Dear Aspirant,

Kindly let this be known that you can't attempt to sit for UPSC exam until you have your graduation degree. Once you complete your graduation, you are eligible to give the UPSC exam. So keeping that in mind, fill the form when you'll complete your graduation. In the meantime you can prepare for the exam & get yourself started for many people, it'll give you a headstart over other candidates. Find your optional, classes (if you are thinking of them) & the direction you need to prepare for.

Thanks.

Hello,

Apart from NCERT books, now, there are standard textbooks which will be extremely useful for IAS aspirants to crack the exam.

Indian Polity and Constitution :

• Indian Polity – by M. Laxmikanth
• Important Acts that Transformed India – by Alex Andrews George
• Important Judgments that Transformed India – by Alex Andrews George

History :

• India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra
• Facets of Indian Culture – Spectrum
• Ancient and Medieval India – by Poonam Dalal Dahiya

Geography;

• Certificate Physical And Human Geography – by Goh Cheng Leong
• Geography of India – by Majid Husain
• Oxford Student Atlas for India

Science and Technology – by Ravi P. Agrahari.

Environment – By Shankar IAS

India 2020 Yearbook – by Rajiv Mehrishi

The Malayala Manorama English Yearbook 2020 – by Mammen Mathew

These books are for your UPSC preliminary examination.

Hope this helps!!

Hello,

The eligibility criteria for upsc states candidates need to pass bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this case, you need to attain 21 years age and can apply even in the final year  of graduation, now the thing is if you plan to do upsc, pursuing higher studies don't make sense, because after graduation you'll be automatically eligible, now you can also appear for upsc after completing PhD, if you fulfill the age limit criteria, but then you have to decide what you want, in my opinion, if you're more intersted in teaching or research  career go for PhD, else you should  appear for upsc after graduation.

Hey!

Steps to be followed for UPSCE Exam preparation:

1. Know the exam well.
2. Strengthen your foundation.
3. Upgrade Your Knowledge with standard books.
4. Practice Answer Writing + Revision.
5. Mock-Test Based Learning Approach.

Top IAS coaching centres in Uttar Pradesh.

• Chanakya IAS Academy, Allahabad
• Sharda IAS, Lucknow
• Toppers IAS Academy, Varanasi
• ETEN IAS, Lucknow
• Sartak IAS, Lucknow

You need to get specialized in Geography, Political Science, History and Public Administration. So, you can go for any courses connecting to these domains

Thank you.

Hello

To clear upsc exam need both the things self study and coaching also. Coaching gives you some important guidance and tricks to remember things . Self study is also important without that nothing will happen. How many years will it take to clear is depend on student. Some student need 1 year while some need more than 1 year . You can only study hard so that it will give you good result.

Hope this helps

Thank you

Hello!

It may not appeal to you but the NCERT books starting from VIII standard and going up to XII are very important resources and fall under the category of 'must read' in order to crack UPSC. The topics you should cover from these NCERT books are ancient history(NCERT Class VI and Rs Sharma XI), modern history(NCERT Bipin Chandra Class XII), polity(NCERT XI and XII), economics(NCERT XI and XII, Macroeconomics), geography(NCERT VII, X, XI, XII), environment(NCERT VII and XI) and world history(NCERT story of civilization vol 1 and 2).

Apart from this, you can refer any good coaching material to cover up the general studies. You can also refer to leading newspapers for current affairs part.

You can get an elaborate guide about UPSC preparation using the link below:-

https://www.google.com/amp/s/competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias/amp

Hope this helps!

Hello,

Hope you are doing good.

Coming to your question, There are three stages in the IAS selection process :

1. Stage I: Preliminary Examination (IAS Prelims)

2. Stage II: Mains Examination (IAS Mains)

3. Stage III: UPSC Personality Test (IAS Interview)

IAS Prelims

It is a qualifying exam and candidates have to get a minimum of 33 % to be qualified for the Mains.Consists of 2 compulsory papers- General Ability Test (GAT) and the Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT). All questions are objective in nature with negative marking for each wrong answer, where One-third of marks allotted to each question is deducted for a wrong answer.

IAS Mains

It is a written descriptive examination and comprises 9 papers and these are as follows: Paper-A (Compulsory Indian Language); Paper –B (English) which are qualifying in nature, while the other papers like Essay, General Studies Papers I, II, III, and IV, and Optional Papers I and II are considered for the final ranking. Candidates who score above the prescribed cut-off marks in the IAS exam (Mains) will get the summons for the Personality Test. The final ranking is based on the marks obtained by the candidate  in the Main Examination and Personality Test/Interview Round of the IAS exam.

IAS Interview

This is a face-to-face discussion round with the board members where the candidates are assessed by the board members on their personality traits to know if they are fit for a career in the civil services or not. The UPSC personality test will be held only in the UPSC Bhavan in New Delhi.

Hope this was useful

Good luck

Hello aspirant!
Hope you are doing well!

You can chose any stream for graduating your class 11 and 12 - arts, science, engineering, medical, economics, commerce, literature etc. All degree holders in any stream of subjects are eligible for writing the IAS exams.

There is nothing to be particular about any stream in IAS exam. The best way is  to choose subjects in which you see future. What would you like to do in future.

UPSC conducts a separate exam in 3 stages.

• Preliminaries
• , Mains
• personality tests.

Only if you succeed in all the stages, you can become an IAS officer.

till class 10 you must have studied subjects such as

• English,
• Mathematics
• BIOLOGY,
• History,
• Geography.

Take subject which interests you in class +2. After end of 1st or 2nd year , you can seriously concentrate on IAS. But, be a good student till then .

Dont let laziness take over your hardwork

There are no such applications available which will help you for UPSC preparation . Even if such applications exist, they won't help you for UPSC preparation . So here I will help you with the links for syllabus for UPSC. You can refer them for preparation. If you can afford higher budget then go for bjyus. Even they train students for UPSC examination

IAS syllabus link

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

IPS syllabus link

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/ips-syllabus/amp