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I want to tell you that UPSC and IAS are two different things. UPSC also known as Union Public Service Commission is a body which conducts examination for various group A services allocation and one such highest post is IAS. The candidates who are Aspiring to become an IAS officer or want to go into IFS are want to become an IPS officer they give this examination and after qualifying it they become what they want.

The minimum eligibility criteria to give the UPSC examination is you must be a graduate from any recognised University in whatever stream if you are then you are able to give this examination.

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Hi

IAS i. e Indian Administrative Services is a service/post you can get by clearing UPSC civil services examination

Whereas,

UPSC civil services examination is an examination through which different services are provided from which are listed below:-

Indian Administrative Services  i.e IAS

Indian Police Services i.e IPS

Indian Forest Service  i.e IFoS

Indian Revenue Services i.e IRS

Indian Foreign Service i.e IFS

Indian Audit and Accounts Service i.eIAAS

Indian Civil Accounts Service i.e ICAS

Indian Corporate Law Service i.e ICLS

Indian Defence Accounts Service i.e IDAS etc

Coming to,

Who can give UPSC civil service exam ,

All those who are eligible for it can give  it,

the 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

If you are eligible then you need to appear in  UPSC civil services examination which consists of three stages listed below :-

-----------) 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

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

If you managed to sail through all the three stages  then you can become an IAS officer depending on your rank in UPSC, your category etc

For detailed information check out :-

https://school.careers360.com/articles/how-to-become-an-ias-officer

For upsc preparation tips go through :-

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

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