I have just finished giving my 12th boards. I want to prepare for IAS with graduation. Is doing LLB after 12th a good choice?

Hi Shivam,

The choice of subjects after 12th is completely your own choice and interest. If you feel that law is what interests you and you can make a good career out of it, then why not.

Secondly, you should be 21 to 32 years of age on August 1 of the recruitment year. Reserved category candidates will get relaxation in age limit, from 3 to 10 years, as per the category to which they belong. If you have decided that you would want to pursue law only, then yes, you are eligible for appearing in UPSC Civil Services Exam (IAS). Candidates who have passed graduation in any discipline/stream or those who are appearing in the final year of their graduation are eligible for taking the test for IAS. Thus, go ahead and complete your graduation first.

Greetings,

Shivam I would suggest being a law student myself and pursuing the same aspiration as yours that it is a very good choice because most at first most of the questions/syllabus of IAS preparation covers BA + LLB subjects so it would be easy for you to prepare for it while completing you graduation itself.

You do not need to go out of your way and struggle to prepare for it specially . You can easily do it / prepare for it during your college and in the last year of your completion of graduation degree , you can apply for the exam and can easily (compared to other courses where you first need to focus on graduation subjects then prepare for IAS syllabus , even if you take BA it will help you a little because all the law related topics would be excluded from preparation)   get through it.

Secondly, we can all agree to the fact that cracking IAS is very tough and it might take us  years to fulfill this dream of ours , in this situation a degree in law which is a professional degree will always help you work ,earn and not to lose hope.

I hope this might have cleared out your doubts, for further queries or doubts do drop a comment or post another question and I will surely help you out .