Dear sonu,

Thank you for your query. IAS and Income tax are different departments as IT department officers are IRS people.

All the best.

Dear shahbaz,

Thank you for your query. There are over 1 Lakh students who became IAS officers through Prayas coaching institute. The institute is in Borivali.

All the best

Hello aspirant

It doesn't matter from which Educational babkground you belong . If you prepare well and have depth knowledge you can acheive what you want.

For higher education always choose subject of interest and comfortable with. You need to work harder  and motivated all the time.

Acquint yourself with the syllabus, paper pattern and start  collecting material. You should read newspaper as well as keep up with current affairs. As a Science student you can either opt for pure Science subjects in mains because IAS is all about competition and there you have to find your edge.  You can even go for scoring Subject like public administration , political science .

To clear prelims you need a thorough knowledge of almost all liberal arts and GK subjects.star with NCERT and move on to guidebooks. Smart study and note making is key to success. You can even go for popular IAS coaching centres which offers one year  or 6 months Courses. They will provide you test materials and mock tests.

Hello

If you are in first year of engineering and want to start your preparation for UPSC or the IAS examination then you need to really good at balancing and managing time and both your engineering study and studies for UPSC

To start your preparation for UPSC  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
Environment & Ecology: Biodiversity, ?Climate Change and Disaster Management - General Studies for Civil Services (Main) Examination - Paper II and IV - Majid Hussain

International Relations

NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)
Current Affairs ( read newspaper as well)

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 give at least 6 hours to studies , keep short brakes of 20 to 30 minutes after every 2.5 to 3 hours

*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 after completing each chapter

*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.

*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

Thankyou

I would seriously suggest you to go through syllabus first. Go twice, thrice so that it can intact into your mind.

Read all the NCERT first. Go through Polity, History, Geography, Economics, Mathematics (6-10), Science (especially biology part)

After completing these things you can switch to the main syllabus like Laxmikamt, Indian Economics, gc Lee geography and all.

Hey aspirant

For IAS preparation, the most important thing to remember is that no coaching can help if we are not determined towards our goal. Cracking civil services exam requires earnest efforts and practice.

There are numerous good coaching institutions in Mumbai, some are listed below-

• The Prayas India
• Dronacharya IAS Academy
• Chahal Academy
• Royale IAS
• Lakshya IAS Academy

Hope this helps you.

Hey aspirant

In IAS Prelims, there are two papers-

1. General Studies 1
2. General Studies 2

After qualifying the prelims, th ere are 25 optional subjects in the IAS main exam and the candidates need to choose only one out of them.

• Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
• Anthropology
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Commerce and Accountancy
• Economics
• Electrical Engineering
• Geography
• Geology
• History
• Law
• Management
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Science
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science and International Relations
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Zoology

As you can see that there are all the subjects out of which you can choose one. So, make that target subject your strength and choose that subject for your Bachelor's and go for B.A. or B.Sc. as per your choice.

All the best.

Hello dear

You can apply for ias exam in any case but the selection will be done only after you clear all the stages and then medical and fitness test  And

As per the standard eligibility if you have a 6/6 or 6/9 vision with or without spectacles then definitely you can join.

CL and refractive surgery like LASIK, ICL, IOL, etc. are also allowed those who have myopia with macular degenerative changes will be declared unfit for service in the IAS. People with a squint in the eyes are fit for service..

so hope you get it.

good luck

Hello dear

As you can give exam but the selection will be done after you clear the interview and medical test .

For this you must have 6/6 vision or 6/9 with or without correction. Surgery like Lasik, icl, iol etc are also allow ed but those who have myopia with macular degenerative are not fit and not selected in any case.

So you are eligible only if your eye does not have mascular degenerative.

Good luck