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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.

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The various academic requirements as per the IAS Eligibility Criteria are given below:

Minimum qualification for UPSC exam: The candidate must hold a degree from Government recognised Universities or possess an equivalent qualification.

Candidates who are in their final year or awaiting results are also eligible to appear for UPSC preliminary Examination. All such candidates who are likely to appear for IAS exams must produce proof of having passed the said examination along with the application for the main IAS examination.

Candidates having professional and technical qualifications recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional and technical degrees.

Medical students who have passed the final year of MBBS, but are yet to complete their internship also have eligibility for IAS. Although, along with the Main Examination application, a certificate of course completion (including internship) from the concerned authority of the University/Institution has to be submitted.

so it is clear that you need atleast an undergraduate degree before you can apply for civil services examination.

so yes you can prepare for UPSC but firstly you need to have an undergradute degree

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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

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

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From the Summary of eligibililty criteria you can understand only graduate or appearing in final year can apply for upsc.if you complete your graduation you are eligible.

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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.

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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

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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

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Yes, CBZ graduate or any graduate can crack as they are eligible for it and cracking upsc completely depends upon their preparation level for the 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.

********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 .

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Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC  examination so that you can clear 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.

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>>>> 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

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---------) 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 )

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

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It is completely a myth. Every year, a lot of engineering , Medical and Science graduates not only crack the UPSC CSE but they even became toppers such as Akshat Jain, Junaid Ahmed etc about whom you can learn about by searching on google.

I would say there is no such subject which can ensure your chances more. See UPSC is an examination which requires a special attention that is to get a job through UPSC you need to study specifically as per the UPSC syllabus. Thus there are no options available that can ensure you more about the selection. I would recommend you that you should take the subject you like the most. This is a very important point because if you take the subject you like then while studying it you will not feel bored or get exhausted. This will help you to study your academic subject as well as your preparation for UPSC. So take the subject you like the most.

Now you can take some subjects which are in your UPSC syllabus like BSc Geography, Economics etc. As you are science student who can also do your graduation in Arts and Commerce subject as well.  But I assure you that the things you will learn in any of the courses will not be needed exactly in your UPSC preparation. Instead you will find that foundational knowledge to the subject is important. This is the reason why I stated that you should pursue the subject you like and keep a focused plan for your UPSC preparation.

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