The number of selected candidates depends on the number of vacancies released that year. But as per the info available, approximately every year 180 candidates are selected for the Indian Administrative Service.

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

Dear Student,

There is no need for take any specific group or anything in intermediate to become an IAS Officer. You can pursue any stream of your interest in your Intermediate. Candidates who have passed Bachelor's degree or graduation course in any stream or discipline from a recognized university are eligible to apply for IAS Examination.

You have to choose the subjects when you will give the examination and have to read those properly.

Thank You.

Hello,

It seems you're an art aspirant in 11th standard, prior to deciding your graduation 10+2 level, you have to understand your areas of interest, skills and the kind of job profile that you will be looking for in future, and this is important because your decision to appear for UPSC in future has to be either with a back up plan or without a back-up plan, now UPSC hasn't put any restrictions for candidates to belong to specific stream to be eligible for the exam, also it's too early to think that UPSC is only the goal of your life, because you're too young and moreover you might not know how your aspirations can take shape say in the coming years,  if you want to have a back-up plan then  you can go for law, management or anything else that interests you, if not then from the perspective of UPSC exam having subjects like political science, geography, economics, history, publics administration etc in graduation help a lot as there is considerable overlap with general studies and optional subjects.

Hello aspirant,

Here are list of some most important books:-

For IAS prelims

For IAS mains

Hello,

First of all to become IAS Officer you have to appear for UPSC Civil Service Exam, in 2018 the last rank allotted to IAS for general category was 92, this differs in case one belongs to reserved category, And yes, even with a degree in computer science and engineering you will be eligible to appear for the exam as there is no barrier of belonging to specific stream/ subject combination or even aggregate factor for that matter is not important in this exam, you have to be 21 years old and can appear even in the final year of graduation, UPSC is conducted in three phases mainly such as

Preliminary is the first Stage, it's a MCQs based exam with two papers and each one consists of 200 marks, prelims numbers are not added to final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your  respective category.

First paper is GS Paper-I which consists of the following topic 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 .

Second Paper is CSAT which is qualifying by nature, you need to score only 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 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.

Personality Test  is the last stage which consists of 275 marks.

One thing important to remember here is even though Prelims is MCQs based while Mains is descriptive one, an integrated approach towards preparation is always recommended, there is definitely considerable overlap with the subjects, but since Mains is writing based it's important that you have at least the basic knowledge of all the topics, you don't have to be an expert but a strong foundation is required here, and as I said don't ever think I'll prepare for prelims and then mains after I qualify first stage, this is not at all right manner when it comes to preparation of UPSC, the first thing is always go through the syllabus, this will enable you to know what to read and what to skip, and this same knowledge of syllabus will help you in choosing topics when it comes daily newspaper reading where you will know what are all the important topics, and thereafter go through NCERTs, and then move towards standard books, previous year papers, practicing answer writing, applying test series etc,  you will come to this stage obviously once you start the preparation.

Hello,

If your focus is only directed towards appearing for UPSC exam, then it's best you go ahead with humanities stream, so you can choose subjects as per your preference, for example with UPSC it helps if you do your graduation in subjects like political science, public administration, history, geography, economics, even law  is great choice, as there  is overlap of general studies with optional papers as well, however I would like to emphasis if you're not sure and you want to go for back up plans such  as medical, commerce, engineering etc you can go ahead with option also, in upsc people from diverse backgrounds  qualify this exam, so let's say you're not sure, and you're an engineering aspirant, you can go ahead with BTech, and also earn few years of experience if you want to explore your domain further and after that also you can appear for UPSC, there are candidates who have had relevant years of work experiences and then appeared for UPSC, so the choice differs from person to person, and one thing remember that no matter which stream you choose in 11th or graduation, you'll be eligible to appear for UPSC as there is no set criteria of belonging to specific stream, but yes the subject combinations at 10+2 and graduation of humanities do help to a  large extent.

Hello,

If you want to become IAS then first of all you need to complete your graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, and you can also apply in final year, you need to be 21 years old as well, 11th is too early to start the preparation, right now your focus should be on studies and thinking more about what discipline you want to pursue your graduation, if you choose humanities then it'll become comparatively easier to deal with as you'll anyway  covering the core part of UPSC syllabus, some of the things which you can do initiate the preparation is firstly be acquainted with the syllabus, go through it and previous year paper to understand what are the demands of exam, what all areas are to cover  while studying, start off with NCERTs and the move towards other standard books and keep resources limited, revision is the key here, this is something you can do in gradual manner from college itself, but it isn't recommended at all that you go through these steps right now as you're in 11th, so focus on studies and doing well in it.

Hi,

For IAS and CDS, it is necessary to complete graduation. However according to the criteria for CDS, it is mandatory for a student to have a degree in Engineering along with physics and mathematics as mandatory subjects in Class 12th specially for Air force. Thus, it is suggested for you to take PCM in 12th as it will keep your options for all the career possibilities.

You can refer these links for UPSC CDS and UPSC IAS for more detailed information: https://competition.careers360.com/exams/cds

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

I hope this helped you.

Hello sir

I hope you are well and fine

IAs ke lie apko civil servic exam dena padta hai jo ki upsc conduct karvati hai uske liye apko graduation chahie in any discipline. But as appearing is in lakhs and seats are very few so apko bahut mehnat karni padegi kam s 10 ghante har din . Mai apko suggest karunga ki aap coaching join kare ya online course khareed le taaki apko proper roadmap mil sake and aap regular consistency k sath padh sake

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hi,

see cutoff score fluctuate every year and it depends on certain factors like number of applicants, students category, choice of stream and som on. electronics and communication is the second most demanding stream after computer science. based on previous years statistics of cutoff , at this score you have less chances to secure seat in any of the nits in ece stream. so try to bring score above 95 percentile in next sessions exam, nits has 50% seat reserve for domicile candidates, remaining seats  fills by AIR rank.

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