Hi

No, you are not eligible for UPSC 2024 with your date of birth on 23rd August 2003.

This is because,

You need to be at least 21 years old to be eligible as on 1st August 2024 for UPSC 2024 but you fail to fulfil this as you will 21 years old on 23rd August 2024 with your date birth i. e after 1st August 2024 and thus not eligible for UPSC 2024.


You will become eligible in 2025 i. e for UPSC 2025


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

To help you further,

UPSC Examination pattern is given below:-

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

Hello Aspirant,

Yes definitely it would be valid for UPSC services, this is because UPSC demands at least a Bachelor's degree to be eligible to serve for UPSC services and as you are pursuing B.Tech so it is a Bachelor's program although you have taken admission to direct second year through Lateral entry as you did diploma before that so it is alright. Now you have to complete your Bachelor's degree and in your final year of your B.Tech you can appear for UPSC exam if other eligibility criterion would be satisfied by you.

Since you have not mentioned for which exam you would appear for UPSC services so it would be little bit difficult to guide you with an accurate eligibility criteria because UPSC conducts various exams like ESE, IAS, IFS and so on and different exams have different eligibility criteria so you can check out all the eligibility criterion from the official site of UPSC as given below :-

https://www.upsc.gov.in/

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello candidate,

Here is a list of the most important NCERT books which you can look for while looking for UPSC Preparation-

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 X – India and the Contemporary World – II

Here are some of the other best books which you can help-

Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations

Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

Oxford School Atlas by Oxford Publishers

Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Goh Cheng Leong

Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

Hope you found it helpful!!

Hey Sashi!

There is no such undergraduation course made especially for UPSC CSE exam.

You can choose any course according to your convenience and still crack UPSC CSE.

But there are few subjects like History, Economics, Political Science, Geography, Public Administration etc. that will surely help you in your preliminary and general studies paper and also in your work life.

You can choose any institute for your graduation.It would be better if you choose any institute that is best providing the course that you want to study.

Student often prefer choosing BA hons. beacause this help them to cover some general studies paper syllabus.

Make a habit of reading any newspaper.My preference would be The Hindu or The Times of India.


I hope this answer helps you!

Feel free to ask if you have any more queries.

All the best for preparation.

Hi

It's good that you are starting your preparation for UPSC early in your graduation itself, and don't worry there are many who prepare themselves as clear upsc as well and you can do the same, just be honest and dedicated towards your preparation.

Follow the below tips to prepare well for your UPSC  examination :-

To start your preparation  first of all go well through syllabus  , you can check the complete syllabus at

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

Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)

*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)

*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum

*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII

*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)

*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)

*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong

World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI

*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma

*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)

*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)

*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

To get the complete list of books go through

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

*Make a routine or a time table and try to religiously follow it , take short breaks in between your studies.

*Read newspaper daily and keep yourself updated with the current affairs

* take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain otherwise you won't be able to retain whatever you read.

*Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

*Make short notes for each subject, it  will help you in your revisions a lot as syllabus is wide

*Set daily goals like I have to cover these many topics today, weekly goals like I have to  cover these chapters this week and practice their questions too, by the end of this week and similarly set monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.

*Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

* Your mains examination is in written, so you need to work your speed and also work on improving how to present the knowledge you have on paper, so answer writing practicing should be also your priority

*Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers ;- You should solve these , it will give you idea of types of questions asked and their difficulty level and will help you a lot.

*Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round

For more tips go through

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

If you have any other doubt then feel free to ask them :) we are always here to help you out and guide you

Thankyou

Hello there

To appear in UPSC candidates should be 21 years - 32 years old .

Candidates should hold a graduation degree in any stream.

Candidates belonging to General/EWS category can give 6 attempts.

Candidates belonging to OBC/General (PWD) category can go for 9 attempts.

SC/ST Candidates have no limit,  they can apply till upper age limit .

HOW TO APPLY FOR IAS EXAM?

CANDIDATES NEED TO VISIT THR OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF UPSC upsconline.nic.in (http://upsconline.nic.in) .

After that click on the exam notification tab and go for apply online link .

Then click on the link which says Civil Services  Part I registration.

Before filling the application form read the instructions carefully.

If you don't belong to FEMALE/SC/ST/PWDB category then you will have to pay INR 100 as IAS exam Application form Fee.

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-civil-services-exam

Dear student,

Yes, you will be eligible for UPSC exam in 2025.

The minimum age a student should have for UPSC exam is 21 years old and the age of candidate should be less than 32 years for general category students, whereas there are some relaxation in age limits for reservation availing candidates.

As you have mentioned that your date of birth is 4 May 2004, so by the end April month of 2025, your age will be 21 years old and hence you are eligible to sit for the exam because age is considered keeping 1 August of the year of examination as a measuring point, so by August you will be 21+ in age.

I hope this answer helps you.

To know more about UPSC, syllabus and its eligibility criteria, you can go through the link below.

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-civil-services-exam

All the very best!!

Hello,

No, you cannot appear in fourth year of BA-LLB, the reason being BA-LLB is for a duration of five years, as per the eligibility criteria laid out by UPSC, candidates need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized university , there is no specific aggregate required in this case, candidates can also appear in the final year of graduation on provisional basis, hence you can appear in the final year of BA-LLB that is fifth year, but you have to make sure that you are able to show the proof of the qualifying examination within the stipulated time period as mentioned by concerned authority regarding this. UPSC exam is conducted in three phases mainly preliminary, mains and interview.

Hi,

It is good that you are clear with your aim. But, it is too early now to start the UPSC CSE preparation. At this time, you can make your fundamentals strong. As UPSC generally involves humanities background, you can make your basics strong by opting for humanities background in class 11. However, it is not mandatory as such because there are many other students who clear this exam from non-humanities background. So, you can start your preparation once who are in your college.

If you are asking for the UG course which can be best for UPSC then I would say that there are no such so called course which is purely helpful for your UPSC exam. No UG course can help you that way. You have to prepare separately for the UPSC exam in order to crack it. Thus i would say choose any subject which you are interested in because if you are interested in the subject then you will feel less burden about your study and you can focus more on your UPSC preparation. Apart from this I would recommend yoh to go for general courses more than Honors courses as for hons course you have to invest more time in your UG course. But if you choose General course then you will have relatively less time investment in that course.

Now if you want to know a subject which can help you in your work life then here are some subjects:

• Public Administration
• Economics
• Legal Studies
• Criminology

But believe me every year a lot of aspirants becomes IAS without any prior knowledge of any of these except there GS studies and not in there UG course. So your selection doesnt depend on your UG course but on your preparation of exam itself. Also you will get enough trained as you join any service so dont worry about which will help you in your work life.

To know more about this visit the link below:

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

I hope answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!