hi,

see before appear in any of the exam you have to check the official brochure.

as per latest upsc civil service exam brochure available, you must complete a bachelors degree in any discipline or in final year of studies are eligible to appear in upsc exam

b,.sc in nursing is a graduate level professional course. candidates from b.sc nursing are eligible to appear in upsc exam.

see upsc is one of the toughest exam.

upsc exam has two part,

prelims- mcq pattern type papers.

mains- theoretical and written test

you must qualify in prelims to become eligible to appear in mains.

for upsc civil service exam , you may have to take 1-2 years of preparation depends on your ability to quickly grasp the subjects.

if you study sincerely you can obviously get success in exam. so dont bother about what peoples say or predict! just believe in your self.

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Hi

Before Books, you need to understand the syllabus  .

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

*prelims exam

*Mains exam.

*Interview

Syllabus for both prelims and mains is given below:-

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.

MAINS :-

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

---------)GS-I  :- You have

*indian heritage and culture

*History and geography of the world and society

--------)GS-II :- it includes

* Governance,

*Polity

*Constitution,

*Social Justice and International Relations.

--------) GS-III :- it includes

*Technology,

*Economic Development,

*Security and Disaster Management

*Bio-Diversity,

*Environment,

--------) GS-IV :- it has

* Ethics

*Integrity

*Aptitude

---------) compulsory indian language paper

---------) english paper

---------) essay paper

---------) optional I paper

---------) optional II paper

You can choose any  of the language included in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution for compulsory indian language paper and also select optional subject of your choice from the available list of subjects.

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.

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

-----) 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

Also, follow the below tips:-

------) 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

Thank you

Hello candidate,

While preparing for the UPSC examination and choosing a field of graduation for that it's best that the candidate go by their natural interest of subjects and not just use choose because of sheer pressure for preparation of UPSC IAS examination.

The optional subjects in UPSC examination consist of - sociology, agriculture, Medical Science, literature, anthropology, public administration, psychology, and law. So, it doesn't depend that whether you have pursued your graduation from field such as medical science, Engineering, arts and humanities, or any other relevant degree such as BCom/MBA/B.Sc or others.

Hope you found it helpful. If you have any further queries feel free to post it here!!

For UPSC you need to have a bachelors degree in any subject. So if you have completed your graduation in enegineering i.e., BTech/BE without 12 then also you are eligible for UPSC CSE and other UPSC Engineering examination as well.

To know more about UPSC CSE visit the link below:

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

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

I hope this answer helps. All the vp0p0p0p

Hi Aspirant,

The age limit as suggested in the eligibility criteria of UPSC suggests that a candidate's should be between 21 to 32 years as on August 1 2022. And as per your date of birth i.e., 16/10/2001, your age is 20 years 9 months and 15 days as on August 1 2022. So, you are not eligible for UPSC examination in the year 2022.

For more information regarding eligibility and others refer the link below,

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

Hope this helps you.

All the best for future endeavors.

Hello

Mbbs is a graduate degree

Yes, be it mbbs army doctor or any other graduate , are eligible for UPSC civil service examination.

This is because,

To be eligible for UPSC examination there's no need to be a graduate in a particular discipline,  all you need to be is a graduate in any discipline from a recognised university be it  mbbs or any  other graduation course.

So, you don't worry with mbbs  degree you will be eligible for UPSC

You can check UPSC eligibility  criteria 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.

*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

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

*The first stage of the exam is Preliminary examination (objective )

*The second stage, Mains (written).

*If you manage to clear mains then you are to go through third stage i.e interview/personality test .

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

Thank you

Hi

No, you are not eligible for UPSC 2026 examination.

This is because,

For general category, upper age limit is 32 years old as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form i. e means to be eligible you should not be more than 32 years old   on 1st August 2026 in case of UPSC 2026.

But with your date of birth on  15/04/1994 you will be more than 32 years old i. e 32 years and 4 months old as on on 1st August 2026 and  thus not eligible for UPSC 2026

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 of August of the year of filling the form

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

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

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Hey there

Yes, you can take part in union Public service examination (UPSC) exams even when you are from  commerce stream. Mentioned below are the key details related to UPSC eligibilities:

• There is limit for UPSC exams is from 21 to 29 years.
• The minimum qualification which is required for taking part in the UPSC exam is to complete graduation from any stream.
• The minimum marks which are required in the graduation  are 60%.

You can get all the details related to UPSC exams by clicking the below link:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias/amp&ved=2ahUKEwiJtIPwypfyAhUrFLcAHSqoBBIQFnoECAYQAg&usg=AOvVaw02L2URFd-i9GZJQCO6ZK2F&ampcf=1