How to Prepare for UPSC IAS Without Coaching?

Hello Aspirant

Not at all, no. No institute's resources are adequate.

You must create your own study material from these institute's notes, Toppers' notes, your own regress analysis of the topic from Google, and notes from previous year's questions in order to pass this exam.

No Institute can say that you must only read their notes to pass the UPSC exam because of the way the exam is designed; this is not their fault.

If they are, they are lying, I can tell you.

Hello,

Which college are you enquiring about?

See when it comes to appearing for UPSC, candidates need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this case, those in the final year too are eligible to apply provisionally, also you have to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year,

it's your preparation, strategy, and diligence which help in qualifying UPSC, your college really don't play any role, you may find many toppers from previous year who have merely passed their graduation but they have become  IAS,

you have to keep few things in mind like do you want to have a back up plan or not, as this is highly competitive exam, and toppers come from various background that of engineering, medical, arts, commerce, science etc, if you're only focusing on qualifying UPSC then having graduation in history, geography, economics, political science, public administration etc helps in the sense there is considerable overlap with the gs and optional syllabus.

• Read more about civil services. Find out about the life of a civil servant or a diplomat. If possible, talk to an IAS officer and get to know about ground realities of the job. If you still want to do it, then
• Take up a graduation course that involves history and polity. These subjects are of immense importance to the UPSC syllabus. If you would acquire a level of mastery in these subjects, you can also opt one of them as your optional subject.
• https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Notif-CSP-22-engl-020222F.pdf - please go through this. It will tell you everything you need to know about the exam.
• Also, start reading public administration, economics, etc. You can even study these subjects as your main subject, all depending on your interests and aptitude.
• Don’t lose touch with basic maths that you learned in school. This is needed for the CSAT paper in the IAS Prelims.
• After you graduate, you will be eligible to give exam. Make sure you are ready by then. All the best!

Hey aspirant,

Taking up psychology would be an excellent choice with your given carrier option, psychology degree will immensely help you in your IAS. Becoming an IAS officer is Full of hard work , dedication and discipline and choosing psychology for your graduation really sets as a good base and will definitely help you in your future hope this helps all the Best!

Hi

Here's stepwise explanation how you can become an IAS officer:-

-------------------------) Complete your 10th

-------------------------) Take admission in 11 and then complete 11th and 12th.You can take admission  in any stream i. e science,commerce, arts for 11 and 12th.

------------------------) Take admission in graduation in any discipline like BA, Bsc, Btech etc and complete it.

------------------------) To become an IAS officer you need to qualify UPSC civil services examination.

------------------------) After graduation you become eligible for UPSC civil services examination provided you are at least 21 years old.

For your reference,

UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

*************  You  must  have  a  bachelor's  degree in any, discipline    from a  recognised university  .

*************  Minimum  age  limit :-  you  need to  be at least  21  years  old   to be  eligible as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form

*************  Maximum  age  limit :-  32 years , also there's 3  year  relaxation on upper age limit for  obc and of  5 years  for sc/st category as on 1st August of the year of examination

************* Attempt limit:- The maximum of times one can appear in UPSC is given below category wise :-

• General/ EWS - 6

• OBC or  General PwD - 9

• SC/ ST - No limit ,   can appear till upper age limit .

You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria

------------------------)  Appear in UPSC civil services examination which consists of three stages listed below :-

************* prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is of qualifying nature , so you just  need to at least qualify it to be eligible for mains examination, the score /marks obtained by you in your prelims examination is not added up or used in your final merit. Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

• -) general studies  1

• -) general studies II ( csat )

You get 2 hours for each paper

************* Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-

• -) compulsory indian language.

• -) english

• -) essay

• -) general studies I

• -) general studies II

• -) general studies III

• -) general studies IV

• -) optional I

• -) optional II

************* *Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.

------------------------) If you managed to sail through all the three stages  then you can become an IAS officer depending on your rank in UPSC, your category etc

For detailed information check out :-

https://school.careers360.com/articles/how-to-become-an-ias-officer

Thank you