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In the UPSC Civil Services 2024 results announced on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 26 Muslim candidates are among the 1,009 successful candidates who secured top ranks.

However, no Muslim candidate made it to the top 25 list. The only exceptions are Iram Chaudhary and Farkhanda Qureshi, who have found a place in the top 100 of the merit list.

In total, 97 Muslim candidates had qualified for the UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2024 and were invited for the personality test (interviews) held between January 7 and April 17, 2025.

UPSC CSE 2024 – Muslim Toppers

• 40: Iram Chaudhary
• 67: Farkhanda Qureshi
• 131: Mohammad Muneeb Bhat
• 142: Adeeba Anam Ashfaq Ahmed
• 281: Wasim ur Rehman
• 292: Md. Nayab Anjum
• 314: Mohammad Haris Mir
• 345: Mohammad Shaukat Azim
• 417: Alifa Khan
• 429: Nadia Abdul Rashid
• 442: Najma E Salam
• 506: Shakeel Ahmed
• 553: Shah Mohammad Imran Mohammad Irfan
• 560: Mohammad Aftab Alam
• 585: Mohsina Bano
• 594: Syed Mohammad Arif Moin
• 633: Ghulam Haider
• 643: Hasan Khan
• 660: Ghanchi Gazala Mohammad Hanif
• 711: Muhammad Salah T A
• 742: Sadaf Malik
• 768: Yasir Ahmad Bhatt
• 815: Javed Mev
• 847: Nazir Ahmad Bijran
• 993: Arshad Aziz Qureshi
• 998: Iqbal Ahmad

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced the final results of the Civil Services Examination 2024 today, based on the written exams held in September 2024 and the personality tests conducted from January to April 2025.

UPSC Civil Services Toppers

Shakti Dubey secured the top rank in the UPSC Civil Services Exam. Harshita Goyal ranked second, and Dongre Archit Parag secured third place.

According to Rules 20(4) and (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules, 2024, a consolidated reserve list of 230 candidates has also been maintained.

The Civil Services Main Examination 2024 was conducted from September 20 to 29, 2024. According to the main result declared on December 9, 2024, approximately 2,845 candidates qualified the written test and were called for the interview round.

Out of the 1,009 selected candidates, 335 are from the General category, 109 from the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), 318 from Other Backward Classes (OBC), 160 from Scheduled Castes (SC), and 87 from Scheduled Tribes (ST). Among these, 45 candidates are persons with benchmark disabilities across four categories.

UPSC 2024 Civil Services Result – Top 25 Candidates

1. Shakti Dubey
2. Harshita Goyal
3. Dongre Archit Parag
4. Shah Margi Chirag
5. Akash Garg
6. Komal Poonia
7. Ayushi Bansal
8. Raj Krishna Jha
9. Aditya Vikram Agarwal
10. Mayank Tripathi
11. Aashi Sharma
12. Hemante
13. Abhishek Vashistha
14. Banna Venkatesh
15. Madhav Agarwal
16. Trivediya Sanskrit
17. Soumya Mishra
18. Vibhor Bhardwaj
19. Trilok Singh
20. Divyank Gupta
21. Riya Saini
22. B Shivachandran
23. R Rangamanju
24. G G A S

The preliminary stage of the 2024 Civil Services Exam will conclude on June 16, with 992,599 candidates registered and 583,213 actually appearing for the exam.

UPSC 2023 CSE Result Summary

In 2023, the UPSC conducted the personality test in three phases:

• Phase I on February 16,
• Phase II from February 19 to March 15,
• Phase III concluded on April 9, 2024.

The final result of UPSC CSE 2023 was announced on April 16, 2024.
Notable toppers from 2023 included Aditya Srivastava (1st), Animesh Pradhan (2nd), Donuru Ananya Reddy, Ruhani, Naushin, and others, with over 50 Muslim candidates listed in the final selection.

In 2024, 97 Muslims qualified, reflecting a consistent yet modest representation of the minority community in the final merit list.

Previous Year Data on Muslim Representation in Civil Services:

• 2023: 51 Muslim candidates recommended out of 1,016 total
• 2022: 30 Muslims among 933 selected
• 2021: 21 Muslims among 685 total
• 2020: 31 Muslims among 761
• 2019–2015: Muslim representation ranged between 30 to 52 candidates each year
• 2010: Dr. Shah Faesal from Kashmir topped the exam
• 2009: 31 Muslims among 791 selected

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Over the years, Muslim representation in UPSC has seen steady, if slow, progress, with growing encouragement and awareness in the community.