I completed my studies and planning to apply for the UPSC IAS Exam searching for some details related to this exam. Will you provide me Minimum age to appear for UPSC IAS Exam along with last age to give exam also tell what the education required to apply for exams?

UPSC IAS Exam has three stages. These are: IAS Prelims, IAS Mains & Interview Stage.

It is necessary for a candidate to successfully clear all three stages to become an IAS Officer

Minimum age to appear for UPSC IAS Exam

The minimum age to appear for IAS Exam is 21 years. This means that the candidate must have at-least 21 years of age on 1st August of that given year when the exam is held.

Upper age-limit to appear for UPSC IAS Exam

Upper age limit for General category: 32 years.
Upper age limit for OBC: 35 years.
Upper age limit for SC/ST: 37 Years.
Upper age limit for Citizens of Jammu and Kashmir: 37 years.
Upper age limit for Defense Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof: 35 years.
Upper age limit for Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service: 37 years.
Upper age limit for blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons (general category): 42 years.

Apart from the mentioned limits, OBC/ SC/ ST candidates will get the benefit of cumulative age relaxation. This means age relaxations gets added in special cases, say, for example, if the person is OBC + Ex-service men, he will get an extension of 5 + 7 = 12 years, ie his upper age limit now stands at 42 years.

IAS Exam Eligibility

Any degree (graduation).
From:

any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India.
or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament.
or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
or possess an equivalent qualification.
Note: Final year students can also apply.