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January 24th, 2018, 11:34 AM
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UPSC Eligibility For IAS
I want to apply for UPSC Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Exam so can you tell me the eligibility criteria to apply for exam?
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January 24th, 2018, 11:35 AM
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Re: UPSC Eligibility For IAS
The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Exam is a Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission UPSC for the recruitment of officers for the All India Administrative civil service. IAS Exam Eligibility Criteria Bachelor's Degree from any of the recognised universities Candidates who have appeared for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results or those who are yet to appear for the qualifying examination are also eligible for the Preliminary Examination. Such candidates have to produce proof of passing the said examination along with the application for the Main Examination. Candidates with professional and technical qualifications recognised by the Government or its equivalent are also elgible to apply Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination. Age Limit : A candidate should be minimum 21 years and maximum 32 years The upper age limit prescribed above is relaxable for the following candidates: 5 years - Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 3 years - Other Backward Classes (OBC) 5 years - if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st December, 1989. 3 years - Defence Services personnel 5 years - ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service as on 1st August, 2017 5 years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs 10 years - Blind, deaf-mute and orthopedically handicapped persons Nationality: Candidate must be a citizen of India. Candidate must be a citizen of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan Candidate must be a Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 to be settled permanently in India Candidate must be person of Indian Origin who has migrated from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaire, or Zambia with an intention of permanently settling in India IAS Exam Pattern IAS Prelims Exam Pattern The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 400 marks. The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi General Studies Paper – I 200 Marks General Studies Paper – II 200 Marks Mains- Paper Subject Marks Paper A (One of the Indian languages listed below, to be selected by the candidate (from the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India) (Qualifying) 300 Paper B English (Qualifying) 300 Paper I Essay 250 Paper II General Studies I (Indian heritage and culture, history and geography of the world and society) 250 Paper III General Studies II (Governance, constitution, polity, social justice, and international relations) 250 Paper-IV General Studies III (Technology, economic development, biodiversity, environment, security and disaster management) 250 Paper V General Studies-IV(ethics, integrity, and aptitude) 250 Papers VI, VII Two papers on subjects to be selected by the candidate from the list of optional subjects below (250 marks for each paper) 500 TOTAL(WRITTEN TEST) 1750 |