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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 3rd Jun, 2021

Hi

Here's stepwise explanation how you can become an IAS officer:-

*Complete 10th

*Take admission in 11 and then complete 12th.You can take admission  in any stream i. e science,commerce, arts for 11 and 12th.

*Take admission in graduation in any discipline like BA, Bsc, Btech etc and complete it.

*After graduation you become eligible for UPSC civil services examination provided you are at least 21 years old

* Appear in UPSC civil services examination which consists of three stages listed below :-

*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


*Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.


For detailed information check out :-

https://school.careers360.com/articles/how-to-become-an-ias-officer


So, if you managed to sail through all the three stages  then you can become an IAS officer.


Thank you

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