Hi

Yes, you can definitely prepare for civil services examination without writing Neet. You need to write neet only if you want to get admission in following courses.

• MBBS

• BDS

• Ayush courses( Ayurveda i. e BAMS , Unani i.e B. U. M. S, Siddha i. e BSMS, and Homeopathy i.e BHMS ) and

• veterinary i. e BVSc.

Coming to civil services,

To appear in civil services examination you just need to be a graduate in any discipline like Ba/Bsc or any other bachelor's degree from a recognised University and so you can prepare for it without NEET.

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

Thank you