Pradeep Singh Marksheet: UPSC Topper Secures 52.9% Marks

Pradeep Singh Marksheet: UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2019 All India Rank 1 secured 52.93 per cent marks.

UPSC Civil Services Examination is always a low-scoring exam with tight evaluating standards.

At a time when the NEET toppers scored 720/720 (100%), the UPSC topper’s mark is 1072/2025 (52.9%).

Marksheet of Pradeep Singh: UPSC CSE 2019 Rank 1

Pradeep’s Singh’s UPSC Marksheet is given below:

• Essay Paper – 140/250
• GS1 – 108/250
• GS2 – 115/250
• GS3 – 101/250
• GS4 – 157/250
• Optional Paper 1 – 148/250
• Optional Paper 2 – 145/250
• Interview – 158/275
• Total – 1072/2025

Pradeep Singh: All India Rank 1 in the 4th attempt

Pradeep Singh from Haryana’s Sonepat topped the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2019.

This was his 4th attempt.

He had previously cleared the Civil Services Examination and was working in the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).

As he improved his rank this year, he will be allocated to his dream service – Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

47.5 % marks: Cut-off score to get selection into Civil Services!

The percentage of marks scored by the last recommended candidate in UPSC CSE 2019 was 47.5%. This was for the General Category.

The cut-off score for other categories like EWS, OBC, ST, and SC is even lower.

For the EWS category, the final cut-off score was 44.88%. The cut-off marks were 45.67% for OBC. The SC and ST cut-off was 44.34 and 44.09 respectively.

Know more about the UPSC Cut-Off Marks 2019 here.

Previous Year UPSC Toppers’ (Rank 1) Marks

• Kanishak Kataria, UPSC Topper 2018, scored 1121 out of 2025 (55.36 per cent)
• Durishetty Anudeep, UPSC Topper 2017, scored 1126 out of 2025 (55.60 percent)
• Nandini K R, Rank 1 UPSC CSE 2016, secured 1120 marks out of 2025 (55.30 percent).
• Tina Dabi, the topper of UPSC CSE 2015,  got 1063 marks out of 2025 (52.49 percent).
• Ira Singal, All-India Rank 1 2014, secured 1082 marks out of 2025 (53.34 percent).
• Gaurav Agrawal, All-India Rank 1 2013, secured 975 marks out of 2025 (48.14 percent).

Also read: UPSC Topper Ishita Kishor’s Marksheet