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plz guide how to prepare for UPSC with agriculture as optional. and plz offer the detailed standard book list of recommended candidates for prelims and mains separately. plz also provide guidance regarding daily answer writing practice (with how to do self-evaluation).

Shivanshu 28th Oct, 2021

Dear aspirant !

Hope you are doing great ! Agriculture is a good subject as an optional ,also you must work hard for it but many toppers took subject like hindi, political etc ,and you decided to take a different subject ,however I am not saying that you won't qualify with this optional I am just want to say you will find some difficulties in this subject.

And for daily writing practice as all of experts says attempt mock test as many as you can .Go to different coaching ,attempt their daily sets ,it will help you a lot .

Here is everything about upsc 2022 ,you can once visit here;

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-application-form .

Hope it helps you!

Thank you!

Have a nice day!



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Sir I am class 12th PCM stdent and want to pursue my career in civil services so i want to do BA simultaneously with the IAS preparation coaching please suggest me which subject did I take in BA which can help me in my IAS preparation?

Ayush Maurya 13th Dec, 2021

Hello there

Hope you are doing well. It's a very good to listen you're going to start preparing for upsc cse exam along with your studies.

So coming to the question for giving upsc cse exam as you must be knowing that there's no any specific stream. So if you want to do bachelor in arts do BA hons in that subject which you want to make your optional subject in upsc cse mains exam. It will be helping you as the subject you studied for 3 years then definitely you'll be having edge upon it and you can excel.

Hope it helps!

Thank you!

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hi I am Faisal I want to become a IAS but strategy is low please me share the opinion and prefer the books thanks

pdwords Student Expert 21st Oct, 2021
Hello, .

In order to initiate your preparation, the first and most important step is to be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus , learn it by heart as this will enable you to know what to read and what to skip.

As per the recent trends UPSC is framing Prelims questions also based on Mains syllabus, so have an integrated approach, don't segrete the preparation part thinking once you qualify Prelims you'll prepare for Mains that doesn't work.

To cover such a humongous syllabus you will have to make a timetable,set targets on a daily,weekly and monthly basis,that's the only way to complete this extensive syllabus.

Newspaper reading is equally vital part of preparation, you can start with any newspaper like The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part. Put a more emphasis on editorial part, it will not only broaden your perspective but help a lot in answer writing,and make sure whatever opinion you form it should be well balanced. You can also make notes of this,it'll be very useful in answer writing.

When it comes to reading books ,start with basics, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this. This will build your foundation strong,as you progress, move on to other relevant books as mentioned below;

For Prelims, you can refer the following books:

History ;

NCERT Class XI and XII
India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
For Indian Culture, refer art and culture by Nitin Singhania

Geography ;

NCERT Class VI to XII
GC Leong's Physical Geography
World Atlas

Economics ;

NCERT Class XI
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

International Relations & Polity ;

NCERT XII Political Science with current affairs
Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

CSAT ;

Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
M Tyra's Quicker Maths


Coming to Mains Exam, you can refer the following books for four General Studies Paper;


GS I - For History , Class XI NCERT book with India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra,India after Independence by Bipan Chandra,History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra. For Geography refer World Geography and Geography of India by Majid Hussain, GC Leong's Physical and Human Geography with NCERT Class XI book.
For GS II - Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
For GS III - For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget.
For GS IV - For Ethics refer a book named Lexicon by Niraj Kumar, also you can go through study material of IGNOU.

Remember to keep your resources minimal, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time, as you have to retain so much of information so rely on only limited yet trustworthy resources and revision is the only key for remembrance.

Writing mains is a huge task, for nine paper it requires immense practice along with knowledge. So, you have to start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, There are many sites which provide questions on daily basis you can avail that. Try to give a holistic viewpoint while answer writing by providing political,economical and social aspect. You can get topper's answer sheet from various sites, try to analyze and study them minutely, you'll get an ideas about what to write, how to express and present viewpoint in organized manner.

Practice previous year question paper which you can get from the site of UPSC, in addition mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites exclusively dedicated to UPSC, all these will help in scaling up your entire preparation level.
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i want to become an ias officer i got 94965 category rank in jee mains and 291222 crl rank should i have to take drop out or continue with the state college

Dhruv Agarwal 21st Oct, 2021

Hey Aspirant,

It's so good see that you have already decided to become an IAS officer at this age. ┬аNow if you have decided to pursue engineering degree I still believe that you should not compromise with college so you don't need to drop an year , just go for the best college you are getting at this rank. And prepare for your UPSC CSE exam .

For your reference I am providing you with a link to predict a college through JEE Mains rank

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

I hope this helps!!

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how many attempts we can attempt for ias exam sir

ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 20th Oct, 2021

Hi

Which category are you from?

Assuming that you are from general category.

You can appear in IAS examination i. e UPSC civil services examination for the maximum of 6 times as a general category candidate

For your reference,

For reference, UPSC eligibility ┬аcriteria is provided below:-

******** You ┬аmust ┬аhave ┬аa ┬аbachelor's ┬аdegree in any, discipline ┬а ┬аfrom a ┬аrecognised university.

******** Minimum ┬аage ┬аlimit :- ┬аyou ┬аneed to ┬аbe at least ┬а21 ┬аyears ┬аold ┬а to be ┬аeligible as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form i. e as on 1st August 2021 for UPSC 2021.

******** Maximum ┬аage ┬аlimit :- ┬а32 years , also there's 3 ┬аyear ┬аrelaxation on upper age limit for ┬аobc and of ┬а5 years ┬аfor sc/st category.

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


  • General/ EWS - 6

  • OBC or ┬аGeneral PwD - 9

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

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 ┬аneed 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 ┬а1

-----) 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 ┬аwhich 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

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i am an intermediate student studying 2nd year .i want to become an ias officer thats my dream . after intermediate in degree which course i have to choose

Ayush Maurya 17th Dec, 2021

Hello there

See to become an IAS officer you need to qualify the civil services examination conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).The exam is conducted to recruit various civil servants in different sectors of the government such as IAS IPS IFS and other Central government services of allied services.

To be eligible for UPSC CSE examination you need not to be any specific graduate from whatever stream you are you can give this exam so just worked on building a strong Foundation read standard books related to it master the current affairs and firstly know about the exam firstly for that you can refer the UPSC CSE website.

Hope it helps!

Thank you!

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Currently persuing my BCA in online mode in Chandigarh University ! So can i appear for UPSC or any other state civil service Exam ?

Ayush Maurya 5th Dec, 2021

Hey there

Good to see that you are thinking a very great thing to become an IAS officer. See to be eligible to sit in an upsc cse exam you must have at least a graduation degree in any stream from any recognised university.

That doesn't matters online/offline/open or regular.

So be clear that you are totally eligible just start your preparation and keep going.

Best of luck!

Thank you!

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sir nenu 10 th taruvatha mpc tisukunna ias ku available gaa utttada

piyush263001 17th Oct, 2021

Hello,

Kindly post your query in English language instead of posting it in your regional language as the probability of answer and information you seek on your query becomes very low when you post it in your regional language. From your query the only thing I can understand is you wish to know something about IAS examination. It would be helpful if you can be more specific about the thing you wish to know about and kindly post it in English language.

Thank you

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Sir how much years of service required in airforce X and y group , to give exams of UPSC(IAS)? please reply its to important for meЁЯЩП

Shivanshu 16th Oct, 2021

Dear aspirant!

Hope you are doing well ! If you want to become an IAS officer after joining the x group or y group then you just need to finish your graduation first .UPSC needs graduation so complete and after graduation at the age of 21.You can apply for upsc cse exam.Be consistent and patience in the journey of IAS because it is not an easy task.

Wishes best for your future!

Thanking you!

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