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.

Hello there

Good to see that you want to become an IAS officer after your graduation and you want to prepare for UPSC CSE. Now you must be knowing to give UPSC CSE you must have an undergraduate degree in whichever stream from any recognised University and that's you are having in BSC nursing. So yes you are finally fine the minimum eligibility criteria and you can appear in UPSC CSE.

As you might be knowing that UPSC CSE is consisting of three stages:

• Preliminary examination
• Mains
• Interview

And after qualifying these three stages if you got your name in the merit list then you would be getting the rank according to your index number and also the different posts.

Now the basic thing comes that from which step you should start your UPSC CSE preparation. As you are from Science background so I think you are having some lack in Humanities subject,so the first step is very important is you must have to clear your basics for which you can refer to NCERT books up 6th to 12th and it's suppose you are finding it very easy then you can leave some books also.

After completing your basics you must switch to some standard books for preliminary examination and about these things like syllabus you can find from UPSC CSE website also.

Start your preparation from now onwards as it is the best time to start UPSC CSE because you have completed your graduation and I hope you can excel in it.

For more references I'm attaching the link where you can see some more information:

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

Best of luck!

Thank you!

Hello there

Good to see that at a very early age you are determined to crack UPSC CSE examination in your first attempt.

And i would suggest you to firstly complete your class 11th and 12th with good academic grades as they matters a lot and do that stream in which you feel interested and can give much of the time.

You can start your better preparation from your graduation onwards but still if you want to prepare from class 11 onwards when you can firstly clear your basics of NCERT from 6th to 12th level as they are very much important for the preliminary examination as you must be knowing. As this would be enough because you have to maintain your class 11th and 12th grades to so firstly do this thing and from your first year of graduation you can start with some standard books and can excel in your preparation.

Best of luck!

Thank you!

Firstly, lets clear a very old misconception. Having a BA degree don't help you to get a UPSC job instead its all about your preparation. If you see the past year statistics then you will find that there are toppers of UPSC who are from engineering background or medical background. So in order to crack UPSC you should have the courage to prepare well as well as you should be very keen about your interest. If your UG subject becomes burden for you then the habit of learning gets hampered and as a result, a student can't prepare well.

So you should take BA if you are interested in arts else its better to take a subject of your interest as UPSC didn't have any subject specification, all you need to have is a bachelors degree.

Now Bachelor of Arts is a 3 year Undergraduate degree program in Arts which in detailed studies the appreciation and the sense under the arts. For example, in english literature, they learn the Psychology of the writer, the portions of life which the author have portrayed and what does that mean etc. So Arts is all about interpretation. You give a red stroke on a white canvas and you can image it to be the redness of rose petals or the blood. And the way you should decide the meaning is a relative thing. But Arts try to figure out the beauty not only as a stimuli but also a thought process and the reason what it is the underlying thought process that makes the artist to portray a beauty be it a story or a drawing or a sculpture etc.

Above I have just provided the analysis of Arts and what role it play. If you want to know more about the academic regions of arts then follow the link below:

https://www.careers360.com/courses/b-a-bachelor-of-arts

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