APPENDIX XIII.

Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005: Profile of Candidates

APPENDIX XIII.
(Vide Chapter 3)

Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005: Profile of Candidates*

_________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. The Civil Services Examination is conducted in two successive stages viz. the Preliminary Examination and the Main Examination. The Preliminary Examination consists of two objective type papers and is meant for initial screening only. Only those candidates who qualify the Preliminary Examination, are eligible for admission to the Main Examination. The Main Examination consists of written examination of conventional type papers and a Personality Test. Out of 3,45,106 candidates who had applied for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, 3,32,000 were found eligible for appearing in the examination. However 1,75,202 candidates appeared in this examination held on May 15, 2005. On the basis of results of this examination, 5,140 candidates were declared qualified for taking the Main Examination. Community-wise and gender-wise details of these candidates are given in Table 1.

Table 1 Number of Candidates who Applied, Appeared and Qualified the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination - 2005
Number of Candidates Community Male Applied Female Total Male Appeared Female Total Male Qualified Female Total

Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Classes General

Total

70,48 9 26,28 4 80,40 4 92,99 0

2,70,1 67

17,00 2 6,711 18,78 1 32,44 5

74,93 9

87,491 32,995 99,185 1,25,43 5

3,45,10 6

36,34 9 12,75 8 43,15 2 46,45 3

1,38,7 12

8,316 3,075 9,661 15,43 8

36,49 0

44,665 15,833 52,813 61,891

1,75,20 2

662 334 1,75 7 1,92 4

4,67 7

63 35 132 233
463

725 369 1,88 9 2,15 7

5,14 0

2. Out of 5,140 candidates, 4,923 had appeared in the written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005 held in October November, 2005. Based on the results of the written part of the Main Examination, 1,174 candidates had qualified for the Personality Test. Of those, 1,172 candidates had appeared for the Personality Test, of whom 457 candidates were recommended by the Commission for appointment to the civil services. The number of candidates appeared, interviewed and recommended during the last five examinations are shown in Diagram 1.

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Diagram 1 : Candidates Appeared, Interview ed and Recom m ended Civil Services (Main) Exam inations
7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0
1,139 417 748 310 1,176 457 1,162 453 1,172 457 3,301 5,750 5,244 5,328

4,923

2001

2002

2003 Year of Exam ination

2004

2005

Appeared

Interviewed

Recommended

Analyses made under this Appendix include 32 candidates who were recommended through the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005 on April 3, 2007.

3. A comparative statement, showing the number of vacancies to be filled up through Civil Services Examination (including those reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) during the years 1996 to 2005 is given in Table 2.
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Table 2 Year-wise Number of Vacancies - Civil Services Examinations

Year Number of Vacancies Year Number of Vacancies

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

740 621 470 411 427

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

417 310 457 453 457

4. The success rate of candidates in the examination by broad stream of disciplines are given in Table 3 (at next page). 5. Thus, the success rates of candidates having higher degrees were higher than that of those with bachelor degrees in the corresponding streams of disciplines except engineering discipline. However in totality, the success rate of candidates having higher degrees was slightly lower than that of those with bachelor degrees. It was due to lower success rate of engineering post-graduates as compared to that of engineering graduates.

Table 3 Success Rate vis--vis Broad Stream of Disciplines - Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
Educational Qualification Number of Candidates Appeared Recommended Success Rate (Percent)

Bachelor Degrees

2,648 1,031 445 220 952 2,275 1,630 541 18 86 4,923

256 71 23 35 127 201 135 51 4 11 457

9.7 6.9 5.2 15.9 13.3 8.8 8.3 9.4 22.2 12.8 9.3

(i) Humanaties (ii) Science (iii) Medical Science (iv) Engineering II Higher Degrees (i) Humanaties (ii) Science (iii) Medical Science (iv) Engineering Total

Note: Success rate is number of candidates recommended as a percentage of those appeared.

6. The success rates of candidates in the examination by their academic qualifications (instead of broad stream of disciplines) are given in Table 4.
Table 4 Academic Qualifications of Candidates vis--vis Success Rate - Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
S. No. Academic Qualification Number of Candidates Success Rate (Percent)

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Appeared 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Total B.A./B.A.(Hons.) B.Com./B.Com.(Hons.) B.Sc./B.Sc.(Hons.) B.Sc.(Agri.) B.E./B.Tech./B.Sc.(Engg.) L.L.B. B.V.Sc. & A.H. B.D.S. B.C.A. M.B.B.S. B.I.M.S./B.A.M.S/B.U.M.S./B.S.M. S. Corporate Secretaryship B.P.T. M.A. M.Com. M.Sc. M.Sc.(Agri.) L.L.M. M.Tech. M.V.Sc. & A.H. M.D. M.C.A. Ph.D. 621 231 389 41 952 178 46 21 5 136 17 1 10 1,451 164 415 103 10 86 16 2 8 20 4,923

Recommende d 31 27 19 2 127 13 3 4 27 1 2 110 22 28 21 3 11 3 1 2 457

5.0 11.7 4.9 4.9 13.3 7.3 6.5 19.0 --19.9 5.9 --20.0 7.6 13.4 6.7 20.4 30.0 12.8 18.8 50.0 --10.0 9.3

7. As is seen from Table 4, a total of 457 or 9.3 percent of the candidates appeared, were recommended for appointment to various civil services. Of them, 256 were graduates and 201 possessed post-graduate or higher qualifications. 8. Analysis of performance of candidates at College/ University level shows that candidates who have achieved higher level of performance in their university examination as revealed by the division obtained by them, perform better, c eteris paribus, in the competitive Civil Services Examination as is depicted in Table 5.
Table 5 Success Rate of Candidates by Division Obtained in Academic Qualification - Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
Educational Qualification Number of Candidates Appeared Recommended Success Rate (Percent)

First Division 1. Bachelor Degrees 2. Higher Degrees Sub Total Other than First Division 1. Bachelor Degrees 2. Higher Degrees Sub Total Total

1,465 1,350 2,815 1,183 925 2,108 4,923

188 151 339 68 50 118 457

12.8 11.2 12.0 5.7 5.4 5.6 9.3

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Note: The division secured in the highest degree obtained by the candidates has been reckoned.

9. It is seen that the success rate of first divisioner candidates was significantly higher at 12.0 percent compared to 5.6 percent for candidates who obtained second or lower division at College/ University level. 10. The distribution of candidates who appeared and were recommended for appointment and success rates by the optional subjects, is given in Table 6.
Table 6 Distribution of Candidates who Appeared vis--vis Recommended by Optional Subjects Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
S. No. (1) (2) Optional Subject Number of Candidates Appeared (3) Recommended (4) Success Rate (Percent) (5)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
(1)

Agriculture Animal Science Botany Chemistry Civil Engineering Commerce and Accountancy Economics
(2)

157 and Veterinary 28 231 161 84 27 157 149

(3)

25 4 34 22 4 1 22 18
(4)

15.9 14.3 14.7 13.7 4.8 3.7 14.0 12.1

(5)

Husbandry

Anthropology

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.

Electrical Engineering Geography Geology History Law Management Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Medical Science Philosophy Physics Political Relations Psychology Public Administration Sociology Statistics Zoology Literature of Assamese Language Literature of Bengali Language Literature of English Language Science and International

17 1,674 18 1,639 143 7 164 64 35 729 154 465 693 1,448 564 11 203 3 1 14

3 142 2 93 14 19 9 6 28 21 37 103 136 66 1 15 7

17.6 8.5 11.1 5.7 9.8 --11.6 14.1 17.1 3.8 13.6 8.0 14.9 9.4 11.7 9.1 7.4 ----50.0

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29. 30. 31. 32. 33 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.

Literature of Gujarati Language Literature of Hindi Language Literature of Kannada Language Literature of Malayalam Language Literature of Manipuri Language Literature of Marathi Language Literature of Oriya Language Literature of Pali Language Literature of Persian Language Literature of Punjabi Language Literature of Sanskrit Language Literature of Tamil Language Literature of Telugu Language Literature of Urdu Language

22 418 36 6 5 22 3 36 2 7 51 149 39 10

1 28 12 2 5 1 8 1 7 10 5 2

4.5 6.7 33.3 33.3 --22.7 33.3 22.2 --14.3 13.7 6.7 12.8 20.0

11.

The following points emerge from Table 6: (i) Geography was the most preferred subject among the optional subjects chosen by the candidates, followed by History and Public Administration. (ii) Amongst the subjects opted by 100 or more candidates, the highest percentage of successful candidates had opted Agriculture (15.9 percent) followed by Psychology (14.9 percent) and Anthropology (14.7 percent). (iii) Subjects relating to Humanities including literature of languages were opted by 85.6 percent of successful candidates, Science by 11.9 percent, Medical Sciences by 1.1 percent and Engineering by 1.4 percent. (iv) Amongst the candidates recommended for appointment, the highest percentage of candidates at 45.1 percent had Humanities as academic background, followed by Engineering at 30.2 percent, Science at 16.2 percent and Medical Sciences at 8.5 percent. (v) This indicates that certain number of successful candidates having academic qualifications in Engineering, Medical and Science subjects had made cross-domain shift and opted for Humanities subjects in the competitive examination.

12. Distribution of candidates recommended by broad streams of optional subjects chosen by them in the last five Civil Services (Main) Examinations is shown in Diagram 2.

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Diagram 2: Distribution of Recommended Candidates by Broad Streams of Optional Subjects - Civil Services (Main) Examinations ENGINEERING : C ivil, Elec tri c al and
Mec hanic al Engi neeri ng

500

457
450 400 350 300 250 200 150
47.7 % 54.2 % 42.1% 1.7 %

453
0.4 % 1.6 % 12.6 % 2.7 %

457
1.4 % 1.1 % 11.9 %
MEDIC AL S C IENC E: Animal Husbandry & Veterinary S c i enc e and Medic al S c ienc e

417
1.6 % 3.1. % 18.5 %

11.8 %

8.5 %

7.8 %

9.8 %

Number of candidates

310
1.6 % 8.6 % 1.3 % 10.8 % 9.0 % 20.5 % 33.2 % 24.8 % 27.9 %

S C IENC E : Agric ulture, Botany, C hemistry, Geol ogy, Mathematic s, P hysic s, S tati sti c s and Zoology

23.1 %

49.7 %

100 50 0 2001 2002 2003

51.0 %

LITERATURE OF LANGUAGES : Arabic , Assamese, B engali , C hinese, Engli sh, Frenc h, German, Gujarati, Hindi , Kannada, Kashmi ri, Konkani, Marathi , Malayalam, Mani puri, Nepali, Oriya, P ali , P ersian, P unjabi , Russian, S anskrit, S indhi, Tami l, Tel ugu and Urdu HUMANITIES - B ( Inc ludi ng business related subjec ts) : C ommerc e & Ac c ountanc y, Ec onomic s, Law, Management, P ubli c A dministration, and P ol itic al S c ienc e & International Relations

HUMANITIES - A : Anthropology, Geography, Hi story, P hilosophy, P syc hology and S oc iology

2004

2005

Year of Examination

13. An analysis of the candidates recommended for appointment shows that 66 candidates or 14.4 percent belonged to the Scheduled Castes community, 32 candidates or 7.0 percent to the Scheduled Tribes, 122 candidates or 26.7 percent to the Other Backward Classes and 237 candidates or 51.9 percent to the General category. The community and age-wise break-up of the candidates recommended is given in the Table 7.

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Table 7 Community, Age and Gender-wise Distribution of Candidates Recommended - Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
Community Recommended Candidates Total M F Age Group (In Years) 21-24 M F 24-26 M F 26-28 M F 28-30 M F M 30 & above F

SC ST OBC General TOTAL Legend: M Male

66 32 122 237 457

56 26 10 8 17 3 36 3

10 6 14 64 94

8 2 6 27 43

3 1 2 9 15

7 2 25 51 85

3 5 30 38

15 7 25 50 97

5 1 3 16 25

8 11 32 41 92

1 1 4 9 15

18 4 20 4 46

1 1

F Female

14. It is seen from Table 7 that the highest percentage of candidates recommended belonged to the age group of 24 - 26 years (26.9 percent), followed by 26 - 28 years (26.7 percent), 28 - 30 years (23.4 percent), 21 - 24 years (12.7 percent) and 30 years and above (10.3 percent). 15. The community and age-wise distribution of the candidates who have been recommended for the Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.)/Indian Foreign Service (I.F.S.) is given in Table 8.
Table 8 Candidates Recommended for I.A.S./ I.F.S. by Age and Community - Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
Community Candidates recommended for IAS IFS Age Group (In Years) 21-24 IAS IFS 24-26 IAS IFS 26-28 IAS IFS 28-30 IAS IFS 30 & above IAS IFS

SC ST OBC General TOTAL

14 6 23

2 2 6

1 1 2

1 1

3 1 5

4 1 4

3 2 7

1 2

3 1 5 9

1 1 2 4

Diagram 3 : Com m44 unity-w ise and Age-w of Candidates Recomm 10 6 ise 2Distribution 15 3 15 2 8 ended 3 for I.A.S./I.F.S. - Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2005 87 20 10 4 24 4 24 2 20 6

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Number of Candidates in Percentage

16. Community and age-wise distribution of candidates recommended for I.A.S./ I.F.S. is shown in Diagram 3.

OB C

General

95

Com munity 21-24 Years 24-26 Years 26-28 Years 28-30 Years 30 Years & above

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25.0%

25.0%

24.1%

20.4%

18.8%

37.5%

31.0%

31.5%

25.0% 13.8% 12.5% 18.8% 12.5% 12.4% 12.5% 20.7% 10.4% 14.8% 33.3%

17. Out of 450 female candidates appeared in the examination, 94 were recommended for appointment, registering a success rate at 20.9 percent. As against this, 363 out of 4,473 male candidates were recommended which represents a success rate at 8.1 percent. Thus, the success rate of female candidates was significantly higher than that of male candidates. 18. The community and gender-wise success rate of candidates is given in Table 9.

Table 9 Community and Gender-wise Success Rate of Candidates - Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
Appeared Candidates Community Total Male Female Recommended Candidates Total Male Female Success Rate (Percent) Total Male Female

Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Classes General Total

682 349 1,794 2,098 4,923

620 316 1,668 1,869 4,473

62 33 126 229 450

66 32 122 237 457

56 26 108 173 363

10 6 14 64 94

9.7 9.2 6.8 11.3 9.3

9.0 8.2 6.5 9.3 8.1

16.1 18.2 11.1 27.9 20.9

19. It is seen from the Table 9 that the performance of female candidates belonging to various communities viz. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes or General category was better than that of male candidates of corresponding community. 20. Out of a total of 5,797 persons with disabilities applied for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2005, 2,811 appeared and 147 qualified the examination. Out of them, 128 physically challenged persons appeared in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2005 and 36 such persons qualified the examination. All of them appeared for the Personality Test and 12 such candidates were recommended for appointment. Of
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them, two belonged to Scheduled Castes, one to Scheduled Tribe, three to Other Backward Classes and six to General community. This includes three female candidates recommended for appointment. Further, two such candidates for Indian Administrative Service and one for Indian Foreign Service were recommended. 21. The community and gender-wise number of attempts made by the candidates for the examination are given in the Table 10.
Table 10 Number of Attempts Made by the Recommended Candidates: Community and Gender-wise - Civil Services (Main) Examination 2005
Community Gender Number of Attempts Made by the Recommended Candidates 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 & above Total

Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Classes General Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Total

1 2 3 3 22 11 29 13 42

7 3 1 11 4 37 14 58 19 77

11 2 2 3 21 3 64 24 98 32 130

7 2 1 2 23 4 50 15 81 23 104

8 2 4 25 2 37 4 41

6 1 5 14 1 25 2 27

2 3 11 16 16

14 1 5 19 1 20

56 10 26 6 108 14 173 64 363 94 457

22. It follows from the Table 10 that only 9.2 percent of candidates could qualify the examination in the first attempt. However, in the second, third and fourth attempts, the percentage of recommended candidates was 16.8 percent, 28.4 percent and 22.8 percent respectively. Further the female candidates, on an average, qualified the examination in lesser number of attempts compared to those of the male candidates. 23. The University/ Institution-wise number of candidates recommended and their success rates are given in Appendix XIV. appeared vis--vis

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