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Following facts are related to candidates appeared in civil service(mains), 2003,04,05,06. (available in the Annual Reports of UPSC).

Optional with best success rate
Psychology is the best optional having consistency. Success rate of Psychology is around 12-14%.
While 10-12% of candidates writing mains have Psychology as one of their optional, 20-22% of successful candidates in the final list have Psychology as one of their optional.
Medical Science is the other optional with very high success rate 20-30%, but very few opt for it.

Popular Optional
History is opted by maximum number of students (~35%) followed by Geography (30%) and PubAd.
For candidates with English as medium, popular optionals are Geography followed by PubAd and Psychology.
For candidates with Hindi as medium, popular optionals are History (60-70%) followed by Philosophy (30%) and PubAd.

Medium of writing the exam
English (~55%), followed by Hindi (~42%), rest Tamil, Marathi, Telgu(more or less in that order)

Success rate vis-à-vis broad stream of discipline
Medical Science stream (~15%) followed by Engineering.

Academic Qualifications vis-à-vis Success Rate
M.B.B.S. (~20 %+)
Among the successful candidates, B.Tech/B.E/B.Sc(Engg) degree holder are maximum in number(25-30%).

Gender-wise Success Rate
Female candidates (success rate 15-20%) are distinctly ahead of male candidates with success rate 2-2.5 times than that of male candidates (7-8%).

Number of attempts made by the recommended candidates
Only 8-9% of the recommended candidates could qualify at their first attempt. However for female candidates this figure is around 15%.

University wise successful candidates
D.U, Delhi followed by J.N.U, Delhi.


The reports are available at the upsc website.


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