This exams are same.The civil service examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in india Conducted by the union public service commission for recruitment to higher civil services of the government of India,including the Indian administrative service,indian foreign service and Indian police service.Also simply reffered to as the UPSC Examination.It is conducted in 3 phases a preliminary examination consisting of 2 Objective type papers(General studies paper 1 and general studies paper 2 also popularly known as civil service apptitue test or CSAT,and main Examination consisting of 9 papers of conventional (essay) type,in which two papers are qualifying and only marks of 7 are counted followed by a personality test(interview).A successful candidate sits for 32 hours of examination during the complete process.

Hi Shadia,

The eligibility criteria for IAS Exam is that the candidate needs to be at least 21 years old and should not be more than 32 years old. This age limits may vary with respect to caste reservations. For Other Backward Castes (OBC) the upper age limit is 35 years.

Given the fact you were born in 1991, you're still eligible for IAS exam.

Hope this helps.

Hello Shadia,

NIOS is a government recognized board which comes under the MHRD of Indian government. Students graduated from NIOS are equally eligible as the CBSE or any other board students. Civil services exam requires only a graduation degree from a recognized university and therefore you very well are eligible.

Hope this was helpful.

Hello

To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC.

First of all you cannot do graduation from NIOS

This is because,

NIOS is an open school so it offers only education upto 12th.

But yes,

If you want to do graduation in open mode then you can do it from open universities like IGNOU .

UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

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

†††† So, even if one does graduation from open universities he is eligible for UPSC provided it is recognised one like IGNOU.

******** 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.

†††† Now with your date of birth on 2nd October 1991, right now you are over 29 years old and graduation is of 3 years so by the time you will complete graduation you will be over 32 years old and thus not eligible for UPSC if you belong to general category. But  if you belong to obc/sc/st then you are eligible and after qualifying upsc you can become an ias depending upon your rank in upsc.

For detailed  information related to UPSC eligibility criteria ,  you can visit our page at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria/amp

Thank you

As per the information available online, there are no such study leaves in defence through which you can prepare for UPSC or there are no such consideration factor or provision to allow an officer attending any other examination. So if you wish to go for UPSC then you need to leave your job and then prepare for UPSC. Secondly, in UPSC there is a age limit i.e., the age of the candidate must be less that 28 years for UR candidates. So you have to keep in mind that also.

Secondly, being in defence will not give you that much of energy or time in which you can prepare for UPSC like tough examination. All though there is a famous quote that 'Nothing is impossible'. SO may be you can make it possible.

TO know more about UPSC you may visit the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-civil-services-exam

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!

There are no IAS course as a degree. To become an IAS you need to qualify UPSC CSE examination. Now the eligibility criteria for UPSC is that you must have a graduation degree. As a result you can do your graduation in any subject of your choice provided you must be interested in that subject. See to become an IAS your UPSC preparation must be very good. So if you study a subject which you are interested in then you will not get frustrated and as a result you can focus more on your UPSC preparation. Also if UPSC is you sole target I would recommend you not to go for HOns courses until and unless you are ready to handle pressure. UPSC it self have a lot of pressure in its preparation and Hons courses will need more time. So if you are thinking of starting preparation with your UG course then I would say its better for you to go for General courses.

TO know more about UPSC CSE visit the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-civil-services-exam

To know more about UPSC IAS visit the link below:

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

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!

Mr. Himanshu,

According to the GoI rule book, one can take premature retirement after 5,7,9 or 14 years as per the condition maybe from Indian Navy and it must also be approved from the respective authority.

As the UPSC CSE career is concerned then minimum educational qualification is a Graduation in any stream.

And the age must be 21 years to 32 years for General candidate but relaxation is given to other categories.

So, You can make the career in UPSC CSE as an IAS Officer.

Thanks & Good Luck.

Hello,

If you want to become an IAS officer then you have to study lots. Actually not that much lots but yes your knowledge and memories are matter. Which subject you will choose it's not matter. Like science students also be an IAS officer, a doctor an IAS officer, an engineer also.. So you are doing commerce in 12tg which is good. Just note that know the entrance examination syllabus.

For IAS officer you have to give CSE UPSC examination. You have to download the full syllabus. In this syllabus you have to study about

• General knowledge
• Current affairs
• History
• Geography
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Civil engineering
• Commerce and accountant
• Mathematics
• Zoology
• Public administration
• Medical science
• Chemistry etc

So you have to gain knowledge in every department. And they are asking mainly from your studying but they can ask you from anything. That's why you have to study all of this thing's.

After completing 12th you can pursue your honours in BCOM. Otherwise you can study law or any subject but you have to prepare yourself for entrance examination. If you are qualified the prelim and mains examination then you will go for interview. After qualifying the interview you go for 2 years training. Then you will be an IAS officer.

All the best.