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.

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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.

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Thank you

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

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!

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.

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

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hope this helps

See as per internet there are no intermediate/junior college in India which offers some facility to the student who are interested to study for UPSC CSE. Although there are two degree colleges which offers a free residential UPSC coaching along with the degree. The name of this colleges are Jamia Millia and Jamia Hamdard. They conduct an entrance for the free coaching.

To know more about both the colleges you may consider visiting the link below:

https://www.careers360.com/university/jamia-millia-islamia-new-delhi

https://www.careers360.com/university/jamia-hamdard-new-delhi

I hope this answer helps.

Hello Aspirant!

The eligibility criteria for appearing in UPSC exam is graduation and diploma is not considered as graduation. Therefore, you need to complete your graduation in order to be applicable for UPSC.

Hope this helps. Thank you

Hello Sneha,

Nice to know that you have decided your career field at an early age. IAS is a prestigious position with a lot of responsibilities still lakhs of students aspire for it each year.

First, I will tell you about UPSC examination. So UPSC conducts examination in 3 phases:

1) Preliminary Examination - Objective type questions with 2 papers (Qualifying stage so marks will not be added in final marks)

2) Mains Examination - 9 papers (out of which 2 will be of qualifying nature) - Subjective type questions - Marks will be counted

3) Personality Test - Interview stage

This total process will be of 2025 marks in total which will be counted for ranking and according to your rank you will get your service.

As you said you are in 9th std, I won't suggest you to start the serious preparation for UPSC from now onwards because preparing for UPSC needs some maturity which develops with time. You can start gradually after 12th with the proper studies. But you can do 1 thing now is that just concentrate on your school studies and clear all your concepts because they will be your base for studying for UPSC. And if possible you can try to make a habit of reading newspaper. Just try to read it for overall understanding and knowledge to make a habit and create awareness and don't read it from UPSC exam point of view.

Just Enjoy your school life at this moment with your studies.

All the Best!!

Hope this Helps...