Shubham Kumar UPSC Marksheet: Here’s All You Need to know about UPSC CSE 2020 Topper

The Union Public Service Commission organizes different exams throughout the year among which the Civil services examination is the most anticipated one. This is the dream job of millions of Indians. This is why every year the results are announced and the successful candidates become the role models of the people. Recently, UPSC has declared the result of the UPSC CSE-2020 batch.

This year Shubham Kumar bagged the UPSC Rank-1 with total marks of 1054 and became a role model or celebrity for all other aspirants out there. In this article, you will find out about Shubham Kumar marks.

Name	Shubham Kumar
Father’s Name	Devanad Kumar
Mother’s Name	Poonam Devi
Siblings	Elder sister, Ankita
Age	24
Education	Vidya Vihar Residential School, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, IIT-Bombay
Total number of Attempt	3 attempts
Roll no.	–
Year	2020
Category Rank	1
Optional Subject	Anthropology
Current Posting	Indian Defence Account Devices

Shubham Kumar- UPSC Topper Biography

Shubham Kumar secured rank 1 in UPSC 2020. He is receiving congratulations from the whole of India since the result got out. From childhood, Shubham Kumar was a meritorious student. He always scored well in his academics. But in 2020, he wrote his name in the golden history of UPSC.

Shubham Kumar was born in Kumheri village, Kadwa block, Bihar. His father’s name is Devanad Kumar and his Mother is Punam Devi. His father is a cashier at Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank and his mother is a homemaker. Besides them, he also has an elder sister, Ankita. She is a scientist at Bhabha Atomic Research Center.

Shubham Kumar completed his primary education from his village and then completed his high school at Vidya Vihar Residential School, Parora in Purnia. Then he went to Jharkhand to complete his intermediate from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro.

He then took the engineering entrance exam and got admission to IIT Bombay. There he pursued his degree in B.tech. There he secured a CPI of 8.37 from 10. After his graduation, he started his civil service journey.

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 AIR 1 Shubham Kumar’s UPSC Journey

He gave his first attempt in 2018. Unfortunately, he couldn’t pass that attempt. Still, he reflected on his past mistakes and gave his second attempt in 2019. This time he secured 290th rank and got selected as Indian Defense Accounts Service.

He was training at the National Academy of Defense Financial Management Institute, Pune when he gave his third attempt in 2020. This time he secured 1st position in all India.

After the declaration of the result, he and his news are all over the media. Everyone is congratulating him for his success. Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar congratulated him and said that he had made the whole of Bihar proud.

Even deputy chief minister Tarikshore Prasad came personally to his village to talk to his parents and expressed his desire to participate in his honour ceremony.

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Shubham Kumar Marksheet

Subjects	Marks
Essay	134
General Studies-I	115
General Studies-II	111
General Studies-III	092
General Studies-IV	166
Optional Subject-I	170
Optional Subject-II	150
Written Test	876
Personality Test	176
Total Number Scored	1054

Shubham Kumar Rank 1: Optional Subject

Shubham Kumar took Anthropology as his optional subject. When he was asked in an interview why he said that:

“First, because I discovered an interest in indigenous people. All components of the subject–human behaviour, human biology, cultures, and societies—seemed interesting. The syllabus was manageable and the subject’s overall record in UPSC was good.”

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Shubham Kumar on His Success

In an interview, Shubham Kumar said his dream was always to become an IAS officer. According to him, it provides a wider platform for everyone to work for the benefit of society. Shubham wants to work for his village and underprivileged people. He also said that he wants to be recruited in the Bihar cadre.

He exclaimed that his father has always supported him and inspired him to go on even after failures. He gives credit to his family and friends for his success.

Preparation Strategies of Shubham Kumar AIR-1

Shubham Kumar UPSC CSE topper 1 says that on his success that he even didn’t expect to be successful let alone bagging rank 1.

Strong Base

Developing core subjects is a crucial strategy of UPSC preparation. As it is said you cannot build a tall building on a weak base, this goes the same with your UPSC preparation. You need to strengthen your core subjects like History, Political science, Geography, etc. For this, you can take reference of NCERTs.

NCERT

NCERT books are specially designed books to help a student understand the basic concepts of a topic. It is officially launched by the government and is considered as the best and essential book for your UPSC preparation.

Limited Resources

Candidates often are advised to develop their own booklist from all suggested books. But many often think to read different books at once for better results but the outcome is totally opposite. Candidates who rely on several resources cannot focus on proper revision. Instead, a person who relies on limited resources can prepare well and revise too. They can revise a book several times and get expertise on it.

Mock Tests

Due to covid-19, Shubham Kumar didn’t take any coaching. Instead, he focused on two things: self-study and solving mock tests. Mock tests are an important part of your UPSC preparation. It helps you to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses. Several toppers claim that they have solved at least 100+ mock tests before their examinations. You can find different mock tests from different websites.

Notes

Notes are important for your revision. Everyone suggests that aspirants should make short and crisp notes. For this, you should read a book, understand the topic and then write it in the notebook. Rather than copying from a book, this method can help you to memorise the topic without much effort.

Revision

A few days before your prelims, revision becomes important. While revision is important, adopting the correct strategy is the key. You should avoid reading new books a few days before your exam. Instead, stick to what you have been reading. It is said that it is always better to read a book thrice than to read three different books once.

Previous Year Question Paper

This is another important preparation strategy for your UPSC preparation. Solving several previous year question papers helps you to adapt the exam structure of prelims or mains. On the exam day, you won’t be surprised by the question type, instead of by solving them you can find a correct strategy to approach it.

Time Management

Time is an important part of any aspect of life. With proper time management, you can perform your job well and allocate time to different tasks easily. The same goes with UPSC preparation too. At the beginning of your preparation only you need to allocate your time for different subjects. Make a timetable before you embark on your UPSC journey.

Self Study

While going to a coaching institute for preparation or studying at home is a huge controversy among UPSC aspirants. Some believe coaching is a very important part of proper guidance, boosting competitive spirit, etc. While others believe that self-study helps them to focus and have a proper time devoted to their preparation. Shubham Kumar took several coachings before but in his final preparation time, he relied on self-study.

Answer Writing

You cannot clear mains with knowledge alone. You need to know how to present your answers. Remember the examiner does not evaluate you on the basis of knowledge you have but on the answers you write. Therefore practice writing different answers. You have to solve at least one answer daily. You can get them evaluated by someone experienced.

Optional Subject

Choosing an optional subject is very important. While often candidates look for an easy way and go with the optional subject that others find scoring or are a popular demand. Shubham Kumar speaks on the choice of his optional subject:

“When I started preparing for UPSC, I compared other social science subjects with Anthropology, and I found the syllabus of Anthropology very interesting. It was one of my core interests anyways, and I was certainly good at it. That’s when I realized that I can score good marks in this subject,”

From this, we can conclude that you should go with that optional subject that you find interesting.

Interview

The interview is the last phase of your UPSC journey. For your interview, you need to prepare well from your DAF. DAF stands for a detailed application form. It is a form in which you have to fill out your details. The interview panel asks questions about this form. Therefore fill out your details carefully. Remember not to lie and be honest with your DAF.

Stay Confident

Throughout your UPSC preparation, you will have different emotions. Sometimes you may feel low and sometimes high. This is a normal process but you shouldn’t let it ruin your preparation. Stay confident, have trust in yourself before your exam.

On the Exam Day

A night before your exam you should sleep well. Ensure a proper sleep and then in the morning have a light and nutritious breakfast. Then reach the examination hall before the allotted time only. After this don’t let any emotions suppress you. Take a deep breath and get ready for making history.

Booklist of UPSC CSE Rank 1

Brief history of modern India	Spectrum
Indian Art and Culture	Nitin Singhania
Certificate Physical and Human Geography	GC Leong
Atlas	–
Indian Polity	M Laxmikanth
Indian Economy	Sanjeev Verma
Shankar IAS Environment	–
Internal Security and Disaster	Ashok
Lexicon for Ethics	–
Introduction to Social-Cultural Anthropology	NK Vaid
Outlines of Physical Anthropology	BM Das
Tribe India	Nadeem Hussain

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Top 20 Performer of UPSC CSE 2020

Here is a list of the top 20 performers of UPSC CSE 2020.

Rank	Name	Written Test	Personality Test	Total Marks
1	Shubham Kumar	878	176	1054
2	Jagrati Awasthi	859	193	1052
3	Ankita Jain	839	212	1051
4	Yash Juluka	851	195	1046
5	Mamta Yadav	855	187	1042
6	Meera K	835	206	1041
7	Praveen Kumar	848	193	1041
8	Jivani Kartik Nagjibhai	858	182	1040
9	Apala Mishra	816	215	1031
10	Satyam Gandhi	827	201	1028
11	Devyani	842	182	1024
12	Mithun Premraj	845	179	1024
13	Gaurav Budania	850	173	1023
14	Karishma Nair	834	187	1021
15	Ria Dabi	859	162	1021
16	Arth Jain	853	168	1021
17	Sarthak Jaiswal	822	195	1017
18	Radhika Gupta	838	179	1017
19	Shashwat Tripurari	852	165	1017
20	P Srija	831	184	1015

Conclusion

With his determination and hard work, Shubham Kumar was able to bag rank 1 in UPSC CSE. He is an inspiration for those who get depressed by their failure. He learned from his mistakes and kept on working until he touched the sky.

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