Civil Services Examination 2014 – Interesting Facts & Cut Off Trends

The Civil Services Examination 2014 full cycle is over & complete. UPSC has released:-

• List of 1236 Candidates Selected in CSE 2014 along with Marksheet
• Marks of Not recommended Candidates ( Not in Excel, but can be accessed via Individual Login )
• Marks of those who wrote Mains, but didn’t get Interview call.
• Marks of Prelims for all candidates – Can be viewed by login.
• Cut off Marks of Prelims 2014 ( scroll below )

Here is what you should know about the Civil Services Examination 2014:-

Footprints – How many people write the Civil Services Examination?

Around 4.51 lakh appeared for the Preliminary Examination of this 16,933 were declared qualified for the main examination and out of which 3,308 candidates were declared qualified for the personality test.

It is the first time UPSC has declared the final results within four days of the closing date for the personality tests.

A total of 1,236 candidates have been recommended for appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS and central services and 254 candidates have also been kept in a consolidated reserved list.

Out of the recommended Candidates 180 candidates have been recommended to IAS, 32 to IFS, 150 to IPS, 710 to Central Services group ‘A’ and 292 to group ‘B’ services.

Women all over in Final List

Four top position holders are women: Ira Singhal, Renu Raj, Nidhi Gupta and Vandana Rao.

Topper’s Striking Features :-

• Ira Singhal has topped the Civil Services Examination -2014
• She scored a total of 1082 which is about 53% of the perfect score 2025.
• She leads the second rank holder by 26 marks and the last rank candidate by 369 marks.
• She is the only person to have scored above 900 in the Civil services Main Examination, By securing a score of 920 she is 62 marks above the second highest Mains Score.
• Her Interview Score is 162 which is the lowest among Top 10 Rank Holders.She was able to hold on to the First Position because of her lead in Mains Score.

 Stats from PDF:-

Here is what you should know from the Marksheet pdf released by UPSC

 Mains Score analysis of Recommended Candidates:-                 

• 43% of the recommended candidates have secured between 700-749 in Mains. So , with the cut off around 680, most people who made it to the final list have secured 10% marks above the cut off.
• The General cut off has gone very high among those who made it to the list excluding PH category
• 23 people have scored below 700 in mains but all of them have secured above 193 in Interview thereby making it to the list. ( So you  know that even if you are at the border, the Interview can save you )
• And 24 candidates have scored above 800 out of which one person has scored a very low score of 83 in Interview which drastically reduced her rank in the list. A case of bad luck.

 Interview Score analysis of the Recommended Candidates:-

• 55% of the students have scored between 160-189 in the Personality test Or Interview.
• About 115 students have secured above 200 in the personality Test.
• Like last year interview scores have not crossed 220 marks this year too thus making it the highest awarded to any candidate. Two people have been given 220.
• Of the recommended candidates only one person has scored below 100 in the interview test.

 Comparing the Cut offs :-

The Prelims Cut off has gone much lower this time, and is expected to go down with General Studies becoming the sole criteria for awarding of marks. Also, the gap between General & OBS cut off has been minimal.

Interestingly, SC Candidates had no advantage , as the cut off for OBC and SC candidates for Mains ( and being eligible for the Interview ) was same.

The final cut off has been much higher compared to last style, though the paper was tougher, thanks to liberal marking in Paper like Sociology ( and even Pub Ad ).

The Conclusion:-

Mains marks has been restored to its older position of having good weightage in the final score. Unlike last year, where the Interview score literally made up 33% of the total marks ( e.g. candidates who had 600 in Mains and 200 in Interview ). However, the Interview score will still be instrumental in getting you a services such as the IAS, IPS or the state cadre of your choice.