Hello Aspirant ,

You can attempt UPSC CSE exam in 2025 as the minimum age limit for this exam is 21 years as of 1st august of the year of examination , Yes you can give this exam in final year of your graduation as it is allowed by UPSC .

I would suggest you to pursue BTech as it also act as a good enough backup plan for you if incase unfortunately you fail in UPSC as there are very good chances of getting a placement if you do some hardwork from your side .

Hope this helps.

Hi

With just 12th PCMB you cannot appear in UPSC civil services examination.

This is because,

To be eligible you need a graduate   degree

So after your 12th  you need to pursue graduation like BA, Bsc, Btech or any  graduation course in any discipline from a recognised university to be eligible.

For reference, UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

------------------------) You  must  have  a bachelor's  degree in any discipline   from a  recognised university   . Those in final year of bachelor's degree are also provisionally eligible.

------------------------)  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 .

------------------------) Nationality

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages:-

1. Prelims

2. Mains

3.Interview

Coming to what what subjects, you will have to study then,

You need to study the subjects in the UPSC syllabus like history, polity, geography etc.

>>>>>>>>  UPSC PRELIMS :-

Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

-----------) general studies  1 :   -  You have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.

-----------) general studies II ( csat ) :-    You have :-Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.

For reference,

Here's detailed prelims syllabus

>>>>>>>>    MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-

-------)  Paper 1 :- Essay

-------)   Paper 2 :- GS-I   :- You have

• * indian heritage and culture

• *History and geography of the world and society

-------)   Paper 3 :- GS-II   :- it includes

• * Governance,

• *Polity

• *Constitution,

• *Social Justice and International Relations.

-------)   Paper 4 :- GS-III   :- it includes

• *Technology,

• *Economic Development,

• *Security and Disaster Management

• *Bio-Diversity,

• *Environment,

-------)   Paper 5   :-  GS-IV :- it has

• * Ethics

• *Integrity

• *Aptitude

-------)   Paper 6 :   - optional I paper

-------)   Paper 7   :- optional II paper

Out of the 9 papers, the remaining two papers are:-

-------)   Language paper A    :-  compulsory indian language

-------)   Language paper B :-   English

You can get complete UPSC civil services examination syllabus for both PRELIMS & MAINS by visiting our page in the link for which is provided below:-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Thank you

Hi

With qualification of just 12th you cannot appear in UPSC civil services examination.

This is because,

to be eligible you need a graduate   degree

So after your 12th  you need to pursue graduation like BA, Bsc, Btech or any other graduation course in any discipline from a recognised university to be eligible.

And then after graduation or in your final year of graduation you can appear in UPSC and after qualifying it you can become IAS, IPS, IRS etc on the basis of rank obtained by you in UPSC.

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

------------------------)  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 .

------------------------) Nationality

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,

A brief of examination pattern is given below: -

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

You can start your preparation for UPSC along with graduation itself or after graduation.

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC  examination :-

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

You can get 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

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.

-----------)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

----------) 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,

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts various entrance examinations such Engineering Service Examination (ESE), National Defence Academy (NDA), Combined Defence Service Examination (CDSE), Civil Service Examination (CSE) and other such. If you are enquiring regarding Civil Service Examination then you are eligible to apply it if you have passed B.Tech examination or appearing in the final year of B.Tech examination. You must be minimum 21 years as on August 1 in the year of examination and the upper age limit is 32 years as on August 1 in the year of exam however, there is relaxation on upper age limit for reserved categories:

• SC/ST: Upto 5 years
• OBC: Up to 3 years
• Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof: up to 3 years

For the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India.  For other services, a candidate must be either a citizen of India or a subject of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Hi

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages:-

1. Prelims

2. Mains

3.Interview

>>>>>>>>  UPSC PRELIMS :-

Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

-----------) general studies  1 :   - You have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.

-----------) general studies II ( csat ) :- You have :-Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.

For reference,

Here's detailed prelims syllabus

>>>>>>>>    MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-

-------)  Paper 1 :- Essay

-------)   Paper 2 :- GS-I   :- You have

• *indian heritage and culture

• *History and geography of the world and society

-------)   Paper 3 :- GS-II   :- it includes

• * Governance,

• *Polity

• *Constitution,

• *Social Justice and International Relations.

-------)   Paper 4 :- GS-III   :- it includes

• *Technology,

• *Economic Development,

• *Security and Disaster Management

• *Bio-Diversity,

• *Environment,

-------)   Paper 5   :-  GS-IV :- it has

• * Ethics

• *Integrity

• *Aptitude

-------)   Paper 6 :   - optional I paper

-------)   Paper 7   :- optional II paper

Out of the 9 papers, the remaining two papers are:-

-------)   Language paper A    :-  compulsory indian language

-------)   Language paper B :-   English

You can get complete UPSC civil services examination syllabus for both PRELIMS & MAINS by visiting our page in the link for which is provided below:-

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,

Yes you can appear of UPSC CSE for IAS posts after completing B.Pharm., this is because for UPSC CSE the candidate should have a bachelor's degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering  from any recognized central or state university and after completing B.Pharm. you will be having a bachelor's degree so you can appear for it.

Common eligibility criteria for UPSC CSE is given below :-

>>>> The candidate should have crossed age of minimum 21 years on the August 1st of examination year but should not exceed 32 years on the same date i.e. August 1st until and unless he/she deserves some age relaxation.

>>>> The candidate should have Bachelor's degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering from a recognized central/state university.

>>>> Candidates appearing for their final year/semester can also appear for CSE but their selection will be provisional until they submit the final marksheet.

>>>> Nationality should be Indian.

>>>> Maximum number of attempts allowed for General candidates is 6.

You can check out the detailed eligibility criteria for UPSC IAS from the link given below :-

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

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hi

There are many who have topped upsc after BA.

For example,

UPSC topper 2015 , Tina Dabi was a BA graduate

And the next one can be you too :).

Actually, studying  BA is an added advantage for your UPSC  examination preparation,

This is because

in BA you learn subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it  helps you in your upsc examination a lot.

Also,

Clearing UPSC or getting a rank or topping it completely depends on your preparation level.

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC  examination :-

-----------) 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,

As per the IAS age limit eligibility criteria, those between 21 to 32 years as of August 1, 2023, can fill out the UPSC IAS application form.  As will be 21 years of age you will be eligible for UPSC 2023 exam as long as you hold a graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university. If you have a graduation degree only then you will be eligible for UPSC. Applicants awaiting their final graduation result can also apply for IAS exam. And there is no minimum UPSC qualification percentage required also. Bachelor's degree with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering is required to be eligible.

Hello!

In order to be eligible for UPSC exam in 2023, you need to be at least 21 years of age as of August 2023. The upper age limit varies according to different categories as shown:

• General- 32 Years
• OBC- 35 Years
• SC/ST- 37 Years
• PH (Blind, Deaf, Orthopedic)- 42 Year
• J & K Domicile- GEN=37 Yrs, OBC= 40 Yrs,
• SC/ST=40 Yrs, PH=50 Yrs
• Disabled servicemen, disabled from duty- GEN=37 Yrs, OBC=40 Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs.

You can refer to this link of UPSC 2022 for further information:

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

Best wishes

Hello aspirant,

Hope you are doing great. So, according to the age limit mentioned by UPSC, you need to attain 21 years of age by 1 August, 2024. But, as you are born in the month of November, 2003, you are still not eligible, you will only get 20.9 months. So, you will be eligible to give the exam, in the next year, i.e., 2025.

Hope it helps,

Thank you :)