union Public Services Commission, or UPSC has announced the results of the civil services exam for this year. Four of the five toppers are women.

The top three candidates are Ira Singhal, Renu Raj and Nidhi Gupta.

Ms Singhal and Ms Raj, who hail from Delhi, are Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) officers. Ms Raj is a doctor from Kerala.

"I am really very happy. I can’t believe this. I just prepared for the examination," Ms Singhal told news agency Press Trust of India.

This was the first time the Commission declared the final results within four days of the closing date for the personality tests or interviews, a senior official said.

The civil services preliminary examination was conducted on August 24 last year at 2,137 venues in 59 centres across the country. About 9.45 lakh candidates had applied for it but approximately 4.51 lakh appeared for the examination.

Altogether, 1,364 posts are to be filled through the examination.

Courtesy: Zeenews