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!

Hello,

For the IAS exam, you can enroll in any bachelor's course. It would be great if you figured this out and solely pursued your bachelor's in this discipline as you are already clear that you want to choose Botany/Zoology as optional studies. The optional subjects are crucial to the IAS exam. Even if you are uncertain about this, you should choose B.SC (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry). Because you would be able to study both botany and zoology in this, and you could also choose an optional subject at the end.

For more information, check the given link : https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias

Thank You

Hi

No, you are not eligible for UPSC 2023 examination.

This is because,

For st category, upper age limit is 37 years old as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form i. e means to be eligible you should not be more than 37 years old on 1st August 2023 in case of UPSC 2023

But you will be 37 years old in October 2022 itself means more than 37 years old as on 1st August 2023 i. e 37 years and 10th  months old as on on 1st August  2023 and  thus not eligible for UPSC 2023

For reference,

UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

********   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

******** Maximum  age  limit :-as on 1st August of the year of examination

• General category :-32 years

• Obc :- there's 3  year  relaxation on upper age limit for  obc , so upper age limit is 35.

• Sc/st :- 5 years relaxation, so upper age limit is 37.

********Attempt limit:- The maximum of times one can appear in UPSC is given below category wise :-

• General/ EWS - 6

• OBC or  General PwD - 9

• SC/ ST - No limit ,   can appear till upper age limit .

For detailed  information related to UPSC eligibility criteria ,  you can visit our page at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria/amp

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ADITYA KUMAR

Hello aspirant,

In order to apply for UPSC IAS Exam or to appear in one, you first have to be graduated and have to score the required percentage in the graduation level. You cannot directly apply for UPSC exam for IAS or IPS.

The minimum educational qualification required to take on the IAS exam is graduation . You have to have a degree from a recognized university to attempt the IAS exam conducted by the UPSC every year.

Further, to know more about the UPSC IAS Exam and its eligibility criteria, you can follow the below mentioned link to know more : https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-cse

i hope that this will help.

Hello,

New UPSC aspirants are always in dilemma about study material because market is full of different resources for one subject. Different toppers and teachers advice for different material. But there are certain resources on which you can rely. Some of them are:

• First of all, be thorough with class 6th-12th NCERTs for all subjects.
• There are certain necessary and advisable books like Lakshmikant for polity, spectrum for Modern History, RS Sharma for Ancient History, Economics NCERT for economics, GC Leong for Geography, etc.
• For dynamic subjects like International Relations, one can take notes or printed materials from any coaching institute and newspaper is must for these subjects.
• Apart from these books, newspaper is very important for UPSC. Aspirants cannot leave it even by mistake.

These are standard resources for UPSC. For optional you can search for best notes.

Hope it helps.

All The Best!!

Make a legitimate schedule so you can finish your prospectus on time.

Begin perusing The Hindu paper. It will truly help you.

Take the schedule and earlier year papers of this test and dissect them. Figure out what is the idea of the test, what sort of inquiries UPSC poses, and what is the degree of strength. You will get an unmistakable picture that will help you in the long haul. This investigation will assist you in fostering a way to deal with perusing books from this test point of view.

Begin your readiness from NCERT books.

It will take 2-3 years on average to become an IAS.

hlwo aspirant

hope you are doing well

UPSC Civil Services Exam Age Limit: Candidate must be a minimum of 21 years of age and must not be more than 32 years of age. General Category & EWS: 32 years; 6 attempts. OBC (with certificate): 32 years + 3 years; 9 attempts. SC/ST: 32 years + 5 years; unlimited attempts.

sorry to say but now you are not eligible for UPSC exam cause your age is higher than the age limit.

sorry, but best of luck.