The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the UPSC Civil Services Examinations 2019 results online on August 04, 2020.
A total of 829 candidates qualified the civil services examination 2019,
Pradeep Singh, Jatin Kishore and Pratibha Verma secured the first, second and third positions respectively, the Commission said without sharing further details of the toppers.
“My focus was to cover targeted syllabus every day. UPSC demands consistency and sometime I felt that I was not consistent but my father encouraged me. My father is a farmer and mother is housewife”, Pradeep Singh said.
The results are released based on the preliminary exam conducted in September 2019 followed by the interviews held from February to August 2020. A total of 180 candidates inclusive of all categories have been selected for IAS posts while 24 candidates are applicable for IFS.
Pratibha Verma from Uttar Pradesh — the All India women topper who has secured AIR 3rd rank in the UPSC 2019 examination — is still in a state of disbelief that she has topped among women in country’s toughest examination.
“This is amazing and left me speechless. I just could not believe when I checked UPSC result this afternoon,” said Pratibha. She had joined the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) but took leave to prepare for the examination.
