Hi

Actually, it's too early to start your preparation for UPSC now that you are in class 11 th only. Your focus right now should getting good score in 10+2 and then getting admission in a good college for your graduation.

I would suggest you to start your preparation for UPSC after 12th along with your graduation following the below tips:-

-----------------------------------) To start your preparation  first of all understand the examination pattern and go well through  syllabus :-

>>>> Examination pattern :- UPSC examination has 3 stages listed below :-

• prelims exam

• Mains exam.

• Interview

PRELIMS EXAMINATION PATTERN:-

MAINS EXAMINATION PATTERN

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

• >>>> syllabus :- You can get 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

-----------------------------------) Discipline is the key to crack UPSC, so you need to make a routine/ time table and follow it .

----------------------------------)Read newspaper like the Hindu or Indian Express  and magazines like Yojana, Kurukshetra, Economic and Political Weekly  to keep yourself updated with the current events and issues.

----------------------------------) 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, these will be your life saviour and 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 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

Still, If you want to start your preparation from 11th itself then what you can do is cover the class 6 to 12th ncert books of social science to build a good foundation for UPSC preparation and start your full fledged preparation for upsc from graduation following above mentioned tips.

Thankyou

Hello,

Candidate who has a Bachelor's degree (BA, B.Com, B.Sc, BBA, BCA, B.Tech etc.) with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering from recognised university is eligible to give UPSC IAS exam. Candidates between the age group of 21 to 32 years with a graduation degree are eligible to apply for the UPSC IAS exam.  Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC IAS 2023 eligibility criteria in its official IAS 2023 notification.

Hi

You can become an IAS Officer by clearing the civil services examination conducted by UPSC every year.

There are 3 rounds in the exam

1. Prelims
2. Mains
3. Personality test

Once you passes the intermediate level or class 12th, decide your area of interest in terms of optional subject. Go through the List of Optional Subjects for UPSC, and pursue your graduation in that subject.To appear for the exam, the candidate must have a Bachelor's degree from a recognized university. Also candidates who are in their final year and waiting for the final results are also eligible.

Hey! Of course yes!

As long as you have a graduate degree in a certified subject and are above 21 years of age, you are eligible for UPSC CsSE, i.e. you can become an IAS officer. In fact you don’t even have to choose commerce as your optional subject necessarily, you can choose any optional subject of your choice, regardless of whether or not you have studied it before.

All the best for your future pursuits.

Feel free to ask more questions and queries!

Hello aspirant!

No!

Absolutely not!

It is a free coaching opportunity for UPSC aspirants that selects students based on an entrance merit criteria.

So many students aspire for it because of it’s high success rate and topper percentage.

You too can enter the coaching free of cost if you fulfill the criteria.

All the best for your future pursuits!

Feel free to aak more questions and queries.

Hey! To be a good officer, it doesn’t matter what your educational field has been. People from all walks and backgrounds become officers and what they had pursued does not act as a hindrance in their way towards becoming a successful officer.

Keeping that in mind, preparation for CSE takes a lot of time and effort so the best piece of advice could be choosing the field that you find the easiest. Although there’s no such thing as easy in IIT but there’s always subjects that we tend to be more comfortable with.

Hence choose whatever you can do without facing too many challenges. All the best!

Hello Aspirant,

Hope you are doing great. You must be a graduate in order to sit for the UPSC civil services exam or the IAS exam; nothing else qualifies you. Therefore, it makes no difference if you choose PCB or PCM in your 12th grade or pursue arts, commerce, engineering, or medicine to graduate. Graduation is the only thing that is necessary.

Students studying biology are eligible to take the Union Public Service Commission's IAS (Indian Administrative Services) examination. However, you must have received a Graduate Degree (Bachelor Degree) from a reputable university in any discipline in order to appear in the IAS Examination.

If you are serious about UPSC, I'll advise you to pursue a bachelor of arts degree. Sociology or political science are both acceptable majors. One can pass any government exam, including the UPSC, SSC CGL, State Public Commission Exams, and RRB, with the aid of these subjects.

ALL THE BEST

The eligibility criteria of UPSC CSE states that an aspirant of UPSC CSE examination must be of 21 years of age, on or before 1st August of the appearing year. Now as you wish to appear for the UPSC CSE, in that case you are turning 21 years old after1st August 2025, you are not eligible for the examination of UPSC CSE 2025. You have nothing to do, just prepare well and appear for the UPSC CSE 2026.

For more information regarding UPSC Prpearation tips consider the link below:

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

I hope this helps. Wish you a great day!

This is a very big misconception among the freshers who want to go for the UPSC CSE examination. See there is no such influence of your subject in the preparation of UPSC CSE. Every year a lot of Engineers, Doctors also become IAS officers and they are certainly not from the backgrounds like Economics, GEOGRAPHY etc. As a result, what ever the subject combination you wish, you can study. The eligibility criteria for the UPSC examination is that the student need to be a Graduate in any stream. So you can complete graduation in any stream of your choice and you can become an IAS officer provided, you must be sincere about the preparation of UPSC CSE. The preparation for the UPSC CSE is the main thing which matters the most for the success to become an IAS officer.

For more information regarding UPSC CSE preparation tips consider the link below:

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

I hope this helps. Wish you a great day!