Hi

To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination

Now,

You can choose any subject or course  of your choice based on your interest for your graduation after your 12th PCB for UPSC

This is because,

To be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject, all you need to be eligible is a  graduation degree in any discipline.

For your 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

*************  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 as on 1st August of the year of examination

************* Attempt limit:- The maximum of times one can appear in UPSC is given below category wise :-

• General/ EWS - 6

• OBC or  General PwD - 9

• SC/ ST - No limit ,   can appear till upper age limit .

You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria

So  you are free choose any discipline of your interest after your 12th PCB for graduation like mbbs, bds,bsc etc, the additional benefit of courses like mbbs is that you will have have a plan B i. e a good back up  if you fail to clear UPSC in the worst case .

And yes,

Some of doctors/mbbs graduates who took UPSC and become an IAS are listed below

------------) Dr. Shena Aggarwal :– AIR 1 in the year 2011.

------------) Dr. Arpit Jain :– AIR 194 in the year 2013.

------------) Dr. Roman Saini :– AIR 18 in the year 2013.

------------) Dr. R. Vaithinathan : – AIR 37 in the year  2015.

------------) Dr. Vineeth Sukumaran Pillai :– AIR 56 in the year 2012.

But yes ,

When it comes to upsc preparation and if you are totally focused towards it  then ,

choosing BA can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in BA you will be learning subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it will help you in your upsc examination

Some of the best graduation courses regarding upsc are :-

----------)  BA Public Administration –   Highly relevant,  it has compact syllabus, it has a lot of overlaps with your polity & governance part in your GS II.

----------)  Ba     Sociology – it's   study of society, lots of material are useful  in GS I, Essay, in Ethics paper as well.

----------)   BA     History   – useful for prelims and your GS I.

----------)   BA Geography   -relevant for both prelims and GS

----------)  BA Political Science   – relevant for both prelims and GS II

Some other options are are BA Economics,BA Philosophy etc.

So, take your time and decide.

To help you further ,

here's a brief of your UPSC exam pattern :-

UPSC civil services examination has 3 stages listed below :-

• prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is of qualifying nature , there are 2 papers in prelims

• Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers in Mains examination

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

To know exam pattern in detail visit :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc

Thank you