Getting into civil services is a dream of many, and Namrata Choubey has secured an All India Rank 73 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2021 on her third attempt. She is an engineering graduate, and let’s see Namrata Choubey UPSC Booklist, optional, marksheet, education, biography and her preparation journey.
IAS Namrata Choubey Biography
Namrata Choubey hails from the Garhwa district of Jharkhand and has done her schooling there itself. Her father is a government teacher in a middle school there, and he has been a great motivation for Namrata to dream big and work hard to make it a reality.
She did her 10th from Shanti Niwas High School, Garhwa and 12th from RK Public School, Garhwa. After that, she went to IIT Kanpur for her graduation in Biological Sciences. And then she got placed in a company in Mumbai and after doing the job for a year she quit it to prepare for the Civil Services Examination.
AIR 73 rank-holder Namrata Choubey gave her first attempt at UPSC CSE in 2019 and she had also given the interview but couldn’t make her name on the final list. The next year, she appeared for the exam again but unfortunately, now she couldn’t even clear the preliminary exam.
And this is her 3rd attempt where Namrata has managed to get an All India Rank 73 which is a dream rank for most aspirants. Her first service preference is the Indian Administrative Service and we may very soon see Namrata Choubey as an IAS officer after her training at LBSNAA, Mussoorie.
Namrata Choubey UPSC Optional
Sociology was the optional subject of Namrata Choubey for the Civil Services Examination, and it really helped her score better marks in the UPSC exam.
UPSC Topper Namrata Choubey Marksheet
IAS Namrata Choubey has scored 992 marks out of 2025 marks in total which comprises 824 marks in the Civil Services (Main) written exam and 168 marks in the Personality Test, also known as the interview.
Namrata Choubey UPSC Booklist
- Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth
- A Brief History of Modern India by Spectrum
- Ancient India History by RS Sharma
- Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
- India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
- Certificate Physical and Human Geography by GC Leong
- Indian Economy by Nitin Singhania
- NCERT Books of Class XI and XII
These are some of the standard UPSC preparation books that most aspirants study and IAS Namrata Choubey also referred to the same along with her Sociology optional study materials. Her preparation strategy was more focused on making notes of her own and revising them multiple times keeping the resources limited. This is the key strategy to crack the UPSC exam that almost every topper will suggest to you.
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