Dear Aspirant,

Basic eligibility to become an IAS officer is to be a graduate in any field. Candidates must have completed 21 years to apply.

For becoming an IAS officer, you will have to clear the UPSC Examination.

Exam stages -

• Preliminary - Objective pen and paper-based exam
• Mains -

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You can choose any of science ,commerce or arts stream based on your interest after your 10th for your 10 +2 and then for graduation.

This is because,

to be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject, all you need

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To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination.

Now,

To be eligible for UPSC examination you need to be a graduate , there's no need to be a graduate in a particular discipline,  all you need to be is a graduate in any discipline

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You can choose any subject or course  of your choice based on your interest for your graduation as to be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject, all you need to be eligible is that you should be a graduate

UPSC is a 3 stage   selection process involving Prelims, Mains and Interview which tests your personality test. Prelims has 2 Papers namely General Studies and CSAT.

Every year, lakhs of people apply for UPSC exam while more than 90% of them fail to qualify. So it is a myth that

Hello Dear Student,

After completing your Graduation with minimum 50% aggregate marks (for general), you will be eligible for appearing in UPSC CSE (Civil Services Examination). In UPSC CSE Exam if you will Secure Top Rank (after clearing all the stages of examination I.e Prelims, Mains and Interview) then you

well yes you can consider reading byju's IAS books as they have very good quality content apart from that you can also have to read NCERT which is very important for the upsc examination point of view like-

1. Ancient india by RS sharma (NCERT)

2. Fundamentals of human geography

After your Inter and Secondary (10th and 12th), you need to pursue Graduation in any stream be it Commerce, Arts or Science based courses followed by UPSC CSE Preparation. UPSC CSE is the exam or perhaps the first barrier to being an IAS.  For more information do follow the link

Hi Dear,

It is recommended to go through following NCERT books to crack IAS exam:

• NCERT Class VI – Our Past
• NCERT Class VII – Our Past -I
• NCERT Class VIII – Our Past II and III
• NCERT Class IX – India and the Contemporary World – I
• NCERT Class