Hello,

For the IAS exam, you can enroll in any bachelor's course. It would be great if you figured this out and solely pursued your bachelor's in this discipline as you are already clear that you want to choose Botany/Zoology as optional studies. The optional subjects are crucial to the IAS exam. Even if you are uncertain about this, you should choose B.SC (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry). Because you would be able to study both botany and zoology in this, and you could also choose an optional subject at the end.

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Hello aspirant!

If you’re truly passionate about becoming an IAS officer you will surely be able to convince them for the same.

More often than not our parents are concerned because they want us to be secure and giving upsc cse can sometimes be a gamble.

However, so is NDA!

You need to sit them down and explain why you want what you want and that at the end of the day it is your life and you have to live it.

All the best for all your future pursuits!

Feel free to ask more questions and queries.

Hi Nancy,

I do understand your and your parent's concern. I would want you to let them know and make them understand what you have planned for your future and how you would be implementing it in reality. You are the answer to your question and you have to convince your parents regarding the same. Sit with them and explain them thoroughly because it is something related to your future.

I wish for a better future for you.

Hello,

The eligibility criteria in order to appear for UPSC is passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, there is no specific aggregate required in this case, candidates in their final year too are eligible regarding  this, also candidates need to attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year,

when it comes to starting your preparation process for UPSC, firstly get acquainted with the syllabus, take a print out of the same by visiting the official website, and keep it in your study table, go through it on a regular basis, this will enable you to know what to read and what to skip, also make sure to have an integrated way of approach as in recent times there have been instances when the questions in prelims came from the syllabus of the mains,

next, develop the habit of reading newspaper on a daily basis, you can opt for The Hindu, it's the best option, and other than this you can also go for The Indian Express, you can also install the apps regarding this, put  more emphasis on editorial part, it will not only broaden your perspective but help a lot in answer writing, and make sure whatever opinion you form it should be well balanced. You can also make notes of this, it'll be very useful in answer writing.

When it comes to reading books ,start with the basics, that is NCERTs regarding this, which will build your foundation strong ,as you progress, move on to other relevant books as mentioned below;

For Prelims, you can go through the following books:

• History ; NCERT Class XI and XII, India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra, For Indian Culture, refer art and culture by Nitin Singhania
• Geography ;NCERT Class VI to XII, GC Leong's Physical Geography, World Atlas
• Economics ;  NCERT Class XI, Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh
• International Relations & Polity ;NCERT XII Political Science with current affairs, Indian Polity by Laxmikanth
• CSAT ;Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal, M Tyra's Quicker Maths

Coming to Mains Exam, you can refer the following books for four General Studies Paper;

GS I - For History , Class XI NCERT book with India's struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra,India after Independence by Bipan Chandra,History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra. For Geography refer World Geography and Geography of India by Majid Hussain, GC Leong's Physical and Human Geography with NCERT Class XI book.

For GS II - Polity and International Relations , refer Indian Polity by Lamikanth,India's Foreign Policy by Rajiv Sikri

For GS III - For Economics refer Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh, read ARC report along with Economic Survey and Fiscal Budget.

For GS IV - For Ethics refer a book named Lexicon by Niraj Kumar, also you can go through study material of IGNOU.

Also, keep your resources minimal, read one book many a times instead of many a book one time, as you have to retain so much of information so rely on limited yet trustworthy resources and revision is the only key for remembrance.

Writing mains is a huge task, for nine paper it requires immense practice along with knowledge. So, you have to start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, There are many sites which provide questions on daily basis you can avail that. Try to give a holistic viewpoint while answer writing by providing political, economical and social aspect. You can get topper's answer sheet from various sites, try to analyze and study them minutely, you'll get an ideas about what to write, how to express and present viewpoint in organized manner.

Go through previous year question paper which you can access from the official website of UPSC, additionally apply mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites exclusively dedicated to UPSC preparation, it's highly important to evaluate your performance when you practice previous year papers, and apply mock tests or test series in order to evaluate your performance,  get to know your strength/ weakness, this will also help  in improving your speed, and time management skills.

This is a very big conception among the freshers who want to go for the UPSC CSE examination. See there is no such influence of your subject in the preparation of UPSC CSE. Every year a lot of Engineers, Doctors also become IAS officers and they are certainly not from the backgrounds like Economics, GEOGRAPHY etc. As a result, what ever the subject combination you wish, you can study. The eligibility criteria for the UPSC examination is that the student need to be a Graduate in any stream. So you can complete graduation in any stream of your choice and you can become an IAS officer provided, you must be sincere about the preparation of UPSC CSE. The preparation for the UPSC CSE is the main thing which matters the most for the success to become an IAS officer.

For more information regarding UPSC CSE preparation tips consider the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

I hope this helps. Wish you a great day!

Hey,

Both these positions differ and their duties vary up to large extent. So do their powers, responsibilities and training schedule. Depending on the circumstance, IAS and CBI are both the most powerful positions. The most prominent officers in India are known as IAS officers, and they are deserving of all privileges. On the other side, CBI officers are the ones who have the authority to conduct a search warrant at an IAS officer's home, place of business, and other private property. If necessary, the CBI may even suspend an IAS officer. IAS officers in starting are just limited to the district only and as their rank improves, they can go up to secretary level at the central government. CBI comes directly under the central government. See, both have their cons and pros, you should compare their working areas, and responsibilities and then decide which you have to choose. Both are as par good in their own terms.

Hello aspirant,

They get hired basically through the same process and have relevant pieces of training. An administrative officer is tasked to oversee the day-to-day operations of an organization. His general duties are preparing correspondences, answering phone calls, and creating reports whereas IAS is a national-level service. IAS is a state-oriented job that can place you anywhere within the state and an Administrative officer is lower than IAS.

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Hello aspirant!

That’s great! It’s a wonder and inspiring dream and aim which can be achieved with just the right amount of hard work.

It takes rigorous preparation and sleepless nights sometimes. It can be hard, but it is also very very possible.

The UPSC CSE exam is in 3 parts-

Prelims

Mains

Interview

All the best for your future pursuits

Feel free to ask more questions and queries!

Hello,

Yes, if you're aiming for UPSC then you need to complete graduation in any stream from a recognized university, diploma isn't accepted in this regard there is no such restrictions of belonging to specific discipline when it comes to appearing for upsc, however if you complete your graduation in subjects like political science, public  administration, history, geography, economics, sociology etc there is considerable overlap with the syllabus of general studies and optional subjects, see if you're pursuing your degree from a recognized university say IGNOU for example then it's valid for higher studies as well as government jobs. you can definitely pursue higher studies while doing government job, if I further provide you information about IGNOU, it has various regional centres all over India, and under it are study centre where you submit your assignments, appear for term end exam etc, so there is no problem you can choose any degree of your choice, just make sure the specific degree is valid in distance mode and the university is recognized by ugc.You can apply even in the final year of graduation provisionally, and you need to attain 21 years as on 1stAugust of the appearing year.

Hi

To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination

You can choose any subject or course like BA, Btech, Bsc, bcom, Mbbs etc based on your interest for your graduation.

This is because,

To be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject, all you need to be eligible is a  graduation degree in any discipline.

For your reference,

UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

*************  You  must  have  a  bachelor's  degree in any discipline    from a  recognised university  .

*************  Minimum  age  limit :-  you  need to  be at least  21  years  old   to be  eligible as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form

*************  Maximum  age  limit :-  32 years , also there's 3  year  relaxation on upper age limit for  obc and of  5 years  for sc/st category as on 1st August of the year of examination

************* Attempt limit:- The maximum of times one can appear in UPSC is given below category wise :-

• General/ EWS - 6

• OBC or  General PwD - 9

• SC/ ST - No limit ,   can appear till upper age limit .

You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria

But yes ,

If you are completely focused towards upsc then ,

choosing BA can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in BA you will be learning subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it will help you in your upsc examination

Some of the best graduation courses regarding upsc are :-

----------)  BA Public Administration –   Highly relevant,  it has compact syllabus, it has a lot of overlaps with your polity & governance part in your GS II.

----------)  Ba     Sociology – it's   study of society, lots of material are useful  in GS I, Essay, in Ethics paper as well.

----------)   BA     History   – useful for prelims and your GS I.

----------)   BA Geography   -relevant for both prelims and GS

----------)  BA Political Science   – relevant for both prelims and GS II

Some other options are are BA Economics,BA Philosophy etc.

So, take your time and decide.

To help you further, here's a brief of your UPSC examination pattern

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

********prelims exam :- it is objective paper and is of qualifying nature , so you just  need to at least qualify it to be eligible for mains examination, the score /marks obtained by you in your prelims examination is not added up or used in your final merit. Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

-----) general studies  1

-----) general studies II ( csat )

You get 2 hours for each paper

********Mains exam. :- it is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-

-----) compulsory indian language.

-----) english

-----) essay

-----) general studies I

-----) general studies II

-----) general studies III

-----) general studies IV

-----) optional I

-----) optional II

The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.

*********Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.

For detail examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern

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