Hi aspirants

About 10 lakh candidates appear for the UPSC IAS exam every year. Out of this, less than 1% of candidates are selected and inducted into the prestigious civil service of India.

To start UPSC preparation from zero level candidates must be determined to qualify UPSC Civil Services 2021 exam. Like a warrior, applicants must be completely focused, energetic, disciplined, proactive and aggressive.

Some of the preparation tips are

• Make a study plan and complete it on time
• Know the upsc pattern and prepare accordingly
• Cover almost all the syllabus don't leave anything
• pick up some best books for the preparation
• read newspaper daily
• solve previous year UPSC paper

UPSC need only graduation not need masters

If you are willing to  study masters related UPSC  then go for Political science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography etc. are frequent studied by  many UPSC aspirants .

For more information click the link

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

Hope this Helps

Good Luck!

Hey,

You can pursue any course in bachelors for taking up the IAS exam. However, as you are already clear, that you want to opt for Botany/Zoology as an optional subjects, then, it would be best if you figure this out and pursue your bachelors in this field only. Optional subject plays a very important role in IAS exam. Even if you are confused in this, you can better go for B.SC (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry). Because in this you would be able to study both Botany and Zoology and at the end you can choose subject of your choice as an optional.

Know more about IAS Exam over here: https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias

Hey,

Candidates in the General category and OBC (creamy layer) must have reached the age of 21 on the 1st August of the Exam year, but must not have reached the age of 32 on the 1st August of the Exam year.

So, in 2024, you will be of 21 years but after August 1. So, this will make you ineligible to sit for the UPSC CSE exam in 2024. You will be eligible for UPSC CSE in 2025.

Know more about UPSC CSE over here: https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-civil-services-exam

Dear Nivedhini,

Look, any competitive exam guided coaching centers / academies provides only those topics relevant to those exams , but to pursue any graduate degree like B.A or B.sc , you have to study in regular college or you can opt for distance learning!

Yes, you can continue your IAS coaching along with your ongoing graduation degree individually . But you can't get both benefits in any same centers / institutes .

Some of the well known IAS coaching institutes in Tamil Nadu are listed below:

• Chinmaya Academy for civil services ,Anna Nagar
• Sathya IAS Academy ,Chennai
• Samskara IAS Academy ,Anna Nagar
• Bigtree IAS Academy ,Chennai
• Shunmugam IAS study circle , Coimbatore

Hope this information helps !

best wishes !!

Hi Manju,

UPSC IAS Cutoff 2021 will be released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on the official UPSC website ==> upsc.gov.in.

The UPSC IAS 2021 exam has three stages -

• IAS preliminary exam,
• IAS mains exam and
• Personality test.

The IAS cut off is released separately for every stage of the UPSC Civil Services examination.

To know about the expected cutoff for 2021 and also to check out a comparative analysis on the past trends, checkout https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-cut-off

Hope this was helpful. All the best :)

The last rank of a general category Candidate allocated to IAS was 92,For OBC category it was 457,For SC category it was 492, For ST it was 528 and expected minimum qualifying marks for general category is 90-105,for OBC Category is 90-100,for SC category is 80-90 and for ST is 75-80.

Dear Aspirant ,

First of all you need to know what subjects are required to prepare for IAS exam in both prelims and mains !

In prelims you will have to papers based on General Studies and aptitudes .

In mains , you will have total nine  papers including compulsory Indian Language,English, Essay , General Studies (4 papers) and optional subject(2 papers). In optional subject , you need to choose your preferable subject from their selected lists !

But I'm sorry to say , computer science is not included in that optional list ! So you need to choose another subject with which you will be comfortable to prepare !!

Here is the reference for you about IAS and their syllabus , just go through this :

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

Hope it helps !

Best wishes !!

You question is a bit incomplete but I assume you are asking about the UPSC IAS Exam.The IAS  exam syllabus is divided into two parts - Prelims and Mains and most of the IAS syllabus is from the General Studies section which will have questions from History, Geography, Polity, International Relations, English, Hindi, Regional language and others. For knowing the details about the exact syllabus and topics asked you can visit the below link-

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