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What steps should be taken after 10th to become an IPS officer


Ayush Kumar jha 18th Jan, 2022
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 18th Jan, 2022

Hi

Here's stepwise explanation how you can become an IPS officer:-

*Complete 10th

-------------------------) Take admission in 11 and then complete 11th and 12th.You can take admission  in any stream i. e science,commerce, arts for 11 and 12th.

------------------------) Take admission in graduation in any discipline like BA, Bsc, Btech etc and complete it.

------------------------) To become an IPS officer you need to qualify UPSC civil services examination.

------------------------) After graduation you become eligible for UPSC civil services examination provided you are at least 21 years old. You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria

------------------------)  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 IPS officer depending on your rank in UPSC, your category etc

For detailed information check out :-

https://www.careers360.com/careers/ips-officer#:~:text=IPS%20officers%20get%20selected%20through,of%20the%20UPSC%20merit%20list.


Thank you

ayushshrivastwa84 18th Jan, 2022

Hello aspirant,

I want to inform you that to become an IPS officer is hard but if you study and work hard then you can be success in the field-:

after 10th class do 12th with both maths and bio that will help you alot then, do BSc from a good college and try to score at least 80% above in both 10th and 12th class and then after BSc prepare for the UPSC civil services exams.

Hopefully i have cleared your doubt.

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