Hello student UG stands for Undergraduate and PG stand for post graduate, they course you pursue afterwards class 12 is your Undergraduate course (UG). And the course you purchase after your bachelor degree is post graduate course  (PG).

To appear in UPSC CSE you need not to hold a PG degree as eligibility criteria says that candidates must passed or appearing graduation in any discipline of minimum 3year duration from a recognized university.

Feel free to comment if you've any doubt

Good luck

Hi

UG means undergraduate program PG means post graduate programme

UG is basically your bachelor's course like BCom ,BSc ,BTech ,MBBS etc that one can pursue after the completion of your 10 + 2
While
PG is your masters course that one can pursue after bachelors degree ,the example of PG courses include M.SC , M. com ,M tech ,MA etc

Coming to whether doing UG and PG will be helpful for UPSC or Not

Doing PG i. e Masters course after your bachelor's degree is completely up on  you if you want to appear in UPSC civil services examination but you must do UG course i. e bachelor's degree  if you want to appear in UPSC civil services examination

This is because,
To be eligible for UPSC examination , it is mandatory to have a bachelor's degree

You can check UPSC eligibility  criteria 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

*The first stage of the exam is Preliminary examination (objective )
*The second stage, Mains (written).
*If you manage to clear mains then you are to go through third stage i.e interview/personality test .

To help you further, preparation tips for UPSC is provided below:-

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

If you have any other doubt then feel free to ask them :) we are always here to help you out and guide you

Thank you