Hi,

Usually a 1-2 years sincere study is required to clear the IAS exam.

One can start the preparation for the IAS exam at any time he want.

However you can give the IAS exam only when you met all the eligibility criteria for appearing the IAS exam. The educational eligibility to appear for IAS exam is graduation.

The age eligibility for general category candidate is maximum 32 years.

So you can also start preparing for civil services exam with your graduation studies.

Hope it helps.

Hello,

The eligibility criteria for UPSC Civil Service Exam is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized University, there is no minimum aggregate required, you need to attain 21 years and can apply even in the final year, now coming to your question this exam has such an extensive syllabus, that if you're wholeheartedly focused on cracking this exam only, it's best you start from your graduation days ,from the first year of college you can start in gradual manner such as reading newspapers which is very important for this exam at every phase, getting acquainted with the syllabus is of primary importance, this will help you to know what to read and skip, starting with NCERTs as these will build your foundation strong, these are few of the basic steps, and then later on shifting to standard books   going through previous year paper available at the official website of UPSC,later on practicing answer writing etc.

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