Hi aspirant,

In order to be eligible for the Union Public Services Civil services examination a candidate needs to be age between 21 to 32 years with some relaxation for reserved categories. The relaxation is provided on the upper age limit and number of attempts so it is not relevant to your case in irrespective of your category. Following that you would be eligible for examination in year 2023 as the cut-off date is taken to be 1st August and by that you will match the minimum requirement.

Hope it helps!!

Greetings!

Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examination 2022 is a national level exam. The eligibility criteria for this exam are:-

• Must have a bachelor's degree.
• Age must be between 21 to 32 years.
• Number of attempts that a general category student can give is six.

You are not eligible for upsc exam this year. You can appear for it in 2027 .

Hope this will help you.

Hello Aspirant,

See as per your Date of Birth, in August 2023 you will be approx. 32 years but will not complete 32 years so you would be considered as eligible for your last attempt of UPSC i.e. UPSC 2023 because the age limit for UPSC IAS exam is 21 year to 32 year and in November 2023 you will complete 32 years so you will be no more eligible for it until and unless you are from some reserved category with following age relaxation as per the reservation criteria of UPSC :-

>>>> OBC - 3 years

>>>> SC/ ST - 5 years

>>>> Defense Services Personnel, who got disabled during operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence - 3 years

>>>> Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers (CO) and ECOs/ SSCOs who will render at least five years Military Service as of August 1, 2021, and have been released - 5 years

ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as of 1st August 2021 - 5 years

>>>> In the following cases: blindness and low vision, deaf and hard of hearing, locomotor disability including acid attack, cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, victims and muscular dystrophy, intellectual disability, autism, specific learning disability and mental illness - 10 years

>>>> Candidates ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir from January 1, 1981, to December 31, 1989. - 5 years

>>>> So as per the age criteria you are eligible for UPSC IAS exam 2023 because the candidate should have crossed age of minimum 21 years on the August 1st of examination year.

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!!

Greetings!

UPSC Civil Services Exam is conducted in offline mode once a year. So, for preparing of UPSC exam, you must have enough knowledge of all the subjects asked in your semesters as well as you should be aware of the new syllabus that would be released for 2025 UPSC aspirants. So, from now ,you can maintain a schedule and try to get all th concepts and practice all numerical. Make sure you attend mock test for the same. You can refer you tube channel or other courses for your reference. You can also refer to given link for important books and interview preparation guidance-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/ias-study-plan

Hope this will help you.

Hello,

Hope you are doing Great!

UPSC - Union Public Service Commission. is India's central agency which conducts exams like Civil Services Exam (CSE) to recruit candidates into top government services like IAS, IPS, IFS etc. UPSC recruits candidates to both civil services as well as Defense services. The total duration of the training period of IAS officers is 2 years which is divided into: Foundation Course: All the candidates who are recommended for Grade A posts including IAS, IPS and IFS are invited to join a 3-month-foundation course at LBSNAA.

The retired life of an IAS, IPS, IRS, etc. is usually quite comfortable. They get pension after their Retirement. The UPSC aspirants can acquire tremendous knowledge in multiple dimensions while preparing for UPSC exams. The knowledge gained with the CSE preparations brings a totally new perspective towards life in whatever occupation you choose.

The Indian Administrative Service is the premier administrative civil service of the Government of India. Popularly known as the IAS exam, officially it is called as Civil Services Examination, which is conducted every year by the central recruiting agency, the Union Public Service Commission. UPSC is tough as far as its syllabus is considered. The diversity of subjects demands more determination and long study hours. Since the role of an IAS is not just limited to a particular field, the subjects to be covered for this examination contains varied streams.

Eligibility criteria for UPSC exam 2022 :-

1. Candidates who have completed graduation from a recognized university and are between the age of 21-30 Years, will be able to apply for IAS (UPSC CSE) 2022 exam.
2. Have at least a bachelor's degree from a recognized university to take the UPSC exam.
3. Candidates having professional and technical qualifications Recognized by the Government as equivalent to professional and technical degrees.
4. Candidates who are in their last year or waiting for their results are also eligible to appear for UPSC IAS Prelims Exam.
5. Must be a citizen of India, a person of Indian origin or a subject of Nepal, Bhutan or Tibet settled in India before 1st January 1962.

For more details you can go to the link Below -

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

All the best!

Hope it will help!

Thank you!

Hello,

The eligibililty Criteria for UPSC is to hold a graduation degree from a recognised university it does not matter if you fail in any paper you only need to have a valid degree to be eligible for UPSC and must fulfill the other Criteria.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or equivalent

Age must be between 21-32 years

For indian citizen only

For further guidance

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

Tentative date for notification of UPSC is released in the month of February 2022. official notification announce on UPSC website.

BEST of luck!!

Hello,

First of all there is no restrictions in terms of belonging to specific stream when it comes to appearing for UPSC, hence if you wish to pursue graduation in psychology , you can do so what will help regarding this you can have it as an optional subject for Mains, other than this the syllabus of UPSC is quite extensive, and mainly consists of polity, history, geography, economics etc, and the advantage here if you take optional subject as psychology is you don't have to prepare separately in this case, other than this, if you don't succeed for UPSC, then you can pursue post graduate course in psychology, and qualify NET to become assistant professor or pursue PhD, you can also pursue BEd if you wish to teach in school, and you can appear for CTET or state level TETs conducted regarding this.

After the completion of your B.com you can directly apply for UPSC examination as the eligibility criteria for UPSC exam is that a candidate should have a graduation degree from any recognised institution.

Since, you are in the final year of your B.com I would recommend you to start preparing for your UPSC exam and completely focus on it.

Dear aspirant, hope you are doing well.

Eligibility criteria for upsc exam is to complete ug course like, bsc, bba, b. Com, from Recognised university / college.

For further details you can visit the site. Link is given below.

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

You can chose option subject in the Mains examination, the candidate is to choose one Optional Subject from the UPSC list of 26 Optional Subjects. Each Optional Subject has two papers of 250 Marks each thereby making about 30% of Mains Exam

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

Thank you

For more details, about syllabus, interview, book. Visit the site

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

Hi there ,

Candidate should start reading newspaper from day 1 to cover all essential news. You don't have to read whole newspaper .You have to focus only on main news. Your way of reading newspaper should be such that you cover important news in limited period of time. You should maintain consistency in reading newspaper so that you don't miss any important information.

You should focus on these parts of newspaper:

New and important bills in parliament.

New policies and schemes announced by government.

Debates in parliament.

News related to constitution and their amendment .

News related to election .

Important supreme / High Court

News related to scientific development.

News related to resources of nation.

Changes and policies introduced in banking sector.

Business related news.

Change in GDP.

Visits of prime Minister in foreign country .

Policies introduced by foreign nations and their impact on country.

Treaties signed by different country.

Role of international organizations like WHO,UN ,IMF etc.

News related to environment.

You should avoid reading these news:

All 'masala news'

Regional news

Who' won 'and 'defeat' in election

Entertainment news.

Political news of one person blaming other.

These are all news that you should read while reading any newspaper whether it is' Indian express or  other newspaper'. You should read 'editorial 'page of newspaper . For better result you should make proper notes while reading newspaper.

Hope this information will be helpful

Good luck!