Do college degree result affects an individual in the appointment for the civil service(both State and central) ?

Hi there.

First things first, for becoming an IAS officer one has to write the UPSC examinations that occur in three stages: Preliminary, Mains and Personal Interview.

The Preliminary exams is just for the sake of qualifying to Mains. Your preliminary exam's score won't be considered in the final score. The final score consists of Mains and Personal Interview. Preliminary is an MCQ based exam whereas Mains exam is a full-fledged written exam with an optional subject.

One needs to have a graduation degree in any discipline from any recognized University to be eligible to write the UPSC examinations. Hence, your college degree result won't matter. Even if you write supplementary exams during graduation it won't matter at all. All you need is a graduation degree, that's it!

It is advisable to start your preparation from the very first year of graduation. Start with the basic NCERT books of Class VI-XII of History, Geography, Economics, and Science.

Slowly, build momentum and start with Indian Polity book by Lakshmikant. For a proper and full booklist head to Mrunal's blog or Unacademy's website (Roman Saini's lessons).

Develop a habit of reading The Hindu daily to be updated with current affairs. Read the Yojana Magazine regularly.

For more information on UPSC exams like the syllabus and as such kindly refer to the following link:

Https://competition.careers360.com/exams/civil-services-examination

Wishing you luck!

Hi,

No, your college degree marks/percentage will not be counted or considered anywhere. It's just used for checking and verifying your qualification and qualifying degree. Moreover, there is no minimum marks/percentage criteria for appearing in UPSC Civil Services Exam. You just need to have passed graduation from any stream. Candidates who are appearing in the final year of their graduation but are also applying for the Civil Services Exam in the same year, can fill the application form, however, they need to produce the proof of their passing the graduation by the time of filling the Detailed Application Form (or by August 1 of that year).

Selection of candidates is purely done on the basis of their performance in the merit in Mains and the Interview, taken together.