1. Slower Mains Result than Last Year
  2. This is lowest Mains result in last five years
  3. UPSC Interview tips and common mistakes
  4. Mock Interview Videos of Toppers

Slower Mains Result than Last Year

  • 3rd June 2018, UPSC had conducted prelims and on 14th July 2018, they’ve declared the Prelims result within 41 days.
  • 28th September 2019 to 7th October 2018: Mains Exam were conducted.
  • 20th December 2019: i.e. within 74 days of conducting the Mains exam, UPSC declared the result. This is slower than CSE2017 round when Mains result was declared within 68 days of completing the Mains exam.
  • You can see the Mains result in Namewise Here and RollNo. wise here
  • The Interviews will start from 4th Feb 2019 that means only candidate (who gets interview call on day1) has ~46 days to prepare for it.
  • But before that, they’ll have to submit their Zonal Cadre Preference on http://persmin.gov.in/AIS1/QryCA.asp between 21/12/18 to 3/1/2019.

This is lowest Mains result in last five years

UPSC Mains 2018 Result out

Here is the data related to number of candidates who cleared the Mains exam in the last five years
Year Notified Vacancies Passed Prelims Passed Mains
2014 1291 16900 3308
2015 1129 15008 2797
2016 1079 15445 2961
2017 980 13366 2568
2018 780 10468 1994

Since the vacancies have declined, the number of candidates selected for interviews were ought to decline. In the words of DSP Bhurelal, ई तो _ _  होना ही था.

UPSC Interview tips and common mistakes

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