Daily Current Affairs / UPSC IAS Toppers 2020: Shubham Kumar tops Civil Services 2020 with All India Rank-1, Jagriti Awasthi ranks second
Category : National Published on: September 25 2021
· Union Public Service Commission, UPSC released the final result of USPC Civil Services 2020 exam on September 24, 2021.
· In the list of recommended candidates, Shubham Kumar from Katihar district of Bihar has topped with All India Rank 1 to become UPSC IAS Topper 2020. He is followed by Jagriti Awasthi who has secured the second position, while in the third position also a girl Name Ankita Jain has secured the third position.
· Shubham Kumar, who topped the exam, is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay.
· A total of 761 candidates were finally selected.
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About UPSC
v The Civil Services Examination is a national level competitive examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to the higher civil services of the Government of India, including the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service in India.
v Start Year: 1922
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