UPSC 2016 Civil Services Results declared: Check upsc.gov.in for your results

On Wednesday, the UPSC declared the results of the written part of the Civil Services Examination 2016 held by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in December, 2016.  The personality test was held in March-May 2017.

The candidates have been recommended for IAS, IFS, IPS and Central Services Group A and Group B. A total of 1099 have been recommended with a break up of 500 general candidates, 347 OBC candidates, 163 SC and 89 ST candidates. Over 11 lakh aspirants appeared for the 2016 exams.

Nandini K R, who hails from Karnataka, has topped the prestigious civil services examination, the result of which was declared today by the UPSC. She had taken the exam last year. 

The release further said: "UPSC has a “Facilitation Counter” near Examination Hall in its campus. Candidates can obtain any information / clarification regarding their examinations / recruitment on the working days between 10:00 hours to 17:00 hours in person or over telephone Nos. 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098543. Result will also be available on the U.P.S.C. website i.e. http//www.upsc.gov.in. Marks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of Result." 

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A total of 1,099 candidates (846 men and 253 women), including 500 in General category, 347 belonging to Other Backward Class, 163 from Scheduled Caste and 89 from Scheduled Tribe, have been recommended for appointment to various central government services, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) said. 

They include 44 physically handicapped candidates (22 orthopedically handicapped; seven visually challenged and 15 hearing impaired).
There are 220 other candidates in the waiting list.

A total of 1,209 vacancies were notified by the government, which were to be filled through the civil services examination 2016.

The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages-- preliminary, main and interview-- to select candidates for the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS), among others.

The civil services preliminary examination, 2016 was conducted on August 7, 2016. As many as 11,35,943 candidates had applied for this examination, out of which 4,59,659 candidates actually appeared.
A total of 15,452 candidates qualified for the mains examination held in December, 2016. 

Of these, 2,961 candidates qualified for the personality test or interview conducted in March-May.
Educational qualification-wise, the top 25 candidates comprise candidates belonging to engineering; sciences; economics and forestry background graduating from premier institutions of the country such as IITs, NIT, BITS Pilani, Delhi University, Anna University etc. 

Optional subjects of the top 25 candidates in the examination ranged from Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Anthropology, Economics, Electronic Engineering, Geography, History, Mathematics, Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Psychology and Kannada and Telugu Literature.