Hey there

Well, you are going to be civil services aspirant like many who says today -becoming IAS was my dream since childhood (Including me).It is good to have such a highest inspiration as it keeps u motivated towards working hard.

Since you are in highschool i will suggest totaly focus on your school complete your 10+2 with dedicated effort.Read your subjects properly have good command over them, also you can read books on social and economic issues in order to diversify your horizone if you are interested and if you are able to managed time but not when exam is near.

Try to find where you are interested in, analyse your personality what kind of person you are and how u wants to become.Once you are in graduation there is plenty of time in between, go through the syllabus, identify area where you comfortable, get the study material of Genaral Studies read it seriously in a preparation mode as you are going to give this attempt.

Hope this helps!

thank you

Hello aspirant

As you know so much on the things about age limit and all so you also must be knowing that to crack UPSC exam a candidate must be a graduate from any recognised University doesn't matter in which stream you did your graduation.

As you have mentioned that you don't want to do engineering so no problem you are having lots of choices to do in your graduation.

See you don't want to do engineering then you can do graduation in bachelor of arts which most of the students who want to prepare for UPSC exam and it helps them so much because most of the syllabus coincide with the syllabus of UPSC CSE exam but still if you don't want to do to this graduation you can do some technical things also not engineering but Bachelor of Science which would not be that much Lengthy like engineering and you will be getting a lot of time to prepare for UPSC CSE exam.

Again if you don't find these things helpful you can do anything in whichever you feel interest as academics too matter very much.

Hope it helps!

thank you!

Hello there

I appreciate your dedication that at a very early age you're determined to become an IAS officer.

See at this age you must be focused on your academics too as they play a very vital role. Now coming on to the IAS preparation you can join any college any stream whichever you like it couldn't be working as a obstacle in your aim of becoming IAS officer.

As you are asking of any specific college so i would not recommend you or even there's no any specific school who'll provide you the preparation of upsc exam at this age. If  there is so, then that's not worth it.

From my own point of view firstly do your 11 and 12 class with dedication and the  from your graduation period start your preparation.

Best of luck!

Thank you!

Hi

If you are still in your intermediate second year i.e in your class 12 then I won't recommend you to start your UPSC preparation right now because class 12th is very important  and in this year you need to work hard to score well in your 12th board examination so that you can get admission in a good college for your graduation. If you want to become in IAS officers then you need to clear UPSC civil services examination and to be eligible for that you need to be at least a graduate so what you can do is start your preparation for UPSC during your graduation if you can manage with it otherwise after completing your graduation.

Anyway,

If you still want to study for UPSC preparation in your to 12th itself then I would recommend you to first complete your 12th board examination syllabus and then what you can do is start with class 6th - 12th History Civics geography books .

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC  examination whenever you start your preparation ( during graduation or after it) :-

-----------) To start your preparation  first of all understand the examination pattern and go well through  syllabus :-

>>>> Examination pattern :- UPSC examination has 3 stages listed below :-

• prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is of qualifying nature , there are 2 papers in prelims

• Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers in Mains examination

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

To know exam pattern in detail visit :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc

>>>> syllabus :- In prelims, your paper 1 general studies  1 in which  you have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc. Your paper 2 in prelims is general studies II or CSAT in which you have reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc. Similarly, you can check the complete syllabus of both prelims and mains 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

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)

*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through

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

- ---------) Discipline is the key to crack UPSC, so you need to make a routine/ time table and follow it .

----------)Read newspaper like the Hindu or Indian Express  and magazines like Yojana, Kurukshetra, Economic and Political Weekly  to keep yourself updated with the current events and issues.

----------) take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain otherwise you won't be able to retain whatever you read.

-----------)Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

----------)Make short notes for each subject, these will be your life saviour and will help you in your revisions a lot as syllabus is wide

----------)Set daily goals like I have to cover these many topics today, weekly goals like I have to  cover these chapters this week and practice their questions too, by the end of this week and similarly set monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.

----------)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.

----------) Your mains examination is in written, so you need to work your speed and also work on improving how to present the knowledge you have on paper, so answer writing practicing should be your priority

----------)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

Hello aspirant.

Hope you are doing well in your life. See for the preparation of upsc you don't need to have something any specific graduation or specific subject. For upsc you can choose any subject according to your preference and can give exam according to that only.

For ease many people choose bachelor in humanities subject as it coincide with most of the upsc syllabus. But you can do your graduation from any stream in which you feel good.

Best of luck!

Good luck!

Hey Aspirant,

It's so good see that you have already decided to become an IAS officer at this age.  Now if you have decided to pursue engineering degree I still believe that you should not compromise with college so you don't need to drop an year , just go for the best college you are getting at this rank. And prepare for your UPSC CSE exam .

For your reference I am providing you with a link to predict a college through JEE Mains rank

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

I hope this helps!!

Hello there

See to become an IAS officer you need to qualify the civil services examination conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).The exam is conducted to recruit various civil servants in different sectors of the government such as IAS IPS IFS and other Central government services of allied services.

To be eligible for UPSC CSE examination you need not to be any specific graduate from whatever stream you are you can give this exam so just worked on building a strong Foundation read standard books related to it master the current affairs and firstly know about the exam firstly for that you can refer the UPSC CSE website.

Hope it helps!

Thank you!

Dont stress out too much, that you loose out on your Engineering Years. In the UPSC Interview youll be highly grilled on your Past Involvements, Academics and Achievements in Colleges, hence its important you focus on Acads, Projects, Involvements, Experiences and Internships until your final Year.

You may start preliminary preparation, like getting clear with preparation strategy, consulting your City UPSC Toppers, Taking Guidance, IAS Interview Videos on Youtube, Motivational Talks, Reading Newspaper regularly as well as getting intellectually ready for IAS, in your Third Year.

Once youre Placed maybe in the early half of your Final Year. Suppose your Degree is from 2020-2024, October 2023, is the perfect time for you to start your Preparation, targetting 2025 Attempt, with proper study material, books and test series. However do give 2024 Attempt just for Experience. Keep atleast 4 Attempts in your Radar if youre a Serious aspirant. Your Probability to clear the exam increases with each attempt proportionally.

For more information and UPSC CSE Preparation Tips do follow the link below

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

Hello,

UPSC and CAT are completely different field, both the exams are highly competitive and in recent times it has become more so, hence I would say focus on one specific field, if you want a career in management go for MBA, the eligibility criteria for CAT is passed bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university securing 50% aggregate, there is relaxation of 5% for reserved categories, on the other hand to appear for UPSC there is no minimum aggregate required you just need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, and you are required to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year,   IAS is an highly coveted job profile, and you will require higher level of dedication, commitment, perseverance, single-minded focus on your part, apart from power and prestige that comes along the job profile you will play an important role in the development of the country by contributing in various aspects, you should take your time and then only take decision accordingly but preparing for both is very difficult, more so because there is no areas of commonality in terms of exam pattern, syllabus, or even job profile, what you can do is as you're still in college, explore your areas of interest, you can do so by volunteering, or apply internships, and by going through this training you will gradually get to know what's your calling, if you're more inclined towards a career in management, then go for MBA, if not then you can go ahead with IAS, whatever it is, give your self enough time to explore the various options and then only decide accordingly.

Dear aspirant !

Hope you are doing great! If after becoming ias officer you want to change the sections then you can it.but it is not so easy task you have to resign first and then fight the election s and become the part of parliament the from where you can do some changes but the process takes many years from ias to parliament member.

Best wishes for your future !

Thanking you!