Year Of Exam: 2003 Vacancies SC 67 ST 35 OBC 129 GEN 228 TOTAL 457 Candidates Recommended SC 33 ST 67 OBC 129 GEN 184 TOTAL 413 Indian Civil Services Examination 2003 - In a nutshell No. of candidates Percentage selected based on persons applied for Prelims Percentage selected based on persons appeared for Prelims Percentage selected based on persons appeared for Mains Percentage selected based on persons appeared for interview Applied 3,16,326 100 N/A N/A N/A Appeared for Prelims 1,60,788 50.83 100 N/A N/A Passed Prelims 5,973 1.89 3.71 100 N/A Cleared Mains and appeared for interview 1,179 0.37 0.73 19.74 100 Recommended for services 413 0.13 0.26 6.91 35.03 Marks obtained by toppers (2003) Subject Max. Mark 1st Rank 3rd Rank 4th Rank 5th Rank 6th Rank 7th Rank 8th Rank 9th Rank 12th Rank Essay 200 125 132 144 118 119 108 133 102 146 G. St. I 300 192 197 186 175 179 154 174 184 169 G. St. II 300 147 164 149 118 180 127 141 165 153 Opt. I (Code I) 300 173 173 178 194 165 174 168 190 187 Opt. I (Code II) 300 180 171 170 177 180 183 176 175 162 Opt. II (Code I) 300 190 166 194 175 181 205 181 172 186 Opt. II (Code II) 300 157 191 181 186 200 185 183 180 165 Interview 300 230 180 195 216 174 201 195 165 159 Total marks 2300 1394 1374 1367 1359 1338 1337 1333 1333 1327 Percentage 100 60.61 59.74 59.43 59.0 58.17 58.13 57.96 57.96 57.7 Subjects Details of the Toppers: Subject 1st Rank 3rd Rank 4th Rank 5th Rank 6th Rank 7th Rank 8th Rank 9th Rank 12th Rank Opt. I Public Ad. Physics Physics Political Science $ Physics Geography Geography Geography Opt. II Psychology Geography Geography Sociology $ Chemistry Psychology Psychology Public Ad. $Optional Subjects were Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics, but the order was not known.