Garima Lohia Biography 2024: Wikipedia, Education Qualification, UPSC Journey, and Book List!

Garima Lohia Biography 2024: The Union Public Service Commission conducts the Civil Services Examination every year and every year lakhs of youth appear in this examination. It is said that it is one of the toughest examinations in the world. It is the dream of an aspirant to pass this exam.

Once the aspirant gets trapped in the labyrinth of this examination, it is very difficult to get out of it. There are many candidates who take years to pass this exam. And there are many who are not able to pass this exam.

UPSC has declared the result of Civil Services Examination 2022 on 23 May. And with this the list of toppers has also been released. This year also girls have won equally as compared to 2021. With this, girls have been in the top 3. Ishita Kishore of Noida has secured the first position and Uma Harthi of Hyderabad has secured the third position.

The second position has been secured by Garima Lohia, daughter of Buxar district of Bihar, who has achieved this position without taking coaching and through online sources. This year 933 candidates have been selected, out of which 613 are men and 320 are women. The number of women is increasing every year.

In today’s article, we are going to give you detailed information about the biography of Garima Lohia, the second topper in the Civil Services Examination 2022.

Garima Lohia Biography 2024

Name	Garima Lohia IAS
DAte of Birth	1995
Place	Buxar, Bihar
Age	26 Year
Religion	hindu Dharm
Profession	IAS Officer
Batch	2022 Batch
Educational Qualification	Graduation in Commerce
School	Woodstock School, Buxar
College	Hindu Dharm
Nationality	Indian
Languages	Hindi, English
Address	Buxar
Marital Status	unmarried
Rank	Second rank (AIR-2)
Attempt	2 times (failed 1 time in preliminary)
Success	1 Time
Marks	1063
Roll Number	1506175
Optional Subject	commerce and accountancy
Education Medium	English
Salary	Rs 56,100+TA, DA (7th Pay Commission)

Garima Lohia Wikipedia

Garima Lohia is the one who secured second rank in All India in UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022. Garima is a resident of Buxar district of Bihar. Her father’s name is Narayan Prasad Lohia, who was a businessman.

Garima’s father passed away in the year 2015. Garima is the second among three brothers and sisters. And all three siblings are busy studying. It is said that the family was torn apart after the death of the father.

After the death of Garima’s father, the responsibility of the entire family fell on the mother. And the mother inspired all her children to study and because of this, one daughter has become an IAS today.

Garima Lohia Education Qualification

Garima completed her early schooling from Wood Stock School in Buxar district and after that came to Delhi for further studies, here she took admission in Kirori Mal College of Delhi University from where she obtained a graduation degree in Commerce. After this, she started preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination.

Garima Lohia UPSC Journey

Garima’s UPSC journey was quite challenging. After graduation, her father died in the year 2015. But her mother motivated Garima a lot to study and she started studying for UPSC. She decided to study at home without any coaching.

In the year 2020, when the whole country was under lockdown, Garima started studying. In the first attempt, Garima could not clear the prelims, but by studying day and night, she became an IAS by securing second position in the second attempt. Garima’s optional subject was Commerce and Accountancy, for which she took coaching online.

Garima told in an interview that when she used to study all night, her mother also used to stay awake with her. In this two-three year long UPSC journey, her mother supported her a lot, when Garima used to get demotivated, seeing the dose of motivation, her mother used to ask her to study.

Garima told that it is not necessary that you can clear this exam without coaching, if you have the right guidance, then you can pass the UPSC exam even without coaching.

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I took online coaching for optional subjects only. Instead of studying during the day, I used to study at night. I used to study from 9 pm to 9 am. Because it is very peaceful at night and there is no one to disturb.

Three years ago I had this dream and today this dream has come true. I studied from books and online resources while staying at home. And I studied for 8 to 10 hours daily. Whenever I did not feel like studying, I used to study for 2-3 hours. The most important thing in this exam is to maintain consistency.

For your information, let me tell you that this is Garima’s second attempt and the first is Mains and Interview. She started preparing for studies in 2020. After three years of hard work, she has secured second position in Civil Services Examination 2022.

Garima Lohia Book List

• Online Coaching for Commerce and Accountancy Ranker Classes
• Indian Polity (Lakshmi Kanth)
• History of Modern India (Spectrum)
• Economics (Mrinal Sir’s Notes)
• Ancient History (R S Sharma)
• Medieval History (Satish Chandra)
• Art and Culture (Nitin Singhania)
• NCERT (6th to 12th)
• 15 years of prelims and mains papers

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