Civil-Services Examination

Every year during the month of May, the UPSC announces the results of the previous year's Civil-Services Examination selection list, and, also conducts preliminary examination of the current year. While a microscopic minority clears the exams in their very first attempt a majority do so only in their third or fourth attempts and a few others in their sixth to ninth attempts! Aspirants who have cleared the Civil Services but could not get into the IAS, and aspirants who have missed the selection by a whisker decide to try again.During the 2006 selection, 525 were selected.about two lakh aspirants appeared. After going through the selection process, in three stages, only 474 got selected finally. The rate of success is about 0.24%. Inspite of this, the number of aspirants is on the increase year after year