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April 17th, 2017, 11:14 AM
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Re: IAS How Many Years

Indian Administrative Service is one of the prestigious services among the 24 services like IPS, IFS etc for the UPSC conduct Civil Services Examination (CSE) for selecting the candidates.

The UPSC CSE consists of 3 stages – Prelims, Mains, and Interview.

For IAS exam candidates needed 4 month preparation is enough. If you know the scheme of UPSC exam, the subjects and sub-areas of importance, the whole Prelims syllabus can be covered really fast.

First of all, you don’t need to study everything under the Sun, unlike the propaganda of many IAS coaching institutes. In fact, you can clear IAS without attending any coaching institutes by self-study.

UPSC has mentioned a syllabus and you just need to do focused study.

If you are confident enough in paper 2 (CSAT), prelims specific preparation can be done in last 1-2 months itself.

There are two papers: General Studies Paper 1 and General Studies Paper 2.

There are 7 sub-sections (subjects) in Paper 1 which include the likes of History, Geography, Polity etc.

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.

Eligibility Criteria

The educational qualification needed to appear in UPSC CSE is a degree (graduation) in any subject. Final year students can also apply.

Number of attempts permitted:
Number of attempts permissible for a general category candidate in UPSC CSE is 6. For OBC candidates the number of attempts permitted it 9. SC/ST category candidates will have unlimited attempts till they attain the upper age limit to appear for UPSC CSE.
Age Limits:

The minimum age to appear for UPSC Civil Services Exam is 21 years.
Upper age limit for General category is 32 years, for OBC it is 35 years while for SC/ST it is 37 years.


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