Bhubaneswar, Feb. 11 -- Do you know who has scored the highest marks in the interview round of the UPSC exam in the past decade? Well, if you are thinking of Tina Dabi, Srushti Deshmukh, Kanishka Kataria, or Shruti Sharma, then you are wrong.

It is none other than Zainab Sayeed who holds the record for securing the highest marks in the UPSC interview round. The brilliant mind from Kolkata secured an impressive 220 out of 275 marks in the interview round. She achieved this feat in 2014 when she passed the UPSC Civil Services Exam, securing 731 marks in the main examination.

Zainab secured All India Rank (AIR-107) and till today stands out as the candidate with the highest interview score. However, UPSC wasn't an easy journey for Zainab w...