Hello Mahesh,

In order become an IAS officer in India, you must write and qualify UPSC exam which is also popularly known as IAS exam.
In UPSC main written exam there are 9 papers and one of the papers is English.
If your score in the main English exam is 25% then the rest of the paper wouldn't be checked.

Yes ofcourse a female lieutenant officer of Indian Army can give UPSC civil services exam without leaving the job if your preparation is well enough. As it must have been in your knowledge that UPSC CSE is one of the toughest and crucial exams in India because of its vast syllabus, it becomes more harder for aspirants doing job since most of their time is invested in their work. But still, if one gives their extra effort and smart and hard study, everything is possible.

There is no restrictions in appearing for the exam since you must have been of age 21 or above and have a graduation degree if you are an officer in Indian Army.

Hi

To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination

You can choose any subject or course like BA, Btech, Bsc, bcom, Mbbs etc 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 a  graduation degree in any discipline.

For your 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 :-  32 years , also there's 3  year  relaxation on upper age limit for  obc and of  5 years  for sc/st category as on 1st August of the year of examination

************* 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 .

You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria

But yes ,

If you are completely focused towards upsc then ,

choosing BA can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in BA 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

Some of the best graduation courses regarding upsc are :-

----------)  BA Public Administration –   Highly relevant,  it has compact syllabus, it has a lot of overlaps with your polity & governance part in your GS II.

----------)  Ba     Sociology – it's   study of society, lots of material are useful  in GS I, Essay, in Ethics paper as well.

----------)   BA     History   – useful for prelims and your GS I.

----------)   BA Geography   -relevant for both prelims and GS

----------)  BA Political Science   – relevant for both prelims and GS II

Some other options are are BA Economics,BA Philosophy etc.

So, take your time and decide.

To help you further, here's a brief of your UPSC examination pattern

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

********prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is of qualifying nature , so you just  need to at least qualify it to be eligible for mains examination, the score /marks obtained by you in your prelims examination is not added up or used in your final merit. Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

-----) general studies  1

-----) general studies II ( csat )

You get 2 hours for each paper

********Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-

-----) compulsory indian language.

-----) english

-----) essay

-----) general studies I

-----) general studies II

-----) general studies III

-----) general studies IV

-----) optional I

-----) optional II

The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

*********Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.

For detail examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern

Thank you

Hello aspirant!

The syllabus of UPSC CSE does not change every year. In fact it seldom changes. The last time it saw changes was in the year 2013 and now that it has nearly been a decade, it still remains untouched.

Hence, even if your are preparing for later, you most probably are safe.

All the best for your future pursuits!

Feel free to ask more questions and queries.

Hello Aspirant

Not at all, no. No institute's resources are adequate.

You must create your own study material from these institute's notes, Toppers' notes, your own regress analysis of the topic from Google, and notes from previous year's questions in order to pass this exam.

No Institute can say that you must only read their notes to pass the UPSC exam because of the way the exam is designed; this is not their fault.

If they are, they are lying, I can tell you.

Hello,

If I am not wrong, you are referring to UPSC. So yes UPSC has 9 papers in mains, out of which first two are qualifying while rest are counted for merit which are known as GS paper. It takes 5-7 days for completion of mains exam.

1. Paper 1: Qualifying (1 Indian Language)
2. Paper 2: Qualifying (English language)
3. Paper 3: Essay
4. Paper 4: History, geography, society, Indian heritage and culture
5. Paper 5: Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations
6. Paper 6: Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management
7. Paper 7: Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
8. Paper 8: Optional Subject Paper 1
9. Paper 9: Optional Subject Paper 2

Each of the qualifying paper is of 300 marks and all the merit paper are 250 each making it total of 1750. And the personality test is of 275 marks. The total marks are 2025.

You can read the entire instructions from UPSC official website in the syllabus: https://www.upsc.gov.in/examinations/revised-syllabus-scheme

ALL THE BEST

Hello,

Which college are you enquiring about?

See when it comes to appearing for UPSC, candidates need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this case, those in the final year too are eligible to apply provisionally, also you have to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year,

it's your preparation, strategy, and diligence which help in qualifying UPSC, your college really don't play any role, you may find many toppers from previous year who have merely passed their graduation but they have become  IAS,

you have to keep few things in mind like do you want to have a back up plan or not, as this is highly competitive exam, and toppers come from various background that of engineering, medical, arts, commerce, science etc, if you're only focusing on qualifying UPSC then having graduation in history, geography, economics, political science, public administration etc helps in the sense there is considerable overlap with the gs and optional syllabus.

Hello aspirant!

I totally understand why that question would pop in your mind.

However, I would like to tell you that that is a deeply personal question.

What course you do should absolutely not depend on upsc preparation.

It has to come from within. It is a decision we reach at through rigorous research.

Explore your interests!

All the best for your future pursuits!

Feel free to ask more questions and queries.

Hey aspirant,

Taking up psychology would be an excellent choice with your given carrier option, psychology degree will immensely help you in your IAS. Becoming an IAS officer is Full of hard work , dedication and discipline and choosing psychology for your graduation really sets as a good base and will definitely help you in your future hope this helps all the Best!

See if you wish to go for the UPSC CSE examination then you can also go abroad for the Master's course in abroad. The Government of India offers opportunities to its bureaucrats to update themselves and as a result you can do MBA in Public Administration and correlated course from abroad on the expense of Government of India.

So UPSC can also fulfil your dreams. I would suggest you to find out what you real interest is, and then pursue it. Don't go for other opinion but go for the things which you think is the right for your life.

For more information regarding JNEC Aurangabad consider the link below:

https://www.careers360.com/colleges/mahatma-gandhi-missions-jawaharlal-nehru-engineering-college-aurangabad

I hope this helps. Wish you a great eve!