Hello Aspirant

I think you can go for graduation in almost any subject that interests you science, commerce or arts.

My suggestion would be to do Bachelors in Arts in any subject history, geography, sociology, political science, economics, public administration, etc.

According to me, graduation in polity or geography will turn out to be most helpful to you but again choose what interests you.

All the best!

Hi

It doesn't matter even if you have failed in Maths.

This is because,

You have passed in 12th overall with 5 subjects and your result status is pass. So , you can do graduation and be eligible for UPSC because what all you need is a graduate degree to be eligible for 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 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.

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

*prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is qualifying nature .

*Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination

*interview :- it is mainly the test of your personality

For detail examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern


Thank you

Hey,

Clearing the UPSC CSE test necessitates both smart and hard work. The UPSC CSE Syllabus is extensive, and having a decent IAS preparation method can help you complete it on time.

• A structured UPSC IAS preparation time-table can provide you with more clearness on how you should execute your UPSC IAS preparation - how fast you should be, what further time you have for each topic/subject, and just how much syllabus is left to cover. It will enable you to better plan your IAS preparation time.
• Select the standard books carefully. Don't forget to include NCERTs.
• Further, practice previous years questions and mock papers to get acquatain with the UPSC CSE exam pattern.
• Read Newspaper daily. Carve the notes out of the newspaper carefully. While writing current affairs, make comprehensive notes for prelims and mains also. This will cover both the aspects.

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Dear aspirant,

To become IAS officer you have to undergo UPSC Preliminary exam , UPSE Mains exam and Interview. In UPSE Preliminary Exam there are 2 papers, General Studies Paper-I & General Studies Paper-II which are object type. The preliminary exam marks are not considered for final ranking but need just for qualifying for UPSE (IAS) Mains exam.

UPSE (IAS) Mains exam there are 9 papers and it is Subjective exam. Part-A Compulsory Indian Language, Part-B English, Essay, General Studies papers I, II, III as well as IV, Optional papers I & II. So UPSE (IAS) Mains contains 2 Language Papers, 4 General Studies Papers, 1 Essay Paper and 2 Optional Papers over all 9 papers.

Hope this helps.

Hello,

If your query is specifically for UPSC Civil Service Exam then you need to be a graduate from a recognized University in order to appear for the exam, or you can also apply in the final year, you need to be at least 21 years old as on 1st August of the appearing year, UPSC CSE is conducted in three stages mainly such as

Prelims which is mcqs based, it has two papers and both are of 200 marks each, to qualify paper I you need to score the required cut-offs against your respective category,
paper II which is qualifying by nature named CSAT where you need to attain merely 33% that is 66 marks out of 200,prelims scores are not added in the final list

The prescribed syllabus for each paper is as follows

Paper I has History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty,inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc,Indian polity and governance-constitution,political system,Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Science,General Issues on environmental ecology,biodiversity and climate change. you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.

Paper II has basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills

Next stage is Mains, which is more descriptive by nature, you need to write answers for the same, it includes four GS papers such as

Four General Studies Paper such as

GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society,
GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,
GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management,
GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

In addition to above there are two optionals, one essay,
two Language Paper, so there are a total of nine paper out of which two language papers are qualifying by nature and each is of 300 marks, you need to score only 25% that is 75 marks to qualify, for the rest of the paper each is of 250 marks,

Last stage is personality test of 275 marks, hence the total marks attributed in UPSC CSE is 2025 marks.

Hello,

There is no such thing as best degree when it comes to appearing in UPSC exam, the reason being the eligibility criteria itself states candidates from any stream of graduation from a recognized university are eligible to apply, even final year students are also eligible , candidates need to attain 21 years as on 1st August of appearing year, now UPSC tends to be more humanities oriented in the sense if you look at the syllabus it's mostly comprised of humanities subject, so having a graduation in subjects like Political science, public administration, history,economics, geography etc help to a large extent ,because there is considerable overlap with general studies as well as optional subjects, now you can appear in UPSC with or without back up plan, so being a science student if you have aspirations in your field you can go ahead with this choice, the toppers of UPSC come from diverse backgrounds such as medicine, engineering, commerce etc, so as per your interest you can go ahead with whatever choice you have, remember that irrespective of the stream the diligence, single minded focus, dedication and perseverance remain the same for every UPSC aspirant.

Hi Swapnil!

There is no separate marking scheme for the students belonging to reserved category. But there is a reservation in the UPSC exam for the students belonging to reserved category  in terms of the number of attempts, age relaxation, relaxation in IAS cutoff and the total number of seats. For example, the number of attempts for general category, EWS  is 6 and forOBC is 9 and for sc/st students is unlimited upto age limit. Similarly, there is a huge difference in cutoff/closing ranks.

Thankyou!

Hello,

There is no such barrier of belonging to any specific stream when it comes to meeting the eligibility criteria of UPSC, if you pursue your career in the field of medicine, engineering, commerce you're as eligible as any other arts graduate, toppers in this exam come from diverse backgrounds, nevertheless if your aspiration is only to qualify UPSC, then having humanities backgrounds help a lot, as you're already acquainted with the subjects from 10+2 level, hence you can pursue graduation in subjects like political science, public administration, geography, economics, history, or even law is good option as it will also make you have a back-up plan in case you want to have, so in brief you can pursue graduation in any field as I said it's not compulsory to belong to specific stream, and why I say this, the reason being if you look at the toppers from the previous year they come from as diverse backgrounds as that of medicine, engineering, commerce etc, so this further states that for every aspirant the diligence, dedication, single-minded focus, and perseverance to qualify UPSC remains the same.

Hello,

UPSC Exam is conducted in three stages mainly such as

Prelims Preliminary is the first stage, it is is MCQs based exam, it has two papers and each one consists of 200 marks,its numbers ain't added to final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.

GS Paper-I is the first paper which consists of  topics such as History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty,inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc,Indian polity and governance-constitution,political system,Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Science,General Issues on environmental ecology,biodiversity and climate change. in this first paper of prelims you just need to score the required cut offs against your category, its numbers are not added to the final list.

Second Paper is CSAT which includes  topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. This paper is qualifying by nature,you need to score merely 33% which means 66 marks out of 200.

Mains is a second stage and it's subjective paper which include Four General Studies Paper such as

GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society,
GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,
GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management,
GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

In addition to above there are two optionals,one essay, two language paper, so there are a total of  nine papers in Mains, and each paper is of 250 marks, total adds up to 1750 marks.

Interview is the last stage which consists of of 275 marks.

To know more details regarding this, visit at https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Hello,


You can avail of study leaves for not more than 12 months at a time but you can take learn to prepare for government exams.You can take leave to pursue any future degree inside and outside India that may benefit the work you are doing and that too only after serving 7 hours minimum. Now, you need to understand that you can prepare for UPSC along with job too. Since its a government job you wouldn't have much of work burden and so you can manage time to prepare accordingly.There are many toppers every year who crack it along with exam.

I hope this helps.