he Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India, including Indian Administrative Service (IAS)

Eligibility criteria :

Mimum Educational Qualifications:-

a) 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 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.

b) Applicants appearing for their final year degree exam are also eligible to apply for IAS 2016.
c) Candidates with professional and technical qualifications recognized by the Government of India as equivalent to professional and technical degrees are eligible to apply.
d) Candidates who have passed final year of MBBS exam but are yet to complete internship can apply for the prelim exam.

Age Limit:- A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years.

Age Relaxation:-

(i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.

(ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.

As you asking for the procedure to apply for the IAS Examination


Application procedure:
01. You can apply for IAS either online or offline.
02. If you are interested in applying offline then you need to download the application form from UPSC official website
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03.IAS Application Form consists of two stages namely a) registration part-I b) registration part-II

04. After the submission of personal details you will be asked to print the SBI bank challan on A4 size paper.
05. The printed pay slip needs to be used for payment of application fee.
06. In offline mode of application, the completed IAS 2015 application form is to be sent to the mentioned address before the last date for form submission.