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Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services
(Main) Examination, 2008 held by the Union Public Service
Commission in October-November, 2008 and the interviews for
Personality Test held in March, 2009, a total 791 candidates
qualified for the appointment. Our heartiest congratulations to
all.
Here is a list of successful Muslim candidates:
# SRL NO. Successful Candidate
1 90
SADRE ALAM
2 20
SUFIYAH FARUQUI
3 603
MD SALIK PARWAIZ
4 134
IMTIAZ ISMAIL PARRAY
5 303
SABIHA RIZVI
6 595
MD SADIQUE ALAM
7 353
PATTAN IMTIYAZ KHAN
8 382
MASHHOOD UR REHMAN FAROOQUI
9 26
SARFARAZ AHMAD
10 304
ANEES AHMAD ANSARI
11 606 MD
FAIZUL HAQUE
12 128
MASOOM ALI SARWAR
13 398
CHAN BASHA M
14 502
GEELANI BASHA K S M
15 257
BASIR AHMED
16 664
ABDUL HAKEEM M
17 169
ZIAUL HAQUE
18 540
MOHD SHAHID ALAM
19 541
SHIFALI
20 75
TAMBOLI AYYAJ FAKIRBHAI
21 619
MOHAMMED YUSUF QURESHI
22 460
KAZI SUHAIL ANEESAHMED
23 499
TARIQ MABOOD
24 393
SHAHNAWAZ UL RAHMAN
25 546
MOHD FAIZAN NAYYAR
26 453
AKHTAR HUSSAIN ANSARI
27 244
ASHIQUZZAMAN
28 139
AYESHA RANI A
29 51
SHAID IQBAL
30 523 R
GULZAR BEGUM
31 582
MAHFOOZUR REHMAN
UPSC Statistics at a Glance
Year No. of Successful
No. of Muslims & of
Muslims
Candidates
2000 427
14
3.3%
2001 417
12
2.9%
2002 286
9
3.1%
2003 413
13
3.2%
2004 422
13
3.1%
2005 425
12
2.8%
2006 474
18
3.8%
2007 734
27
3.7%
2008 791
31
3.9%
Looking at the above statistics, it is evident that there is a
noticeable upward trend in terms of percent of Muslim
representation from last few years. Like national trend, woman
also leads the rank of successful Muslim candidates. We are
seeing 4 to 5 Muslim women among the successful candidates. That
is very good news.
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Women bag top three positions in civil services exam
4 May 2009, 2031 hrs IST, IANS
NEW DELHI: It was woman power all the way in the civil services
(main) examination 2008, as they took the top three ranks in one
of the toughest competitive exams in the country, officials said
Monday.
Shubhra Saxena, a graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, and Sharandeep Kaur Brar,
post-graduate from Panjab University, were ranked first and
second in the civil services (main) examination 2008, the Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced here. Kiran Kaushal
was ranked third.
Among the male candidates, physically challenged Varinder Kumar
Sharma was ranked first and overall bagged the fourth position.
Shubhra Saxena cleared the exam in her second attempt. Sharma, a
bachelor of engineering from Punjab Engineering College, cleared
the exam in his first attempt.
According to the UPSC, which conducts the examination, 318,843
candidates applied for this examination and nearly half had
appeared for the preliminary examination.
As many as 11,849 candidates qualified for the main written
examination held in October-November 2008.
A total of 2,140 candidates were selected for the personality
test conducted in March and of these 625 male and 166 female
candidates cleared the final tests.
These candidates have now been recommended for appointment to
the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service
(IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and central services, Group
'A' and Group 'B'.
"The top 25 candidates include 15 males and 10 females.
Educational qualification- wise they comprise 12 candidates
belonging to commerce, management, humanities, science and
social sciences," the UPSC said here in a press statement.
"Nine candidates were from engineering and four candidates from
medical science background."
The successful candidates include 364 general (including 13
physically challenged candidates), 236 Other Backward Classes
(including 7 physically challenged candidates), 130 Scheduled
Castes (SC) and 61 Scheduled Tribes candidates.
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