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UPSC Civil Services 2024 Topper’s marks: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the marks of candidates who appeared for the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2024. The UPSC had earlier declared the Civil Services Exam final result last week, where Shakti Dubey secured the All India Rank (AIR) 1.
According to the released data, Shakti Dubey scored a total of 1043 marks, which includes 843 marks in the written Mains examination and 200 marks in the interview (Personality Test) round.
In comparison, 2023’s topper, Aditya Srivastava, had scored 899 marks in the written examination and 200 marks in the Personality Test, aggregating to a total of 1099 marks, which is, notably higher than this year’s topper.
How last year’s top 10 rankers compare against the 2024 UPSC CSE toppers
The data shows that the final marks of the toppers in 2024 are slightly lower compared to 2023. While last year’s AIR 1 had a final score of 1099, this year’s AIR 1 secured 1043 marks. Moreover, the general trend suggests that the written scores of top performers have dipped slightly in 2024 compared to 2023.
Here’s a closer look at the top 10 scorers from this year and the previous year reveals some interesting differences. Here’s a breakdown of their scores:
Top 10 Performers of UPSC CSE 2024
| Name | Written total | Personality test marks | Final total |
| Shakti Dubey | 843 | 200 | 1043 |
| Harshita Goyal | 851 | 187 | 1038 |
| Dongre Archit Parag | 848 | 190 | 1038 |
| Shah Margi Chirag | 825 | 210 | 1035 |
| Aakash Garg | 831 | 201 | 1032 |
| Komal Punia | 856 | 176 | 1032 |
| Aayushi Bansal | 821 | 210 | 1031 |
| Raj Krishna Jha | 831 | 200 | 1031 |
| Aditya Vikram Agarwal | 854 | 173 | 1027 |
| Mayank Tripathi | 843 | 184 | 1027 |
Top 10 Performers of UPSC CSE last year in 2023
| Name | Written total | Personality test marks | Final total |
| Aditya Srivastava | 899 | 200 | 1099 |
| Animesh Pradhan | 892 | 175 | 1067 |
| Donuru Ananya Reddy | 875 | 190 | 1065 |
| P K Sidharth Ramkumar | 874 | 185 | 1059 |
| Ruhani | 856 | 193 | 1049 |
| Srishti Dabas | 862 | 186 | 1048 |
| Anmol Rathore | 839 | 206 | 1045 |
| Ashish Kumar | 866 | 179 | 1045 |
| Nausheen | 863 | 182 | 1045 |
| Aishwaryam Prajapati | 890 | 154 | 1044 |
Minimum Qualifying Marks for UPSC CSE 2024: Cut-off Explained
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Along with the toppers’ marks, like previous years, the UPSC has also announced the minimum qualifying marks for different stages of the examination for 2024. For the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2024, the cutoff was based solely on GS Paper-I, as GS Paper-II (CSAT) was qualifying in nature, requiring only 33% marks.
In the Mains examination, candidates needed to secure minimum marks across all seven competitive papers (Essay + GS I-IV + Optional I and II) to qualify.
Minimum qualifying marks for UPSC CSE 2024
| Exam | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
| CS (Prelim) | 87.98 | 85.92 | 87.28 | 79.03 | 74.23 |
| CS (Main) | 729 | 696 | 702 | 685 | 684 |
| CS (Final) | 947 | 917 | 910 | 880 | 884 |
Note that the cutoff for Prelims is based on GS Paper-I only and, the cutoff for Mains cutoff is subject to candidates securing minimum 10% marks in each of the seven papers.
How does this compare with UPSC CSE 2023 cutoffs?
In order to better understand the trend, here’s how the 2024 cutoff compares to the 2023 cutoff: In the Prelims stage, cutoffs for all categories have risen sharply in 2024 compared to 2023. For the Mains stage, the qualifying marks have slightly decreased across categories. The Final cutoff has also dropped marginally for each category in 2024 compared to 2023, indicating a slight dip in overall scoring trends this year.
Minimum Qualifying Marks for UPSC CSE 2023
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| Exam | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
| CS (Prelim) | 75.41 | 68.02 | 74.75 | 59.25 | 47.82 |
| CS (Main) | 741 | 706 | 712 | 694 | 692 |
| CS (Final) | 953 | 923 | 919 | 890 | 891 |
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What is the tie-breaking rule in UPSC Civil Services exam?
The UPSC has also clarified the tie-breaking rule for resolving ranking inconsistencies when two or more candidates secure the same aggregate marks in the CSE. For the 2024 examination, ties were clarified using the following criteria:
Higher Marks in Compulsory Papers and Personality Test – Candidates who scored more in the compulsory papers (Essay, GS-I, GS-II, GS-III, GS-IV) and the Interview combined were ranked higher.
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Further, age is also taken into consideration: If the marks in compulsory papers and the interview were also the same, then the candidate senior in age was given the higher rank.
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