UPSC Civil Service Exam Success Rate in all aspects

Check the latest data of 2019 released by UPSC for the year 2016-2017. Check Optional Subject wise success rate and much more.

Number of Candidates Appeared, Interviewed and Recommended – Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016

Community	Appeared			Interviewed			Recommended
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Scheduled Castes	1890	259	2149	323	70	393	128	36	164
Scheduled Tribes	989	112	1101	168	34	202	71	20	91
Other Backward Classes	4022	425	4447	878	159	1037	290	76	366
General	6393	1059	7452	1048	276	1324	438	150	588
Total	13294	1855	15149	2417	539	2956	927	282	1209

Disciplines – Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016

Educational Qualification	Number of Candidates		Success Rate (Percent)
	Interviewed	Recommended
I Bachelor Degrees	2188	887	40.5%
(i) Humanities	204	77	37.7%
(ii) Science	128	51	39.8%
(iii) Medical Science	248	105	42.3%
(iv) Engineering	1608	654	40.7%
II Higher Degrees	768	322	41.9%
(i) Humanities	452	187	41.4%
(ii) Science	130	52	40.0%
(iii) Medical Science	36	20	55.6%
(iv) Engineering	150	63	42.0%
Total	2956	1209	40.9%

Optional Subjects – Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2016

Sl. No.	Optional Subject	Number of Candidates		Success Rate (Percent)
		Appeared	Recommended
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
1	Literature of Bodo Language	1	1	100.0%
2	Literature of Santhali Language	2	1	50.0%
3	Literature of Bengali Language	4	1	25.0%
4	Literature of Assamese Language	5	1	20.0%
5	Literature of Sindhi(Devanagari Script) Language	5	1	20.0%
6	Medical Science	368	61	16.6%
7	Literature of Kannada Language	154	24	15.6%
8	Psychology	244	38	15.6%
9	Literature of Manipuri Language	13	2	15.4%
10	Literature of Sanskrit Language	80	12	15.0%
11	Botany	57	8	14.0%
12	Literature of Hindi Language	288	36	12.5%
13	Literature of Malayalam Language	90	11	12.2%
14	Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science	42	5	11.9%
15	Zoology	79	9	11.4%
16	Mechanical Engineering	152	17	11.2%
17	Anthropology	922	102	11.1%
18	Public Administration	1506	160	10.6%
19	Physics	141	14	9.9%
20	Chemistry	126	12	9.5%
21	Agriculture	97	9	9.3%
22	Electrical Engineering	190	17	8.9%
23	Political Science & International Relations	1218	107	8.8%
24	Management	94	8	8.5%
25	Commerce & Accountancy	229	19	8.3%
26	Economics	232	19	8.2%
27	Sociology	1635	132	8.1%
28	Literature of Tamil Language	115	9	7.8%
29	Mathematics	406	29	7.1%
30	Literature of Telugu Language	114	8	7.0%
31	Geography	3427	203	5.9%
32	Literature of Marathi Language	18	1	5.6%
33	Philosophy	847	44	5.2%
34	Literature of English Language	21	1	4.8%
35	Literature of Punjabi Language	46	2	4.3%
36	History	1427	60	4.2%
37	Literature of Maithili Language	99	4	4.0%
38	Law	313	12	3.8%
39	Literature of Urdu Language	30	1	3.3%
40	Literature of Gujarati Language	131	4	3.1%
41	Civil Engineering	121	3	2.5%
42	Geology	51	1	2.0%
43	Literature of Sindhi(Arabic Script) Language	1	0	0.0%
44	Literature of Oriya Language	4	0	0.0%
45	Statistics	4	0	0.0%