UPSC 2024 Toppers — Complete Marks Dataset

The UPSC 2024 results marked a significant year with several women candidates securing top ranks, continuing a positive trend towards greater gender diversity in the civil services. The optional subject analysis revealed that PSIR and Sociology continued to produce a high number of successful candidates in the top 100 ranks.

A noteworthy pattern from the 2024 examination was the performance in the ethics paper (GS4), where top-ranked candidates consistently scored above 130 marks, highlighting the growing importance of ethics preparation in the overall strategy. Candidates who scored well in GS4 also tended to perform better in the interview round, suggesting a correlation between ethical reasoning skills and personality test performance.

The 2024 results also demonstrated that candidates who had attempted the Mains examination 2-3 times before finally securing a rank formed a significant portion of the final list. This challenges the notion that early success is the norm and reinforces the importance of persistence in the UPSC journey.