List of UPSC Civil Services Exam toppers with information like IAS toppers optional subject, home state, and service opted.
Optional Subject of IAS Exam Toppers
| Year | Topper (1st Rank) | Home State | IAS Toppers Optional Paper | Service opted for by Topper |
| 2015 | Ira Singhal | Delhi | Geography | IAS |
| 2014 | Gaurav Agrawal | Rajasthan | Economics | IAS |
| 2013 | Haritha V Kumar | Kerala | Economics and Malayalam Literature | IAS |
| 2012 | Shena Aggarwal | Haryana | Psychology | IAS |
| 2011 | S Divyadharsini | Tamil Nadu | Public administration and Law | IAS |
| 2010 | Shah Faesal | Jammu and Kashmir | Public Administration, Literature of Urdu Language | IAS |
| 2009 | Shubhra Saxena | Uttar Pradesh | Psychology and Public Administration | IAS |
| 2008 | Adapa Karthik | Telangana | Zoology and Psychology | IAS |
| 2007 | Mutyalaraju Revu | Andhra Pradesh | Electrical Engineering and Mathematics | IAS |
| 2006 | Mona Pruthi | Haryana | English Literature and Sociology | IAS |
| 2005 | S Nagarajan | Tamil Nadu | Geography and Sociology | IAS |
| 2004 | Roopa Mishra | Orissa | Psychology and Public Administration | IAS |
| 2003 | Ankur Garg | Punjab | Physics and Chemistry | IAS |
| 2002 | Alok Ranjan Jha | Bihar | Geography | IFS |
| 2001 | Vijaylakshmi Bidari | Karnataka | Kannada literature | IAS |
| 2000 | Sorabh Babu | Uttar Pradesh | Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering | IAS |
| 1999 | Bhawna Garg | Punjab | Maths and Chemistry | IAS |
| 1998 | Devesh Kumar | Bihar | Chemistry and Geography | IAS |
| 1997 | Sunil Kumar Barnwal | Jharkhand | Physics and Mathematics | IAS |
| 1996 | Iqbal Dhaliwal | Tamil Nadu | General Studies and Public Administration | IAS |
| 1995 | Srivatsa Krishna | Karnataka | Public Administration and Psychology | IAS |
| 1991 | Raju Narayana Swamy | Kerala | Medicine and Malayalam literature | IAS |
| 1990 | Lakshmi Narayana | Andhra Pradesh | IPS | |
| 1989 | Shashi Prakash Goyal | Uttar Pradesh | IAS | |
| 1973 | Nirupama Rao | Kerala | IFS | |
| 1972 | Duvvuri Subbarao | Andhra Pradesh | IAS |
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