Hi

No, NCC will not help you in becoming an IAS.

This is because,

To become an IAS, you need to clear UPSC. There's no reservation in UPSC Civil services examination for NCC. The only thing is that it might help you to have a good impression during interview.

The only thing that will help you in becoming an IAS is to prepare well for UPSC.

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC  examination :-

-----------------------------------) To start your preparation  first of all understand the examination pattern and go well through  syllabus :-

>>>> Examination pattern :- UPSC examination has 3 stages listed below :-

• prelims exam

• Mains exam.

• Interview

PRELIMS EXAMINATION PATTERN:-

MAINS EXAMINATION PATTERN

• To know exam pattern in detail visit :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc

• >>>> syllabus :- You can get complete syllabus at:- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

---------------------------------) Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)

*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)

*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum

*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII

*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)

*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)

*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong

World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI

*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma

*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)

*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)

*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/books-for-upsc-ias

-----------------------------------) Discipline is the key to crack UPSC, so you need to make a routine/ time table and follow it .

----------------------------------)Read newspaper like the Hindu or Indian Express  and magazines like Yojana, Kurukshetra, Economic and Political Weekly  to keep yourself updated with the current events and issues.

----------------------------------) take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain otherwise you won't be able to retain whatever you read.

-----------------------------------)Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

----------------------------------)Make short notes for each subject, these will be your life saviour and will help you in your revisions a lot as syllabus is wide

----------------------------------)Set daily goals like I have to cover these many topics today, weekly goals like I have to  cover these chapters this week and practice their questions too, by the end of this week and similarly set monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.

----------------------------------)Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

----------------------------------) Your mains examination is in written, so you need to work your speed and also work on improving how to present the knowledge you have on paper, so answer writing practicing should be your priority

----------------------------------)Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers ;- You should solve these , it will give you idea of types of questions asked and their difficulty level and will help you a lot.

----------------------------------)Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round.

For more tips go through

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

Thankyou

Hello aspirant!

Congratulations on completing your 12th. To answer your question, yes! Your graduation subject is definitely going to be of great value to your overall preparation as it holds a great percentage in the overall syllabus.

Also, college years are a good time to start your preparation because you are still in a habit to study.

All the best for your future pursuits!

Feel free to ask more questions and queries.

Hello aspirant!

Sadly there is no secret recipe to this.

The only thing that actually works and can actually help is being consistent.

It might sound simple but it is the most difficult thing to do throughout the preparation.

If you master the art of consistency you can achieve great heights.

All the best for your future pursuits!

Feel free to ask more questions and queries.

Hi

Your profile suggests that it's about choosing stream in 11th.

You can choose any of science ,commerce or arts stream based on your interest after your 10th for your 10 +2 and then for graduation if you want to become an IAS officer.

This is because,

to become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination and to be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to have done 10+2 in a particular stream , also there's no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject. You can be a graduate in any discipline.

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

But yes,

choosing Arts or the humanities in your 10+2 and graduation can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in Arts you will be learning subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it will help you in your upsc examination.

So, take your time and decide.

To help you further, here's a brief of your UPSC examination pattern

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

********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

The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

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

For detail examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern

Thank you

Hi

You can choose any of science ,commerce or arts stream based on your interest after your 10th for your 10 +2 and then for graduation if you want to become an IAS officer.

This is because,

to become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination and to be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to have done 10+2 in a particular stream , also there's no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject, all you need to be eligible is that:-

you should be a graduate in any discipline and 21- 32 years old  , so you are free to do 10+2 and graduation in any subject.You can check upsc eligibility criteria at https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria/amp

But yes,

choosing Arts or the humanities in your 10+2 and graduation can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in Arts you will be learning subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it will help you in your upsc examination.

While if you choose science and then go for Btech /mbbs etc in your graduation then you will have a very good backup if in the worst case you fail to clear UPSC.

So, take your time and decide.

Coming to career options after 12th & graduation in humanities i. e BA if you fail to qualify UPSC

Some of the best  career options after your BA  is provided below  :-

----------------------------------) LLB:-  If you are  interested in law, then after your BA you can go for 3 year LLB  , after which you can practice as a lawyer. Some of the top entrance for 3 year llb are :-

• DU LLB

• PU LLB KLEE

• BVP CET Law

• AP LAWCET

• TS LAWCET

• MH CET Law

• BHU LLB

• LAT by Allahabad University

For details about llb you can go through https://www.careers360.com/courses/llb-bachelor-of-legislative-law

----------------------------------) MBA:-  If you want to get into management or business or HR jobs etc then you can  do MBA etc. Some entrance for mba includes

• CAT

• XAT

• MAT

• NMAT

• CMAT etc.

You can get into top Mba colleges like IIMs for your MBA where average package is around 20 lakhs per annum. For details about mba entrance exams visit https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-mba-entrance-exams-you-must-take

----------------------------------) B. ED :- If you are interested in teaching then after your BA you can go for B. Ed and after the completion of B.Ed ,  you will be eligible to teach in schools

----------------------------------)  MA :- If you want to study further then you can go for masters like MA and later on you can even become a professor - by clearing UGC NET after your MA you can become assistant professor.For details about ugc net visit https://competition.careers360.com/exams/ugc-net

----------------------------------) CA :- After your BA you can directly start with CA intermediate if you have got at least 60 % in your BA without going through foundation and then you have to go through articleship training and finally after clearing CA finals, you become a certified chartered accountant. For complete details regarding CA visit https://www.careers360.com/courses/chartered-accountancy-course

Some other professional courses you can go for are :-

• Company Secretary i. e CS

• Certified Management Accountant i. e CMA

• Chartered Financial Analyst i. e CFA etc

----------------------------------) If you want to get a job in Banks you can go for exams like SBI PO,  IBS PO, Sbi clerk etc

----------------------------------) You can even prepare for government competitive examinatios for jobs like SSC, state service exam etc. You can get the complete list for govt competitive examinations at https://competition.careers360.com/exams

I hope that you find this helpful .

Thankyou

Hello Aspirant

Firstly to become an IAS officer you need to know the following eligibility criteria

The candidate will have to fulfil the following UPSC Civil Services Eligibility Criteria to appear in IAS exam or to become an IAS officer:

• IAS exam is for Indian citizens only. So it's mandatory to have citizenship of India.

• Candidate should have possessed at least a graduate degree. Final year students also allowed to apply for the first stage of the exam.

• Candidate should be between the age of 21 to 32 years. Age relaxation is also allowed for SC/ST (5 years), PH (10 years), OBC (3 years) candidates, Ex-serviceman (5 years) and PH (10 years).

• There are some constraints on attempts to clear the IAS exam. General Category candidates have only 6 attempts and OBC candidate has 9 attempts to clear IAS exam. No constraints on SC/ST for attempts to clear IAS exam, they can appear in the IAS exam till the upper age limit.

You can know more through the following link-

How to become an IAS Officer - step by step Guidance (careers360.com)

Now if you are eligible you need to know the stages to achieve you career goal

You can start your preparation by reading newspapers on a daily basis. Also, you can revise Class 9 and 10 NCERT Books (Social Studies, Science and Economics). Moreover, if you opt for Arts Stream that will be advantageous for you a questions from Arts subjects (like History, Geography, Economics) will be asked in Prelims (GS) section of UPSC. Hence after Class 10, all you need to do is develop newspaper reading habit and make your basics (of subjects taught in earlier classes) strong.

Also, it is important that you know the syllabus of UPSC. You can check it out from this link - UPSC IAS Syllabus 2022 - Paper wise PDF for Prelims & Mains Exam (careers360.com)

Hi

To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination

You can choose any subject or course like BA, Btech, Bsc, bcom, etc based on your interest for your graduation/degree

This is because,

to be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject, all you need to be eligible is a  graduation degree in any discipline.

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

But yes ,

When it comes to upsc preparation and if you are totally focused towards it  then ,

choosing BA can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in BA you will be learning subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it will help you in your upsc examination

Some of the best graduation courses regarding upsc are :-

----------)  BA Public Administration –   Highly relevant,  it has compact syllabus, it has a lot of overlaps with your polity & governance part in your GS II.

----------)  Ba     Sociology – it's   study of society, lots of material are useful  in GS I, Essay, in Ethics paper as well.

----------)   BA     History   – useful for prelims and your GS I.

----------)   BA Geography   -relevant for both prelims and GS

----------)  BA Political Science   – relevant for both prelims and GS II

Some other options are are BA Economics,BA Philosophy etc.

So, take your time and decide.

To help you further, here's a brief of your UPSC examination pattern

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

********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

The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

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

For detail examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern

Thank you

Hello,

The eligibility criteria of UPSC is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this case, you can apply even in the final year of graduation, you may try for NEET 2022 if you're still interested in pursuing a career in the medical field, there is no such restrictions of belonging to any specific stream, if you go through previous year toppers list then they come from various backgrounds that of medical, engineering, commerce etc, so if you're interested in any professional course then you may consider it, however there are graduation courses in political science, geography, economics, history, public administration, sociology etc which you can consider, the advantage of pursuing graduation in these subjects are there is considerable overlap with the syllabus that of general studies, and optional, however as I said before your graduation discipline isn't a criterion when it comes to success for UPSC, if it was so then those from medical, engineering, commerce wouldn't have ever qualified this highly competitive exams.

But it is true an ias earn even if 200 crore per it is possible but donot join civil service for corruption,Join civil service for power,prestige,charm of 100 to1000 salutes per day that value is 1 crore so by this doctors from AIIMS,AFMC,CMC Vellore ,enginner from iit,nit,iiit,from management professional like institute iim are aspiring to become an ias ,an another  an ias is much more prestigious than doctor so after becoming a doctor try for ias if you are lucky then you will be select ,in current scenario in front on ias there is no value of doctor, doctor is like as a common man ,ias is a job of a king so due to perks,power,prestige in society than doctor ,ias is the most valuable job in the country