You have decided your ambition in quite a early stage which is great as you will get enough opportunity to study for the UPSC CSE. Now you atfirst need to know the educational qualification for UPSC CSE (its the examination through which you get the chance to be in IAS, IPS, IRS etc):

Any aspirant appearing for UPSC CSE must be a graduate in any stream from a recognized board or university.

Thus you need to be a graduate in any stream. For that you have to go for 10+2 and then followed by a bachelors degree course in the stream you like. After 10+2 you can start preparing for the UPSC. This is said to be the ideal time by many although a lot of students start preparing after Graduation.

Now you can read the article tagged below in order to know about the UPSC CSE as well as preparation tips and books:

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

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

Hello Rahul,

I can understand you, but you should understand that you must have to choose one career option at a time . In fact time will not permit you to prepare for both because these exams comes under the toughest category of exams.

Now the question is which career option is best, CA or IAS?

See, If you are interested in power and administration then go for IAS and if you are interested in financial juggling then CA is best for you.

Let me present you some difference in these two career option to make you aware of things.

• CA is a professional degree which if accompanied with graduation and masters offers value added services. Whereas I.A.S is Civil Services, and to sit for the same, graduation in any discipline is must.
• CA offers jobs in both public and private sector while Civil Services are only offered at government level.
• Canada, New Zealand, Australia are three top recruiters of Accountants (you need to sit for few exams) while there is no option of getting posted abroad as an I.A.S officer.

I hope these points are making things clear to you now.

I would also suggest you to make your own research. Try to understand what you like. If you like accounts, can work for long hours on clients file, good with numbers and have good concentration power than CA is your choice. But, If you like to administer, concerned towards India as a Society and are looking to work for government than IAS is the better choice.

You can get more details about the exam UPSC through which you can become an IAS officer. Below is the link.

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

To know the syllabus of same you can click on the link below.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Similarly, to know more about  chartered accountant (CA) you can go through the link below.

https://www.careers360.com/careers/chartered-accountant

I hope this clears your doubts.

All the very best! Stay confident!

Hello Aspirant

Don't fall for the the rumours, just focus on your preperation. IAS ki pareeksha desh ka bahut hi kathin exam hai aur sarvochh sthaan paate hai aap is pareksha ko pass karke, aapki mehnat ke aage aur kuch nhi. Ye wahi log hai jinka selction nhi ho pata aur kehte hai ki interview me paisa lagta hai. Sab kuch mehnat se hota hai, aap apna dhyan taiyari pe rakhiye safalta jarror milegi aapko.

Aapka ka din shubh ho!!

Hello Aspirant,

National Defense Academy which is situated in Pune, Maharashtra, they train you for 3 years in your preferred field (Army, Navy, Airforce), after that you have to go to your respective Academy to complete 1 more year of your training like IMA for Army, INA for Navy, AFA for Airforce. So its a total 4 year long process, after that you will posted to your field.

NDA will provide you a graduation degree in your respective field, B.sc for Army and B.tech for Navy/Airforce. This is only thing you need to appear in IAS exam, all Defense forces provides a educational leave to pursue your dream, in that leave you can prepare for your UPSC, IAS examination, its a very tough job.

Good Luck!!!

Hi

ELIGIBILITY criteria

UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

* qualification required:-  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

HOW TO become an IAS officer

If you want to become an IAS officer then  you need to be a graduate in any discipline  and at least 21 years old and then clear  UPSC civil services examination which consists of three stages listed below :-

*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

*Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.

If you managed to sail through all the three stages  then you can become an IAS officer depending on your rank in UPSC, your category etc

For detailed information check out :-

https://school.careers360.com/articles/how-to-become-an-ias-officer

COLLEGES

IAS is not a course to be procured from a college ,to become an IAS you need to clear UPSC civil services exam and to be eligible for that you can do graduation from any recognised university/college .

When  it is conducted

UPSC civil services examination is conducted each year . For example, this year prelims examination will be conducted on  October 10, 2021, while date for the Mains examination has not been released yet. You can get details at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-dates

Thank you

Hello,

In order to appear for UPSC, you need to pass bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university, you need to be 21 years old as on 1st August of the appearing year, and the upper age limit is 32 years for UR, relaxation has been offered to various reserved categories, there is no specific requirement for aggregate, you can appear even in the final year, now IAS service will be allotted to you based on the rank you will secure in the exam, your question isn't clear as in you will be joining degree course in college along with preparing for UPSC, if you meant that you can definitely go ahead with it, you just have to balance your studies and preparation well.

Hello,

In India, Graduation or Degree or Under Graduate is considered to be same. The study above Bachelor's Degree is known as Post Graduation or Masters Degree. In this context Degree or Graduation is same. To appear for Civil Services Entrance Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) you must have passed Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognized board. SO you must have passed any under graduate degree such as B.Sc, B.Com, BA, B.E/B.Tech, MBBS, BDS, BCA, BBA or any such degree from a recognized to be eligible to appear for Civil Service Examination.

Hi

To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination

You can choose any subject or course  of your choice based on your interest for your graduation after your 12th

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

So  you can choose any stream of your interest after your 12th PCB like mbbs etc, the additional benefit of courses like mbbs is that you will have have a plan B i. e a good back up  if you fail to clear UPSC in the worst case , but yes  when it comes to UPSC then if you choose BA or Arts

then

choosing Arts can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in Arts you will be learning subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it will help you in your upsc examination

So, take your time and decide.

To help you further ,

here's a brief of your UPSC exam pattern :-

UPSC civil services examination has 3 stages listed below :-

• Prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is of qualifying nature , there are 2 papers in prelims below i. e general studies  1 and general studies II ( csat ).

• Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers in Mains examination i. e compulsory indian language, english, essay, general studies I, general studies II, general studies III, general studies IV, optional I, optional II.

• Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.

To know exam pattern in detail visit :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc

Thank you