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Published on: September 25 2021
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· 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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