IAS-2015 TOPPERS MARKS :SAMVEG IAS

marks of Tina dabi (rank 1)-ias-2015

Essay: 145/250
GS Paper 1 :119/250
GS Paper 2 :84/250
GS Paper 3 :111/250
GS Paper 4 :110/250
GS Total: 424/ 1000
Political Sci & IR Paper 1 : 128/250
Political Science & IR Paper 2 : 171/250
Optional total :299/ 500
Written total : 868/ 1750
Interview :195/275
Total : 1063 /2025

1st attempt,2015 passout, English medium, David Sir Board, AIR 43
ROLL NO. : 0627208
NAME : KUMAR HARSH

ESSAY (PAPER-I)
145
GENRAL STUDIES -I (PAPER-II)
105
GENRAL STUDIES -II (PAPER-III)
091
GENRAL STUDIES -III (PAPER-IV)
107
GENRAL STUDIES -IV (PAPER-V)
110
OPTIONAL-I (PHILOSOPHY) (PAPER-VI)
115
OPTIONAL-II (PHILOSOPHY) (PAPER-VII)
095
WRITTEN TOTAL
768
PERSONALITY TEST
182
FINAL TOTAL
950

Rank - 70s
Essay 139
GS Paper 1 - 113
GS Paper 2 - 93
GS Paper 3 - 115
GS Paper 4 - 110
GS Total - 431
Pub Ad. 1- 100
Pub ad- 2 - 95
Optional total - 195
total - 765
interview - saxena -171
Rank - 70s
.All I can say for now is that quantity does matter (along with quality)...i.e. Write more and more if you know more..
2.Point format definitely helps esp. in GS
3.Examples boost your marks - highly relevant in GS 4
4. GS 1 and 3 - you can be a little confident about your score if you have prepared these ( I expected even more in GS 1)
5. Ethics paper -
earlier I used to attempt case studies first and also spent more time on part B and then come to partA and I used to score miserably (87 and 86) This year I attempted part A first.
And this was a suggestion given by my senior that we can spend a little extra time on first 3-4 Qs ( to make some good impressions on examiner) - I followed it and it helped.
In case studies also more analysis of the option which you are going to select would be better. In addition, it's better to provide more pragmatic answers which are realitic.

Rank 57

ESSAY (PAPER-I)
118
GENRAL STUDIES -I (PAPER-II)
113
GENRAL STUDIES -II (PAPER-III)
085
GENRAL STUDIES -III (PAPER-IV)
105
GENRAL STUDIES -IV (PAPER-V)
113
OPTIONAL-I (ANTHROPOLOGY) (PAPER-VI)
122
OPTIONAL-II (ANTHROPOLOGY) (PAPER-VII)
133
WRITTEN TOTAL
789
PERSONALITY TEST (D K Dewan board)
154
FINAL TOTAL
943

Ranks 80s

ESSAY (PAPER-I)
117

GENRAL STUDIES -I (PAPER-II)
108
GENRAL STUDIES -II (PAPER-III)
081
GENRAL STUDIES -III (PAPER-IV)
108
GENRAL STUDIES -IV (PAPER-V)
102

GS TOTAL - 399

OPTIONAL-I (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) (PAPER-VI)
110
OPTIONAL-II (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION) (PAPER-VII)
127

OPTIONAL TOTAL PUB AD - 237

PERSONALITY TEST
179

FINAL TOTAL
932

Rank 9 -IAS-2015

ESSAY (PAPER-I)
138
GENRAL STUDIES -I (PAPER-II)
110
GENRAL STUDIES -II (PAPER-III)
095
GENRAL STUDIES -III (PAPER-IV)
114
GENRAL STUDIES -IV (PAPER-V)
095
OPTIONAL-I (POL. SC. & INT.REL.) (PAPER-VI)
125
OPTIONAL-II (POL. SC. & INT.REL.) (PAPER-VII)
099
WRITTEN TOTAL
776
PERSONALITY TEST
206
FINAL TOTAL
982