Kajal, with UPSC being one of the top notch recruitment exams in India, no doubt everyone's interest lies in UPSC. But to  be eligible for UPSC, you need to complete your Graduation and so first set that as a goal. And with IT as your specialisation, it is absolutely fine to prepare for UPSC. The beauty of UPSC is it doesn't define a particular stream as its elgibility criteria. A graduate in any stream can appear for UPSC. Now your IT will come handy in Mains which is the 2nd level of exam. To give you a glimpse,

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.

General Studies has Current Events, History of India and Indian National Movement, Indian and World Geography, Indian Polity and Governance, Economic and Social Development, Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change and General Science.

CSAT has Comprehension, Interpersonal skills including communication skills, Logical Reasoning and Analytical ability, Decision making and problem solving, General Mental Ability, Basic numeracy and Data Interpretation.

So your IT knowledge can come handy to select an Optional subject. So do not worry abou that.

You will need atleast to start preparing ahead of 1- 2 years. If you are preparing at home, you need to keep yourself away from distractions and focus on the goal ahead. Gather as much as information as you can on each topic and keep yourself updated. Practise mock test papers.

Indian Polity for Civil Services bby M. Laxmikanth

Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania

Certificate Physical and Human Geography by Gog Cheng Leong

Oxford School Atlas by Oxford Publishers

Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

Economic Survey by Ministry of Finance

India Year Book

A Brief History of Modern India by Rajiv Ahir

Hello,

There are two ways to decide your career path regarding your query, if you're completely focused towards only cracking Civil Service Exams, then choosing humanities stream will give an edge undoubtedly, as UPSC is more humanities oriented, so you may choose to pursue graduation in political science, public administration, law, economics, geography, history etc. Another thing is to have a back up plan regarding this, you have to remember that right now you're only in class 10th, so there's lot to explore for you in terms of your skillsets, aptitude, interest areas, if you have any preference for other streams such as engineering or medical, then it even after pursuing these fields you can appear for UPSC, for example many engineering/medical or for that matter any other working professional they gain few experiences in their respective field and then apply for UPSC, and let me tell you one thing very honestly, the success of UPSC is dependent entirely on the dedication, planning, preparation of the candidates, yes we may argue humanities candidates are well acquainted with the subjects unlike in case of say science or other field students, but then they do the work from the scratch, and if you have single-minded focus, determination and perseverance, you'll sail through this no matter what stream you belong, what subject combinations you've at 10+2 or graduation level, so think through this all and then take a decision with clear mindset.

Hello aspirant,

It does not matter that if you are a average or an excellent student, it depends on you how much you focus on your goals. Now if we talk about the courses both options are good to do. But if you don't like mathematics then I think you should not opt for betch cs. Because mathematics matters a lot when you enter in any engineering degree. I think BBA LLB is a very good option because LLB and upsc include same type of knowledge that will help you to crack the exams and interview.

I hope this information will help you.

Please feel free to ask

All the best

Hello,

Maths is there only in the prelims exam, and that also part of qualifying paper CSAT for which syllabus consists of basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. So, CSAT paper is a mix of Reasoning, Maths, and RCs, maths here is of basic level only which we all have studied, you can use NCERTs books for your conceptual understanding, some of the other best options are M Tyra Quicker Maths, RK Agarwal's Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exam, Arihant Objective Mathematics. Prelims is all about speed coupled with knowledge, hence in this section what matters the most is practice, practice and practice, many of the aspirants who have great conceptual understanding don't go for such detailed study, what they usually do is apply many mock papers before the exam, but this case may not work for someone whose foundation isn't strong, so you have to see what works for you, other than prelims CSAT paper, maths doesn't have much importance in UPSC as it's more humanities oriented unless you take it as an optional subject.

Hey aspirant

If you wish to give CLAT then you can take BA/LLB or BBA/LLB then after graduation you can appear for upsc . UPSC basic criteria includes graduation  degree in any discipline from any recognized University. Candidate must be more than 21 years of age and the upper age limit is 32 years for general candidates. Therefore as per your interest you can do graduation in law and then give upsc after completing your graduation.

Thankyou

Hello,

First of all, in order to appear for UPSC, you need to be 21 years old and should have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, you can also apply in the final year and there's no specific aggregate required for this. Now, coming to your questions, even through UPSCA is more humanities oriented and people from these backgrounds have an added advantage of being acquainted with the syllabus unlike in case of students belonging to other streams such as science or commerce, but this in no way act as a deterrent for instance if we see previous year trends of toppers people from diverse backgrounds succeed in this exam, including engineering and doctors, as this is no surprises because they have put in equal efforts, hence if you have any other aspirations, you can go ahead with that also, many people also gain work experiences in their respective fields before attempting for UPSC, also  it's good to have a back up plan,
if you fully focused and committed towards only cracking UPSC, you can go for graduation in art disciplines such as political science, public administration,  geography, economics, history etc.

You can check out official websites of both the exams and exam conducting authority. Where you can check which posts are recruited by which authority.

i am sharing the sites of both the authorities

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

https://ssc.nic.in/

ALL THE BEST

Hello,

In order to appear for UPSC, candidates need to attain 21 years and passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, one can apply even in the final year, there's no specific aggregate required in this case. When it comes to coaching centre, the question of a good coaching centre varies among states,so in order to provide you detailed information, you need to mention your city, anyway overall in India some of the best coaching centre are Vajiram and Ravi(Delhi), Vision IAS, Shankar IAS Academy(Chennai), Khan Study Group, Chanakya IAS Academy to name a few.


UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three stages: Preliminary,Mains,Interview.

To give you a brief about the exam;

Preliminary consists of 200 Marks for each paper, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category, its numbers are not added in the list.It mainly consists of GS Paper-I with the following topic such as History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty,inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc,Indian polity and governance-constitution,political system,Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Science,General Issues on environmental ecology,biodiversity and climate change. you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.

And there's qualifying paper CSAT for which you need to score 33%, that is 66 Mark's out of 20which includes topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. Both consists of 200 marks, MCQs based. Prelims is mcq based, but still it requires knowledge coupled with speed in order to ace it, it's numbers are not added in the final list,


Coming to Mains it's more of a subjective type, one needs to write answer for Four General Studies Paper such as

GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society,
GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,
GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management,
GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude
Two Optionals
One Essay,
Two Language Paper

So, overall there are nine papers , each pape is of 250 marks, total is 1750 marks followed by Personality Test of 275 marks.

The vital step towards preparation is to be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus , learn it by heart, that's the most crucial step to crack this exam, to know what to read and what to skip.

Have an integrated approach towards preparation because nowadays what's happening is even in prelims, UPSC frame questions based on Mains syllabus,

Set targets on a daily,weekly and monthly basis to complete this extensive syllabus.

Newspaper Readind is equally important, start with The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part. Put a more emphasis on editorial part, it will not only broaden your perspective but help a lot in answer writing,and make sure whatever opinion you form it should be well balanced. You can also make notes of this,it'll be very useful in answer writing.

Start with basics always when it comes to reading book, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this. This will build your foundation strong,as you progress, move on to other relevant books as mentioned below;

For Prelims, refer the following books:

History ;

NCERT Class XI and XII
India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
For Indian Culture, refer art and culture by Nitin Singhania

Geography ;

NCERT Class VI to XII
GC Leong's Physical Geography
World Atlas

Economics ;

NCERT Class XI
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

International Relations & Polity ;

NCERT XII Political Science with current affairs
Indian Polity by Laxmikanth

CSAT ;

Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
M Tyra's Quicker Maths

Coming to Mains Exam, you can refer the following books for four General Studies Paper;

GS I - For History , Class XI NCERT book with India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra,India after Independence by Bipan Chandra,History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra

For Geography refer World Geography and Geography of India by Majid Hussain, GC Leong's Physical and Human Geography with NCERT Class XI book.

For GS II - Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri

For GS III - For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget.

For GS IV - For Ethics refer a book named Lexicon by Niraj Kumar, also you can go through study material of IGNOU.

Remember to keep resources minimal always, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time, revision is the key here.

Start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, Writing mains is a huge task, for nine paper it requires immense practice along with knowledge. There are many sites which provide questions on daily basis you can avail that. Try to give a holistic viewpoint while answer writing by providing political,economical and social aspect. You can also go through toppers answer sheet available in various UPSC exam sites.

Go through previous year question paper available on the official website of UPSC,in addition mock papers, and test series which are easily available from any of the sites exclusively dedicated to UPSC, you must practice these and evaluate your performance.

Hello,

The syllabus of UPSC is very vast, so in order to prepare for this exam, you need to be thorough with it, this is extremely important, along with this there are few important things to do such as make your foundation strong by going through NCERTs book first and then move towards standard books and keep resources minimal, revise time and again. You have to go through previous year question in order to understand the type of questions that are asked, and definitely the importance of reading newspaper on a daily basis cannot be rule out ever.

In recent years, UPSC has also framed prelims questions based on Mains Syllabus,so having an integrated approach is important from the start. Whatever questions UPSC frame is in some way or the other related to its syllabus, hence the importance of learning it by heart. Also, in two years of your preparation, you'll read so much, that you'll eventually develop conceptual understanding of the subjects which matters in UPSC, and you'll end up writing something in your answer sheet in mains for questions that may seem unknown,UPSC doesn't expect anyone to be an expert at anything, this itself explains the reason why so many people who haven't done very well in school or college,made it to the final list.