UPSC Civil Services Exam
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UPSC is a difficult exam no doubt but what makes it or any national level exam difficult? Competition and Paper Pattern. Other than that it is a not a rocket science to clear an exam, many students all over India are able to do it. So can you.
A few factors on what makes it seem difficult:
Factor No. 1 to figure out How Tough is the IAS Exam. UPSC examination in India consists of 3 levels or stages.
To reach the next level, a candidate has to clear the previous level. And there is no secret that as the level changes, the level of difficulty also rises. The most difficult task is to crack the interview because at the last stage i.e. interview not only your knowledge is put to test but your overall personality and ability to deal with practical challenges as well.
The second factor that showcases the complexity of the exam is its huge syllabus. Indeed, UPSC is tough as far as its syllabus is considered. The diversity of subjects demands more determination and long study hours. Since the role of an IAS is not just limited to a particular field, the subjects to be covered for this examination contains varied streams. You need to learn each and every subject, whether you like it or not.
In short, it covers-
Unlike school or college exams, the passing score is not just 33%. UPSC is the race of winning one of India’s most sought designations. If we analyze the past success rate in UPSC exams, we get an idea of whether the IAS exam is tough or easy.
The cut off marks in the UPSC exam is usually low. The reason being the level of competition is very high. Everyone wants to try their luck and abilities to break into the civil services. Each year there are lakhs of people appear for UPSC prelims exam and only 1/4 th i.e. 25% of them pass. Out of them, those who qualify the mains exam are even less up to 15%. However, the rate of success is relatively high at the interview stage.
Overall the passing percentage in the UPSC exam is less than 1%. Yes, you read it correctly it is just 1%.
You can’t just do it in a month or two. It takes at least a year to prepare satisfactorily for the UPSC exams. It is not possible to cover the hefty syllabus overnight. Proper planning, dedicated preparation is a must.
Good Luck
Hello,
Eligibility criteria for IAS:
Candidates can apply online on UPSC’s official website
https://www.upsc.gov.in/
Candidates need to pay an application fee of Rs. 100/-
The admit card of UPSC Civil Services Exam 2021 will be issued three weeks prior to the commencement of the exam.
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus
you can refer to this link for the syllabus.
Hope this helps!!
The minimum education eligibility to appear for UPSC Civil Service entrance is bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized board. So there isn't particular stream from which a candidate has to pass in 10+2 or bachelor's degree. So you have to choose a stream in 10+2 based on your interest. You need to pass in 10+2 or its equivalent from a recognized board. After that you need to take admission in bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized board. Here are some insights about UPSC Civil Services Entrance exam
To know more about UPSC IAS you can read an article using the link below
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias
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In UPSC civil services examination only your mains and interview marks are considered for the final list . Now mains is conducted for 1750 marks while interview is conducted for 275 marks. So, total marks is 2025 marks for merit list preparation.
It is quite difficult to predict the marks required by you to get into IAS as it depends upon a number of factors like the number of vacancy for the post of IAS, kind of marks obtained by candidates in mains and interview etc.
But yes, When we go through previous year trend then you should try to get at least 950 + marks to get into IAS.
For example, In 2014, 95 was the all India rank which was the last rank to get into IAS and it was for 953 marks out of 2025.
To help help you fetch a better rank or get good marks in UPSC civil services examination so that you can get into IAS you can follow the given below tips for preparation:-
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
*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
If you have any other doubt then feel free to ask them :) we are always here to help you out and guide you
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As you are doing your graduation you'll have to balance both your graduation and your studies for preparation for UPSC. As you have 4 years you can prepare easily even if you give 6 hours a day, not much is required as you have 4 years. Now how you will give 6 hours a day depends upon you. For example, if your college starts at 9:00 you can wake up at 5 ,get fresh by 5:30 and can study till it 8 , again after 1 hour of returning from college , you can study for 2 hours for UPSC, then again have some break and after which you can study for your college and before you sleep you can again give 2 hours towards your UPSC preparation so that you can give a total of 6 hours in a day. It will a little difficult to manage at starting but soon you will get used to it, just try to do this for 21 days and you will soo get into your routine :)
Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC examination :-
I hope my answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!
Yes, you can definitely prepare for UPSC civil services examination along with your Bsc agriculture, many students do prepare for UPSC along with their graduation and not only prepare but crack it as well and get into their dream services you can do the same , what all it requires is dedication and focus towards your studies.
And yes, 4 years is enough for your UPSC preparation, don't worry.
But yes, As you are doing your graduation you'll have to balance both your graduation and your studies for preparation for UPSC. As you have 4 years you can prepare easily even if you give 6 hours a day, not much is required as you have 4 years. Now how you will give 6 hours a day depends upon you. For example, if your college starts at 9:00 you can wake up at 5 ,get fresh by 5:30 and can study till it 8 , again after 1 hour of returning from college , you can study for 2 hours for UPSC, then again have some break and after which you can study for your college and before you sleep you can again give 2 hours towards your UPSC preparation so that you can give a total of 6 hours in a day. It will a little difficult to manage at starting but soon you will get used to it, just try to do this for 21 days and you will soo get into your routine :)
First of all IIT is not a stream to be chosen in your class 11th , IITs are just an Engineering colleges which provide admission through JEE advanced so I am guessing that you mean that you are in 11th and have to chosen science stream maths group and you are preparing for JEE mains and advance for pursuing engineering in IIT.
And yes, After your engineering from IIT you will be able to become an IAS officer as to become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination and to be eligible for that you need to be a graduate in any discipline doesn't matter whether it's Engineering or any other graduation course fr om any recognised University
After the completion of your engineering you will be eligible for UPSC examination and can appear for it and you will have to go through 3 stages of UPSC which are listed below :-
*The first stage of the exam is Preliminary examination (objective )
*The second stage, Mains (written).
*If you manage to clear both prelims and mains then you are to go through third stage i.e interview/personality test .
And if you managed to clear all the three rounds mentioned above, then you can become an ias/ ips etc officer on the basis of rank obtained by you in UPSC and your preference
Also, These days it has been become very common to go for UPSC examination after engineering, a lot of students complete their engineering and then go for writing UPSC examination and not only appear for UPSC examination, they qualify it as well also and some even top the exam : ) . For Instance, Kanishak Kataria who topped UPSC civil services examination in 2018 was an engineer.
The additional benefit of doing engineering first and then appearing for UPSC examination is that you will have a back up, you know UPSC examination in note that is easy to crack show in the worst is if you you could not crack it then with your engineering degree can go for other decent jobs.
In short, You don't need to worry at all after engineering from IIT you can definitely become an IAS officer
Now that ,you are in 11th and preparing for JEE ,to prepare well you can go for our jee program at the convenience of your home, the link for the same is provided below
https://learn.careers360.com/knockout-jee-main-april /
Dear Aspirant
Yes, You can give UPSC exam in any language.
Candidates can choose either English or any one of the Indian languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. A lot of candidates who are not comfortable in English opt to take Hindi or any other regional language as their medium of exam for the IAS mains
All the best
When it comes to which subject you should choose after your 12th for graduation, to be eligible for UPSC civil services examination then You can choose any subject or course of your choice based on your interest for your graduation
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, but yes if you choose BA or Arts then choosing Arts or the humanities 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
UPSC syllabus includes History, Indian Art & Culture , Polity, Geography , Economics, Environment , International Relations etc.
You can check the complete syllabus at https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus
If you have any other doubt then you can always reach us to clear them :) we are always available to help you out and guide you
Hello, .
UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three stages-
Preliminary : This is the first Stage , 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 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. you just need to score the required cut offs against your 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
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.
In order to initiate your preparation, the first and most important step is to be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus , learn it by heart as this will enable you to know what to read and what to skip.
As per the recent trends UPSC is framing Prelims questions also based on Mains syllabus, so have an integrated approach for Prelims and Mains .
To cover such a humongous syllabus you will have to make a timetable, set targets on a daily,weekly and monthly basis , that's the only way to complete this extensive syllabus
Newspaper reading is equally essentially part of preparation, you can start with any newspaper like The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part. Put a more emphasis on editorial part, it will not only broaden your perspective but help a lot in answer writing, and make sure whatever opinion you form it should be well balanced. You can also make notes of this, it'll be very useful in answer writing.
When it comes to reading books ,start with basics, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this. This will build your foundation strong,as you progress, move on to other relevant books as mentioned below;
For Prelims, you can refer the following books:
History ;
Geography ;
Economics ;
International Relations & Polity ;
CSAT ;
Coming to Mains Exam, you can refer the following books for four General Studies Paper;
GS I - For History , Class XI NCERT book with India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra,India after Independence by Bipan Chandra,History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra
For Geography refer World Geography and Geography of India by Majid Hussain, GC Leong's Physical and Human Geography with NCERT Class XI book.
For GS II - Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri
For GS III - For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget .
For GS IV - For Ethics refer a book named Lexicon by Niraj Kumar , also you can go through study material of IGNOU.
Remember to keep your resources minimal, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time, as you have to retain so much of information so rely on only limited yet trustworthy resources and revision is the only key for remembrance.
Writing mains is a huge task, for nine paper it requires immense practice along with knowledge. So, you have to start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, There are many sites which provide questions on daily basis you can avail that. Try to give a holistic viewpoint while answer writing by providing political,economical and social aspect. You can get topper's answer sheet from various sites, try to analyze and study them minutely, you'll get an ideas about what to write, how to express and present viewpoint in organized manner.
Practice previous year question paper which you can get from the site of UPSC,in addition mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites exclusively dedicated to UPSC, it's highly important to evaluate your performance while doing so.
One of the key thing which is important in cracking UPSC is you need to have the understanding of the basics pretty strong, what I meant you don't have to be an expert but you surely need to have the base/foundation strong in each subject, hence the importance is often emphasized on going with NCERTs first as this will make the base strong, and as I said keep resources limited whatever you choose.
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