As per the UPSC CSE examination rules, the student need to be atleast 21 years of age on or before 1st August of the appearing year. Now you are getting 21 years on 9th February,2025. So you are eligible for the UPSC CSE 2025 and its your first attempt. The maximum age limit for the UPSC CSE is 32 years.

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https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

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hello aspirant,

As for 2022, you are now 18 years of age. The age limit eligibility criteria for UPSC Exams is as follows : Candidate must be a minimum of 21 years of age and must not be more than 32 years of age . General Category & EWS: 32 years; 6 attempts. OBC (with certificate): 32 years + 3 years; 9 attempts. SC/ST: 32 years + 5 years; unlimited attempts.

So, you can give the first attempt of UPSC exam after you graduate or when you are on yoru final year of graduation, i. e, from 2025.

further, the educational eligibility criteria for UPSC Exam is as follows : Bachelor's degree ( BA , B.Com , B.Sc , BBA , BCA , B.Tech etc.) with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering from recognised university.

further, to know more about the eligibility criteria in detail, you can foillow the below mentioned link to kjnow more :

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

I hope that this will help.