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how to prepare for ias interview. and suggest some books

Mohit lowanshi 27th Aug, 2021

Hello,

All About IAS Interview, which begins with the basics and takes the aspirants to a virtual tour of the interview chamber at the end, is indeed very useful as well as motivating.

Divided into six major sections, All About IAS Interview will help the UPSC aspirants in understanding the basics of the interview and also prepare them for the d-day. The content in the book is written in a friendly but innovative manner and you will see it once you get the book and start reading it.

Good Luck !!

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I want to become an ias officer. can you please tell me about mains. how many papers does it consists and what was it. which books is best for it.

pdwords Student Expert 27th Aug, 2021
Hello,

UPSC is conducted in three phases mainly Prelims, Mains and Interview

Since you specifically asked about Mains,it is the second stage, it's more of a subjective type, you are required to write answers for Four General Studies Paper such as

GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society,


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.

GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,

For Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri


GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management,

For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget.

GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

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.

Two Optionals to be chosen among the following-

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce & Accountancy
Economics
Electrical EngineeringSyllabus
Geography
GeologySyllabus
History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science & International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology

Other than this, you can also consider literature subjects for optionals such as Assamese,Bengali,Bodo,Dogri,Gujarat,Hindi,Kannada,Kashmiri,Konkani,Maithili,Malayalam,Manipuri,Marathi,Nepali,Oriya,Punjabi,Sanskrit,Santhali,Sindhi,Tamil,Telugu,Urdu,English

Two Language Paper which is only qualifying by nature, each is of 300 Marks, and candidates need to get merely 25% that is 75 Marks

One Essay

In total there are nine papers in Mains, except the two language papers , each paper is of 250 marks, total adds up to 1750 marks.
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can I give first Territorial army exam and then give IAS exam and continue with both??

Shivanshu 28th Sep, 2021

Dear aspirant!

Hope you are doing great! Firstly kindly forgive me because your question in my opinion is not clear.if you want to say that can you prepare for both of them then answer is yes,why not then if you are on any post in india after graduation you can appear for upsc ,there should be a graduation degree in your hand for giving IAS exam.now I hope I help you to some extent

Thanking you!

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After 12std IAS Exam What dregree need pls reply me

ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 26th Aug, 2021

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, Mbbs 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 that you should be a graduate in any discipline .

For 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 i. e as on 1st August 2021 for UPSC 2021.

********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.

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

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

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

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can I become IAS and NDA together?

pdwords Student Expert 26th Aug, 2021
Hello,

NDA is conducted by UPSC for admission of candidates to army, naval, air force wings of NDA and INA, the age limit is 16-19 years, the eligibility criteria is passed 10+2 from a recognized board, only in case of air force and naval it's compulsory to have mathematics and physics at 10+2 level, coming to the duration of training for Army/Naval/Air Force Cadets it's four years, the degree awarded at the end is BSc or BSc Computer/BA/BTech for Army, and BTech in case of Air Force/Naval, only few days ago supreme court has passed an interim order allowing girls to appear for NDA exam to be held on 14th November, but this to come into effect means application process for NDA has to be reopened all over again for female applicants, read the whole story at our page at https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.careers360.com/nda-2021-sc-allows-women-appear-in-national-defence-academy-exam-slams-army-for-gender-discrimination/amp

Now, coming to UPSC Civil Sevice Exam, its eligibility criteria is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University, there is no minimum aggregate required in this case, you need to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year, both the exams have different eligibility criteria, and honestly speaking when a candidate intends to join an institution like NDA, this ambition has to be in aligned one's career goals for long term, and joining NDA is serving your country, and it holds immense pride for those who are part of this .




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can I give IAS and CDS exams together??

GAURAV SAHOO 25th Aug, 2021

If you have the time and resources to prepare simultaneously for both the exams then by all means!


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can I become IAS and CDS together?

pdwords Student Expert 25th Aug, 2021
Hello,

First of all to brief you about both the exams, the eligibility criteria for UPSC is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, candidates need to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year, the upper age limit is 32 years for general category, there is relaxation in terms of age criteria offered to reserved categories,

now coming to eligibility criteria for CDS as follows-

Indian Millitary Academy it's passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University, age limit is 19 to 24 years,

Indian Naval Academy, it's passed graduation in engineering from a recognized University, age limit is 19 to 24 years,

Air Force Academy, it's passed graduation in engineering  or in any discipline from a recognized University having mathematics and physics at 10+2 level, age limit is 19 to 24 years,

Officers' Training Academy, it's passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University, age limit is 19 to 25 years,

If you fulfill the aforementioned eligibility criteria then you can appear for both exams, but if you qualify you cannot join both , you have to choose either one of the two.
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I want to become an Ias officer and I completed my 12th then what to study. please give best suggestions.

Ayush Maurya 17th Dec, 2021

Hello there

Good to see that you want to become an IAS officer and it's your right is to prepare for UPSC CSE examination.

For that as you must be knowing that you must be graduated from any recognised University and you should do that graduation in whichever you feel interested because at the end interest matters.

Now coming to the answer Part I would suggest you to keep updated yourself from current affairs and firstly clear your basics which you can by completing your NCERT books and after that you can start with your standard books and also I would suggest you to make yourself good enough in quantitative and Aptitude Reasoning related to maths as they would be help you in your preliminary second paper which is of qualifying marks and must have to attain 33% in it.

I hope it helps!

Thank you!

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what is the syllabus of ias exam

14bce106 23rd Aug, 2021

Dear aspirant,

To become IAS one need to clear UPSC recruitment process which coprises of 3 phases prelims mains and interviews.

The Preliminary syllabus is mainly designed to access a candidate's comprehension of current affairs and aptitude within the stipulated time and  The preliminary paper is a compulsory paper to be qualified for further round.

The Mains syllabus is basically designed to judge a candidate's academic knowledge in yourr specialised subject. The syllabus also focuses on testing yours ability to present knowledge in a clear and coherent manner.  The main examination has 9 papers and the syllabus is designed according to the subjects specified. The Preliminary and Mains syllabus is designed for the written test. Candidates, who emerge successful in the Preliminary and Main examination, can appear for the interview.

For detailed info about UPSC IAS syllabus kindly vist- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Hope this will helpful and sort your query.



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can you list out the main subjects in ups?

Swarnendu Bhattacharya 23rd Aug, 2021

Hi

UPSC main written exam consists of nine papers including 2 qualifying papers and seven papers calculated for ranking. Papers are:

Paper A: indian language ( compulsory)

Paper b : English

Paper 1: essay

Paper 2: indian heritage and culture, history and geography of the world and society

Paper 3: governance, constitution and welfare

Paper 4: technology, economic, development, agriculture, biodiversity, security and disaster management

Paper 5: ethics, integrity and aptitude

And the other 2 are optional subject papers


UPSC prelims subjects list are:

History

Geography

Civics/ political science

Economics

General science- physics, chemistry, biology

Environmental science

Sociology


For more information visit:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus/amp


hope this helps

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