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I am a graduated from vels university pallavaram Chennai can I appear for upsc cse exam


K Devendran 30th Jun, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 9th Aug, 2021

Hello

Yes, you can definitely appear for UPSC Civil services examination..

This is because,

To be eligible all you need is a graduate degree from a recognised university

And

Vels university is recognised by UGC . You can check it at

https://dqxeclau.top/university/vels-institute-of-science-technology-and-advanced-studies-chennai

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 of qualifying nature , so you just  need to at least qualify it to be eligible for mains examination, the score /marks obtained by you in your prelims examination is not added up or used in your final merit. Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

-) general studies  1

-) general studies II ( csat )

You get 2 hours for each paper


*Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-


-) compulsory indian language.

-) english

-) essay

-) general studies I

-) general studies II

-) general studies III

-) general studies IV

-) optional I

-) optional II


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.


*Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.


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

Thank you

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