Hi

You can choose any subject or course  of your choice based on your interest for your graduation after your 12th

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 that you should be a graduate in any discipline

So you can choose any stream of your interest, but yes if you choose BA or Arts

then

choosing Arts or the humanities can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in Arts 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

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 i. e as on 1st August 2021 for UPSC 2021.

*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.

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

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

To help you further here's a brief of your UPSC exam

UPSC civil services examination has 3 stages listed below :-

*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.

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Hello,

There are certain parameters under which only you can leave airforce. Firstly you can't leave without serving atleast 7 years. However if you can clear all the phases of UPSC and your name comes up in the final list then you can visit IAF headquarters and convince your seniors and then you can take NOC and then finally you can resign air force and can join you new service.

I hope this helps.

Hello,

Preliminary is the first stage in UPSC Exam, it is MCQs based with two papers,each consists of 200 marks,its numbers ain't added to final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.

First is GS Paper-I which 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.
The second paper is CSAT which is qualifying by nature,you need to score merely 33% which is 66 marks out of 200, it includes following topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills.

You can refer the following books to initiate your preparation for Prelims:

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

Apart from this, read newspaper on an daily basis, go through previous year papers, practice mock papers to evaluate your preparation level.

Dear Aspirant,

Please look into it carefully …..

I think this will help you…

Yes, definitely you can. Even you can do both also, there are so many IAS officers who are the MBBS degree holders and then also they are working in health department primarily and other departments too…..Once you will completed MBBS then you can work as a doctor there is no issue….

All the very best for your future

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hello bhavana Pilli

I hope you are doing good.

Yes you can absolutely appear for the polytechnic exam  to go on the journey of becoming IAS officer. After completing your polytechnic you must persue bachelors from an recoginzed university because to appear for civil service exam conducted by upsc you must have passed your bachelors in any stream . The minimum age limit to appear for ias exam is 21 years

Hope you found this answer helpful. Good luck for your future

Dear student,

You can study any degree from any stream of your choice. There is not such restictions or compulsions on degree specialization. But Arts or Humanities would be better choice because you can study History, Social Sciences, Economy, Polity etc in these streams. Knowledge in these subjects is useful for UPSE Examination. Graduation from Bachelor of Arts (BA) in any subject of your interest is preferred.

Some of the Courses and Specializations best for IAS are given below along with Colleges offering those courses.

1. Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Economics

Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka

Loyola College, Chennai

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

University of Delhi, New Delhi

Chandigarh University , Chandigarh

2. Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in Humanities and Social Sciences

You can go through below link for Books useful for UPSE Examination Prepration.

Loyola College, Chennai

Lady Shriram College of Women, New Delhi

University of Delhi, New Delhi

Christ University, Bangalore

3. Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Sociology

University of Delhi, New Delhi

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

Lady Shriram College of Women, New Delhi

Hindu College, New Delhi

Loyola College, Chennai

Hope this information helped you.

Thank you!!

There are no such obligations you have to be a Btech in order to be a IAS. For UPSC CSE you need to be a graduate. You can be a graduate in any subject. So if you don't like physics and chemistry and if you have no interest in the subject then why will you waste your time. Instead you can go for a general course which will end in 3 years like BA/BSc/BCom after your 12th. That way you can learn your subject of interest as well as focus on the UPSC CSE preparations.

To know more about the UPSC CSE preparations you may visit the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-civil-services-exam

I hope my answer helps you. All the very best for your future endeavors!

Dear student,

To become IAS Officer you should have minimum Bachelor's degree.

Step Wise qualification for IAS Officer

1. 10 th standard from a recognised Board

2. 12 th standard or equivalent exam with any stream from a recognised Board.

3. Bachelor's degree in any stream from a recognised University or College. Students who are done with final examination and are waiting for results are also eligible to write the Preliminary Exam.

4. Write Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSE. It is conducted every year.

5. To recruit offers for around 25 services which includes IAS, IRS, IPS, IFS, Central Government services, allied Services etc.

To get more information about how to become IAS officer and tips to become IAS officer are given below.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

Hello aspirant,

Here are list of some most important books:-

For IAS prelims

For IAS mains

Hello,

First of all to become IAS Officer you have to appear for UPSC Civil Service Exam, in 2018 the last rank allotted to IAS for general category was 92, this differs in case one belongs to reserved category, And yes, even with a degree in computer science and engineering you will be eligible to appear for the exam as there is no barrier of belonging to specific stream/ subject combination or even aggregate factor for that matter is not important in this exam, you have to be 21 years old and can appear even in the final year of graduation, UPSC is conducted in three phases mainly such as

Preliminary is the first Stage, it's a MCQs based exam with two papers and each one consists of 200 marks, prelims numbers are not added to final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your  respective category.

First paper is GS Paper-I which 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 .

Second Paper is CSAT which is qualifying by nature, you need to score only 33% which is 66 marks out of 200, it includes following topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills.

Mains is a second stage which it's more of a subjective type, you are required to write answers 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

In total there are nine papers in Mains, and each paper is of 250 marks, total adds up to 1750 marks.

Personality Test  is the last stage which consists of 275 marks.

One thing important to remember here is even though Prelims is MCQs based while Mains is descriptive one, an integrated approach towards preparation is always recommended, there is definitely considerable overlap with the subjects, but since Mains is writing based it's important that you have at least the basic knowledge of all the topics, you don't have to be an expert but a strong foundation is required here, and as I said don't ever think I'll prepare for prelims and then mains after I qualify first stage, this is not at all right manner when it comes to preparation of UPSC, the first thing is always go through the syllabus, this will enable you to know what to read and what to skip, and this same knowledge of syllabus will help you in choosing topics when it comes daily newspaper reading where you will know what are all the important topics, and thereafter go through NCERTs, and then move towards standard books, previous year papers, practicing answer writing, applying test series etc,  you will come to this stage obviously once you start the preparation.