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August 13th, 2014, 04:17 PM
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IAS Exam Age Limit
What are the Indian Administrative Service exam age limit criteria, will you please provide here??? IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service. The exam is Civil Service Exams & conducted by Union Public Service Commission once in a year. The IAS exam eligibility criteria are here: Age limit The age-limit for a general candidate has been increased to 32 years from the existing 30. For an SC/ST candidate, the number of attempts is unlimited and the age limit has been raised to 35 years. Qualification: The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions. Number of Attempts Every candidate appearing at the examination shall be permitted Six attempts at the examination. This restriction on the number of attempts will not apply in the case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates who are otherwise eligible. The number of attempts permissible to candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes, who are otherwise eligible shall be 9. A physically handicapped will get as many attempts as are available to other non-physically handicapped candidates of his or her community, subject to the condition that a physically handicapped candidate belonging to the General Category shall be eligible for 9 attempts. The relaxation will be available to the physically handicapped candidates who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates. Physical Standards The Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Civil Services Examination. Last edited by Neelurk; June 25th, 2020 at 10:43 AM. |
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