Hello,

There is no such barrier of belonging to any specific stream when it comes to meeting the eligibility criteria of UPSC, if you pursue your career in the field of medicine, engineering, commerce you're as eligible as any other arts graduate, toppers in this exam come from diverse backgrounds, nevertheless if your aspiration is only to qualify UPSC, then having humanities backgrounds help a lot, as you're already acquainted with the subjects from 10+2 level, hence you can pursue graduation in subjects like political science, public administration, geography, economics, history, or even law is good option as it will also make you have a back-up plan in case you want to have, so in brief you can pursue graduation in any field as I said it's not compulsory to belong to specific stream, and why I say this, the reason being if you look at the toppers from the previous year they come from as diverse backgrounds as that of medicine, engineering, commerce etc, so this further states that for every aspirant the diligence, dedication, single-minded focus, and perseverance to qualify UPSC remains the same.

Hello,

UPSC Exam is conducted in three stages mainly such as

Prelims Preliminary is the first stage, it is is MCQs based exam, it has two papers and each one consists of 200 marks,its numbers ain't added to final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.

GS Paper-I is the first paper which consists of  topics such as History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty,inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc,Indian polity and governance-constitution,political system,Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Science,General Issues on environmental ecology,biodiversity and climate change. in this first paper of prelims you just need to score the required cut offs against your category, its numbers are not added to the final list.

Second Paper is CSAT which includes  topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. This paper is qualifying by nature,you need to score merely 33% which means 66 marks out of 200.

Mains is a second stage and it's subjective paper which include Four General Studies Paper such as

GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society,
GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations,
GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management,
GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude

In addition to above there are two optionals,one essay, two language paper, so there are a total of  nine papers in Mains, and each paper is of 250 marks, total adds up to 1750 marks.

Interview is the last stage which consists of of 275 marks.

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Hello,


You can avail of study leaves for not more than 12 months at a time but you can take learn to prepare for government exams.You can take leave to pursue any future degree inside and outside India that may benefit the work you are doing and that too only after serving 7 hours minimum. Now, you need to understand that you can prepare for UPSC along with job too. Since its a government job you wouldn't have much of work burden and so you can manage time to prepare accordingly.There are many toppers every year who crack it along with exam.

I hope this helps.

Hi Aspirant,

I assume you are talking about whether the preparations books of UPSC changes every year. Well to answer that I would say that they make slight changes just in printing as per the newer printings of those textbooks. But the syllabus remains same. The UPSC Syllabus may not be changed. More number of Students are preparing for the UPSC Prelims & Mains according to old UPSC Syllabus. If UPSC wants to change the Syllabus , whether it may be in Prelims or Mains, UPSC Should give a Notification according to new changes.

General Knowledge and General Studies information obviously changes everyday. For this, we don’t have a particular syllabus.

Also following are the books to refer for international relations

1)NCERT 12th (Contemporary World Politics)

2)International relations - interests & challenges for Civil Services Exams by deepanshu Singh

Also you can refer to current Affairs through newspapers or digital media.

For more informations on books for UPSC, refer the link below

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

Hope this helps.

Good luck!!!

The minimum age criteria for UPSC Prelims and Mains is 21 years. As you turn 21 years before August,2024 you will be eligible for UPSC CSE 2024.

To know more about UPSC exam you may visit the link provided below:

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria#:~:text=As%20per%20UPSC%20IAS%20exam,must%20hold%20a%20graduation%20degree.

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!

Hi aspirant,

According to the UPSC eligibility criteria,

• the candidate must be between 21 to 32 years of age.
• the candidate should hold an undergraduate degree from a recognized university. The minimum qualification must be an under graduate degree
• The UG degree could be in any field.
• For UG, you need 10 +2 qualifications

As it requires 10 + 2 higher secondary education, it is not possible for diploma holders to appear for UPSC

hope that helps.

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Hi

I am extremely sorry to tell you dear but with just qualification of diploma you are not eligible for UPSC civil services examination

This is because,

To be eligible for UPSC civil services examination it is mandatory to be a graduate i. e have a bachelor's degdegree

For 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.

*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.

For detailed  information related to UPSC eligibility criteria ,  you can visit our page at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria/amp

So,

if you want to be eligible for UPSC civil services examination then after your diploma you need to do graduation and you can do graduation in any discipline like BTech/ BSc or any other graduation course of your choice

Also,

There is no more AIEEE examination i. e All India Engineering Entrance Examination, long back it got replaced by jee main and don't worry after your diploma in Engineering you are eligible for JEE main examination as :-

3 year diploma in Engineering which is approved  by either AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education is equivalent  to 10 + 2 in order to be eligible for  JEE main

You can check the same in the list of equivalent examinations on the page number 11th of Information Bulletin released by NTA ,the link to download it is provided below:-

https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/webinfo2021/File/GetFile?FileId=1&LangId=P

Thank you

Hello,

UPSC is oldest public service examination. If you want to be a government officer like IPS, IAS, IFS, IRS you have to clear UPSC examination.

Now you want to know BSC honours is helpful or not. Look any subject is helpful for this examination. Because it's multiple subjects base examination. You have to mathematics, english, history, political science, sociology, general knowledge, current affairs etc. If you complete your graduation without BSC like MBBS or BTech or Bpharm then also you are eligible for UPSC. Because you have to study another way for this examination.

All the best.

Hello aspirant !

Happy to see that you' re well focused on your career.

Choosing arts subjects to attend UPSC exam in future is a great idea.

And YES you can choose arts subjects in class 11 th.

There are four mandatory subjects namely History, Geography, Political Science, and English in class 11th.

Hope it helps you.

Good luck.

Dear Aspirant,

UPSC provides a list of optional subjects. Candidates have to choose one optional for the mains exam. The optional subject has two papers and each paper accounts for 250 marks. The paper for optional subject is descriptive in nature.

There is vast range of subjects you can choose from as your optional subject such as, Agriculture to Zoology to Geography to regional languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi etc.

Candidates must be very cautious while choosing their optional subject, as it can make or break your ultimate score. While choosing make sure you have a good knowledge in the subject. Look at the syllabus for all the subjects, see which ones you can manage to study and retain and make a choice based on it. If you find a particular subject easier than the other prefer that.