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The cut-off marks will be in this range even for exams conducted in other years. One must aim at least 20% higher than the given marks so as to achieve excellence in this entire process.
It may be seen that highest percentage (35.6%) amongst the appeared female candidates were from the age group of 21-24 years in Civil Services Preliminary Exam.
It may be seen that highest percentage (25.9%) amongst the appeared male candidates in Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2016 were from the age group of 21-24 years.
Out of total candidates who had applied for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2016, only 40.7 percent candidates appeared for this examination. In other words, 59.3 percent of the candidates had applied but did not turn up for the examination.
In the Civil Services (Main) Examination,2016, the success rate of female candidates (15.2%) was significantly higher than that of male candidates (7.0%).
In Civil Services (Main) Examination 2016, nearly 32.9% of the female candidates appeared from the age group of 24-26 years.
But, in Civil Services (Main) Examination 2016, maximum 25.3% male candidates appeared from the age group of 24-26 years. However, among the recommended candidates, the highest percentage (27.5%) of males recommended, were also from the age group of 24-26 years.
Geography was the most preferred subject among the optional subjects chosen by the candidates, followed by Sociology and Public Administration.
Amongst the subjects opted by 100 or more candidates, the highest percentage of successful candidates had opted for Medical Science (16.6 percent) followed by Psychology and Literature of Kannada Language (15.6 percent each).
The success rate of candidates having higher degrees was slightly higher than the candidates having bachelor degrees.
In the Final Selection, nearly (32%) of the female candidates recommended were from the age group of 24-26 years.
Out of the candidates appeared in the written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination 2016, only 19.5% candidates had qualified for the Interview. Out of which nearly 40% candidates have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to the civil services against 1,209 vacancies.
It is seen from the data that the highest percentage of candidates recommended belonged to the age group of 24 – 26 years (28.5 percent), followed by 26 – 28 years (25.7 percent), 28 – 30 years (16.3 percent), 21 – 24 years (16.1 percent) and 30 years & above (13.4 percent).
In the final recommended candidates of appointment to various civil services 73.4% were graduates and 26.6% possessed post-graduate or higher qualifications.
As far as academic backgrounds of the recommended candidates are concerned, 59.3% were from Engineering.However, 84.7% of optional subjects opted by the recommended candidates were related to Humanities (including literature of languages). This shows that most of the candidates have made a cross domain shift from their original stream (i.e., Engineering, Science and Medical Science) to humanities.
