Civil Services Prelims

The table below gives the number of candidates who applied for civil services (prelims & mains) for different posts.

Year of Examination Number of Candidates applied for CS(Prelims) Number of Candidates appeared for CS(Prelims) Number of Candidates applied for CS(Mains) Number of Candidates appeared for CS(Mains) Total number of vacancies
2002 301585 157486 3430 3301 310
2003 316496 160784 5972 5750 457
2004 349020 174475 5565 5328 453
2005 345106 175202 5140 4923 457
2006 383983 195803 7692 7496 533
2007 333680 161469 9158 8886 734
2008 325433 167035 11669 11330 767
2009 409110 193091 12096 11516 875
2010 547698 269036 12491 - 920
2011 499120 243236 11837 11237 910
2012 536506 271422 13092 - 1037