I will be choosing Political Science for UPSC and want to become an IFS. Is it necessary to have a bachelor's degree for being an IFS?

Hi

UPSC civil services examination is the examination through which one can get into services like IAS, IPS, IFS i. e Indian Foreign Service etc. So, if you want to become an IFS, UPSC civil services examination is your gateway.

Yes, graduation /bachelor's degree is compulsory to be eligible for UPSC civil services examination and yes you can choose political science in your graduation in order to be eligible for UPSC has there is no restriction on the choice of discipline for graduation in order to be eligible .

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.

*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

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

*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

The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

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

So, if you managed to sail through all the three stages  then congratulations you can become an IFS officer depending upon  rank obtained by you in UPSC civil services examination ,your preference of services and your category .

To clear UPSC, you need to prepare well so  you can you start your preparation for UPSC civil services examination following the below tips:-

*To start your preparation  first of all go well through syllabus  , you can check the complete syllabus at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

*Make a routine or a time table and try to religiously follow it , take short breaks in between your studies.

*Read newspaper daily and keep yourself updated with the current affairs

*Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

*Make short notes .

*Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

*Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers .

*Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round

For more tips go through

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

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