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As expected, the exam is open to Indian citizens only, for IAS and IPS services of the ICS.

Candidates are required to have at least an undergraduate degree from a recognized university – Central, State, Deemed or a foreign university recognized by the Association of Indian Universities. Candidates with a correspondence education or a qualification recognized by the Government of India are also eligible. Final year students are also approved for application to the first stage of the exam.

The UPSC examiners are quite strict about the age limit. Only those within the age group of 21 to 32 years can apply. There is an age relaxation for OBC (3 years) and SC/ST (5 years) candidates.

To top the competitive quality of the CSE exams, you can only have a few attempts to clear it. General category candidates have a total of 6 attempts to clear the CSE, OBCs have 9 years, and SC/ST candidates can have unlimited number of stabs at it until they reach their allowed age limit.

Graduation in any Degree is enough for satisfying the Academic Eligibility of UPSC CSE Examination. Now wonder, you see an almost fair share of Engineering, Science, Commerce, Arts, Medical graduates & postgraduates getting through UPSC Each Year. Of course, you do require a strong and strategical preparation for UPSC CSE.

Once you clear your UPSC and get your name on the Merit List, youll have a Foundation Course under DoPT/Training/GoI, at LBSNAA before moving to your respective Training Centers for different Services, except IAS who stay at LBSNAA for further training.

For more information about UPSC CSE do follow the link below

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

Hello Khaja,

You can study any degree from any stream of your choice. There is not such restictions or compulsions on degree specialization. But according to me, Arts or Humanities would be better choice because you can study History, Social Sciences, Economy, Polity etc in these streams. Knowledge in these subjects is useful for UPSE Examination. Graduation from Bachelor of Arts (BA) in any subject of your interest is preferred.

You can go through below link for Books useful for UPSE Examination Prepration.

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

Hope this helps.

Thank you!!

Hi koti

OC means open category / general category. It doesn't matter whether you belong to open ,OBC SC or any other category, you can still become an IAS officer.

Now,

In order 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

But yes,

Qualifying UPSC is not that easy you will have to study really hard and be determined, for preparation tips go through

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

Thank you

Dear aspirant,

To become IAS officer you have to undergo UPSC Preliminary exam , UPSE Mains exam and Interview. In UPSE Preliminary Exam there are 2 papers, General Studies Paper-I & General Studies Paper-II which are object type. The preliminary exam marks are not considered for final ranking but need just for qualifying for UPSE (IAS) Mains exam.

UPSE (IAS) Mains exam there are 9 papers and it is Subjective exam. Part-A Compulsory Indian Language, Part-B English, Essay, General Studies papers I, II, III as well as IV, Optional papers I & II. So UPSE (IAS) Mains contains 2 Language Papers, 4 General Studies Papers, 1 Essay Paper and 2 Optional Papers over all 9 papers.

Hope this helps.

Dear Aspirant,

Please look into it carefully …..

I think this will help you…

IPS Physical Requirements:

The candidate’s eye-sight will be tested:

General- The candidate’s eyes will be submitted to a general examination directed to the detection of any disease or abnormality. The candidate will be rejected if he suffers from any morbid conditions of eye, eyelids or contiguous structure of such a sort as to render or are likely at future date to render him unfit for service.

Visual Acuity- The examination for determining the acuteness of visions includes two tests-one for distant the other for near vision. Each eye will be examined separately.

Eyesight: For the Male: 6/6 or 6/9 distant vision for good eye. For the Female: 6/12 or 6/9 for worst eye. Near vision J 1 for good eye. J2 for worst eye

Distant vision	6/6 or 6/9	6/12 or 6/9	6/6 or 6/9	6/18 to Nil or 6/12
2. Near vision	J1	J2	J1 J2	J3 to Nil** J2
3. Types of corrections permitted	Spectacles		Spectacles 10L Radial Keratotomy/ Lasik Laser Surgery
4. Limits of refractive permitted	+4.00 D (including cylinder)-Non- Pathological Myopia +4.00 D (including cylinder) Hypermetropia.		None but without
5. Color vision requirements	High Grade		Low grade
6. Binocular vision needed	Yes		No

Yes you are eligible for IPS and other police services under central government... You should be 6/6 vision after correction (spectacles) and in the better eye and 6/9 vision without correction in worse eye.

All the very best for your future

I hope this will help you...

Thank You

Dear Aspirant,

Please look into it carefully …..

I think this will help you…

The job profile for both of the IAS and IPS services is very broad and both are posted on the powerful posts, An IPS has only the responsibility of its department, An IPS can change rules, for protecting the country and making the situation safe for all, but an IPS officer can take action after a complaint has been logged, but an IAS has the responsibility of all the departments of the district only. An IAS is a part of the administrative setup. They generally handles governmental affairs and public administration. An IAS generally holds designations like cabinet secretary, undersecretary, joint secretary etc. An IAS officer can take action against a problem without any complaint being logged.

All the very best for your future

I hope this will help you...

Thank You

Dear student,

Best books for (IAS) UPSE Mains are given below.

Ancient India by RS Sharma

India After Independence by Bipan Chandra

History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra

India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra

Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

Hi

Yes , you can definitely become an IAS officer even if you choose Arts after your 10th.

This is because,

To become an IAS officer one needs to clear UPSC civil services examination and to be eligible for that one needs to be a graduate in any discipline .

So, it doesn't matter whether you choose arts commerce or Science for 10+2 , and also you free to can choose any degree for your graduation after 10 + 2 .

Moreover, in comparison to  other streams, arts is more beneficial for you if you want to become an IAS officer as in arts you get to study History ,economics ,political science etc which are a part of UPSC syllabus

So, first you need to complete your 12th then get admission in graduation and along with your graduation you can start your preparation for UPSC civil services examination which consists of three stages prelims mains and interview following the below tips:-

To start your preparation  first of all go well through syllabus  , you can check the complete syllabus at

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

Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)

*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)

*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum

*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII

*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)

*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)

*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong

World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI

*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma

*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)

*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)

*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through

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

*Make a routine or a time table and try to religiously follow it , take short breaks in between your studies.

*Read newspaper daily and keep yourself updated with the current affairs

* take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain otherwise you won't be able to retain whatever you read.

*Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

*Make short notes for each subject, it  will help you in your revisions a lot as syllabus is wide

*Set daily goals like I have to cover these many topics today, weekly goals like I have to  cover these chapters this week and practice their questions too, by the end of this week and similarly set monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.

*Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

* Your mains examination is in written, so you need to work your speed and also work on improving how to present the knowledge you have on paper, so answer writing practicing should be also your priority

*Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers ;- You should solve these , it will give you idea of types of questions asked and their difficulty level and will help you a lot.

*Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round

For more tips go through

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

After your graduation ,you can appear in UPSC civil services examination and if you manage to qualify prelims ,mains and then interview then on the basis of your rank in UPSC you can become an IAS

If you have any other doubt then feel free to ask them :) we are always here to help you out and guide you

Thankyou

Hello, .

UPSC Civil Service Exam has mainly three stages-

Preliminary : This is the first Stage, it's a MCQs based exam, it has two papers and each one consists of 200 marks,its numbers ain't added to final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.

First is GS Paper-I which consists of following topics such as

History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty,inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc,Indian polity and governance-constitution,political system,Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Science,General Issues on environmental ecology,biodiversity and climate change.

You just need to score the required cut offs against your respective category.

Second Paper is CSAT which is qualifying by nature,you need to score merely 33% which is 66 marks out of 200, it includes following topics such as

basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills.

Mains : This is a second stage which 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,
GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,
GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management,
GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude
Two Optionals,
One Essay,
Two Language Paper

In total there are nine papers in Mains, and each paper is of 250 marks, total adds up to 1750 marks.

Interview : The two stages are further followed by personality test of 275 marks.

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