There is no particular need for any subject or any course to be undertaken to become an IAS officer. You just need to finish your graduation course in any of the field like Engineering, medical, bcom, BA, BSc, etc. There is nothing to be particular about any stream in IAS exam.

I will tell the subjects asked in the UPSC IAS examination - General Studies, English, Essay writing, any language of your choice, optional subject of your choice (includes agriculture, chemistry, economics, civil, electrical;, mechanics, etc.)

Refer to the link below for more details..

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern

Best wishes. Thank you.

Hello

For attending the prelims exam , make sure that atleast before one month start writing Mock Tests, so that you get to know more number of answers and mainly the Time Management. Because this is where most of us go wrong. So attend lots of mock tests before going into the Prelims exam .

Hope this helps

All the very best

Hello Bhagya, For preparation of all these exam will take 1 year (10 to 12 month) because so much to study.  I hope this will help. Wish you luck.

Hello, .


UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three stages-

Preliminary
Mains
Interview

To give you a brief about the exam;

Preliminary consists of 200 Marks for each paper. It mainly consists of GS Paper-I 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.

And then we have qualifying CSAT(you need to score 33% which is 66 Mark's only) which includes topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. Both consists of 200 marks, MCQs based. Prelims is mcq based, but still it requires knowledge coupled with speed in order to ace it, it's numbers are not added in the final list,


Coming to Mains it's more of a subjective type, one needs to write answer 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, there are total nine papers here. 250 marks for each paper, total is 1750 marks followed by Personality Test of 275 marks.


You can go through the following steps in order to start your preparation;


The first and most important step is to be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus , learn it by heart, that's the most crucial step to crack this exam, to know what to read and what to skip.

Always have an integrated approach for both, that is Preliminary and Mains because nowadays what's happening is even in prelims, UPSC frame questions based on Mains syllabus,

Make a timetable,set targets on a daily,weekly and monthly basis,that's the only way to complete this extensive syllabus.

Equally vital step is to start reading 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 ;

NCERT Class XI and XII
India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
For Indian Culture, refer art and culture by Nitin Singhania

Geography ;

NCERT Class VI to XII
GC Leong's Physical Geography
World Atlas

Economics ;

NCERT Class XI
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

International Relations & Polity ;

NCERT XII Political Science with current affairs
Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

CSAT ;

Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
M Tyra's Quicker Maths

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.

Always keep resources minimal, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time

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.

If you have any other query regarding this, you can mention in the comment box below.

Dear aspirant,

There is no specific course as such for being eligible to write the IAS exam.The aspiring candidates should be an Indian citizen,and hold a degree or are in their final year of degree and the age should be 21-32 years for general category,21-35(for OBC,Defence,EWS) and 21-37(SC/ST).

There are some subjects one should have knowledge of:

• History
• Geography
• Civics
• Economics
• General science
• Environmental science
• Sociology

The best course you can take up to clear civil service exams is engineering.

All the best!

hi,

IAS exam stands for Indian administrative services, which is one of the prestigious role in government service of India. IAS exam previously known as  Imperial Civil Service (ICS) is the Civil Services Examination which is considered  one of the toughest competitive exams in India for government services. It was awarded as IAS January 26, 1950 (as Indian Administrative Service). Every year IAS exams conducts by UPSC (union public service commission).

eligibility criteria for appearing in IAS Exam,

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree in any discipline  from any recognized universities.
• Candidates who have appeared for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results i.e who are in final year are also eligible for the Preliminary Examination. Such applicants need to  produce proof of passing the examination along with the application for the Main Examination.
• Candidates who have professional and technical qualifications recognized by the Government or its equivalent  institutions are also eligible to apply.
• Applicants  who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination. However, they must submit a certificate from the concerned University that they have passed the final professional medical examination

nationality criteria:

• Candidate must be a citizen of India or  must be a citizen of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan
• Candidate must be a Tibetan Refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962, to be settled permanently in India.
• Candidate must be person of Indian Origin who has migrated from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaire, or Zambia with an intention of permanently residing  in India

Age limit:

As For IAS 2020,A candidate should be a minimum of 21 years and maximum 32 years old as on August 01, 2020. But he/she must have been born not earlier than August 02, 1988 and not later than August 01, 1999. relaxation of age limit is given to reserved category candidates,

5 Years - Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)

3 Years - Other Backward Classes (OBC)

3 Years - Defence Services personnel

5 Years - ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service as on August 01, 2020.

10 Years - PWD candidates.

hope it would help.

Hello,

If you've read about Junaid Ahmed, then try to seek inspiration from him, irrespective of his academic records he fared extremely well in upsc exam and also earned the third position, honestly speaking unlike in case of private companies which may put a stress of great academic scores, this doesn't happen in case of government exams, in majority of them graduation in any discipline is the criteria, except may be few exams which have specific  aggregate criteria, you have to understand one of the important thing is if you plan your studies well with dedication and single-minded focus, you'll do very well, but for this you need to have a positive mindset and attitude, and remember that only worthy candidates makes it to the final list of any examination, so even if you don't have great academic scores, you can still do very well in Prelims and Mains part of these exams, and coming to the  the interview part, it's more of your personality test, not your knowledge test as you've already qualified the two level in order to reach to third level, the interview panel will be more interested in knowing you, how you handle situations, your opinions on current matters and different things, yes they may ask you about academics but it's a minuscule part of the process, it's not going to be the sole deciding factor of your selection.

Dear Teja,

There are no specific IAS colleges in Ananthpur. There are BA Colleges and IAS coaching centers which provide training for Civil service. I will provide the list of BA colleges first and then IAS coaching centers:

• Sri Krishnadevaraya University: https://www.careers360.com/university/sri-krishnadevaraya-university-anantapur
• Sri Sathya sai Institute of Higher learning: https://www.careers360.com/university/sri-sathya-sai-institute-of-higher-learning-prasanthi-nilayam
• Veerashaiva College: https://www.careers360.com/colleges/veerashaiva-college-ballari

All the best

Hello!

The UPSC exam has three phases - Prelims, Mains and a Personal Interview.

1) Prelims:

This has two papers - General Studies and an Aptitude Test. General Studies includes questions from a vast assortment of topics including Science and Technology, History, Geography, Economy, etc. The Aptitude Test includes reasoning questions and reading comprehension.

2) Mains:

Once you've cleared your Prelims, you can go forward and write your Mains. This has 7 papers plus 2 qualifying papers. From the 7 papers, two are optional subject papers, which can be chosen from a list of subjects.

The optional subjects include Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, each having a success rate of 5.4, 5.2 and 3.9 percentage respectively. However, you can also select other non-engineering subjects from the list and choose according to your strength or preference.

3) Personal Interview:

Once you clear your Mains test, you'll be called for a personal interview, based on which your selection will take place.

So to answer your question, in case you're planning on selecting any of the engineering subjects at your Mains stage, you can go for Electrical, Mechanical or Civil engineering for your UG. Otherwise, you can select any other branch and still write any engineering or non-engineering papers for your optional subjects.

All the best!

hey,

if you are form science stream and got 50 percent marks and want to become an IAS officer then if you are not having interest in science and want your time to be devoted only on the preparation of becoming IAS officer then please go for b.A degree.

i wish you all the best!