Hi Bhuvnesh,

Here the choice of opting as a student or as a candidate on your upsc form is all yours because any phd student can either introduce her/his self as a student or as a candidate in the upsc exam form.

Hope this will help you out .

Good luck.

Hey!

To become an IAS Officer you need to be graduate from any recognized university, then you need it qualify UPSC exam (3 rounds)

Now coming to your question most of the aspirants prefer humanities degree courses over any other courses due to the fact that it help them a lot during the preparations. You can do B.A, B.A Political science, B.A History etc.

Choose the option which satisfies you best. Anyways, you can also choose any other stream in which you are interested such as CSE, IT, ECE etc.

Thank you

You want to take couple of detours. First after B.Sc, you want to appear for IAS. For that you should be appearing for UPSC.

UPSC is a 3 stage   selection process involving Prelims, Mains and Interview which tests your personality test. Prelims has 2 Papers namely General Studies and CSAT.

General Studies has Current Events, History of India and Indian National Movement, Indian and World Geography, Indian Polity and Governance, Economic and Social Development, Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change and General Science.

CSAT has Comprehension, Interpersonal skills including communication skills, Logical Reasoning and Analytical ability, Decision making and problem solving, General Mental Ability, Basic numeracy and Data Interpretation.

You will need atleast to start preparing ahead of 1- 2 years. If you are preparing at home, you need to keep yourself away from distractions and focus on the goal ahead. Gather as much as information as you can on each topic and keep yourself updated. Practise mock test papers.

Indian Polity for Civil Services bby M. Laxmikanth

Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Gog Cheng Leong

Oxford School Atlas by Oxford Publishers

Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

Economic Survey by Ministry of Finance

India Year Book

A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir

Now let's say you also crack UPSC, if you want to study MBBS, you should appear for NEET. As of now, there is no upper age limit for NEET and so if you have secured a minimum aggregate of 50% in Physics, Chemistry and Biology, you are eligible for NEET. It is 50% for General Category, 45% for PWD and 40% for OBC,SC,ST. Now the upper age limit has been put on hold. And we do not know how long that might be the case. But if you crack UPSC and become an IAS officer, you cannot study MBBS and work at the same time. You have to go on a student break, complete your MBBS and then come back and join your duties.

Yes, you can apply for IAS examination.

Hello Aspirant

Yes, you can do triple degree before cracking IAS but remember that you can't do all 3 simultaneously as it's illegal in India but yes, as per new changes in education policy by UGC, you can pursue two degrees simultaneously.

For cracking IAS, your 3 degrees won't make much difference but your prepration will be very much important as cracking exam depends upon your level of preparation.

Don't compromise with your prepration due to tripple degree.

Also there's no benefit given to the triple degree holder candidate on single degree holder candidate, both will be treated equally.

I hope this information would be helpful for you.

All the very best for your bright career ahead.

Hi Anupama,

In order to become IAS officer you have to complete your graduation first after passing your higher secondary examination. There is no specific course or stream required. What is needed is that the candidate should have bachelor degree in any stream or should be in final year of graduation.

Then you will have to crack Civil service examination conducted by UPSC. UPSC conducts civil services examination in three following phases:

i) Preliminary examination

ii) Mains

iii) Personal Interview

To know more about this like procedure, eligibility criteria, age limit, no of attempts, examination pattern etc please visit the link below:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias/amp

All the best.

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