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April 14th, 2015, 01:05 PM
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Re: Process required to become Indian Administrative Service Officer

As per your request, I am going to tell you about the procedure to become an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer.

Eligibility Criteria:

Nationality:

A citizen of India, or
A subject of Nepal, or
A subject of Bhutan, or
A Tibetan refugee, or
A person of Indian origin

Education:

Candidate need to pass the gradation degree form recognized university in any discipline, the candidate who are in final year may also eligible to apply.

Age Criteria:

Candidate age should be between 21 years to 30 years. While 3 years age relaxations give OBC categories students and 5 years age relaxations give SC/ST categories students.

Number of Attempts

General Category : 6
OBC : 9
SC/ST : unlimited

Selection Procedure: Selection of the candidate depends on followings:

Civil Services prelim exam
Civil Services mains exam
Interview

Civil Services prelim exam: It contains two papers. Both papers are objective type in nature.

IAS Prelim Exam Syllabus

Syllabus of Paper I -(200 marks) Duration : Two hours
Current events of national and international importance.
History of India and Indian National Movement.
Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization
General Science
Syllabus for Paper II-(200 marks) Duration: Two hours
Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).
Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
The questions will be of multiple choices, objective type.

Civil Services Mains Paper

For this exam students need to write the 9 paper, from the 9 papers students can choose their 5 papers.

Following are the options papers of the Civil Services Mains exam.

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Literature of any one of the following languages:


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