A Science Student’s Struggle with Social Sciences in UPSC

IAS officer Khushboo Gupta was a science student all her life and studied social sciences for the first time for UPSC CSE.

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She started from zero but managed to master the subjects, scoring AIR 80 in CSE 2018.

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She hails from a small town named Bhadaur in Punjab. She is the only civil servant of her town in last 40 years.

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Ms. Gupta first independent charge was as BDO, Marwan (Bihar and now she is serving as SDM Munger

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