Hi

If you want to become an IAS officer then after your 12th first of all you need to do graduation as to become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination and to be eligible for it you need to be a graduate in any discipline  and at least 21 years old and 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

So, if you managed to sail through all the three stages  then you can become an IAS officer.

To clear UPSC you can start your preparation during your graduation itself or after graduation , to start your preparation for UPSC civil services examination following the below tips:-

*To start your preparation  first of all go well through syllabus  , you can check the complete syllabus at

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

*Make a routine or a time table and try to religiously follow it , take short breaks in between your studies.

*Read newspaper daily and keep yourself updated with the current affairs

*Choose your optional subject wisely , choose the subject you have interest in.

*Make short notes .

*Revise :- there's no point of preparing for the exam if you couldn't recall anything in the UPSC Examination so you should stress on revision as well.

*Solve previous year question papers and mock test papers .

*Also work on your communication skills and personality development as it plays an important role in your interview round

For more tips go through

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

If you have any other doubt then feel free to ask them :) we are always here to help you out and guide you

Thank you

Hello,

The eligibility criteria of UPSC Civil Service Exam states that candidates need to be 21 years old and pass graduation in any stream from a recognized university, final year students too can apply on provisional basis, now if you only want to be IAS which by the way require immense focus and dedication on one's part to be able to qualify this exam, as UPSC tends to be more humanities oriented you can choose to do Hons in subjects like political science, public administration, history, economics, geography to name a few, this will help as you'll cover the core parts of the syllabus, the preparation process will become a bit easy unlike say in case of science or commerce students who have t restart all these subjects as they hadn't studied these at their 10+2 level, another important thing to consider is if you want to have a back up plan, in case you belong to science or commerce stream you have some other plans you can absolutely go ahead, as I said there is no barrier for appearing in UPSC, you can consider this option as well, and just to let you know people from diverse backgrounds qualify the exam such as medical, engineering, commerce etc, hence it's more about planning and strategy that works, if you are dedicated, focused and persistent then nothing can stop you.

Dear Aspirant

Sorry but now you are not eligible for this exam because for it  you must apply for CSE exam conducted by the UPSC . You must also crack the exam (preliminary, mains and interview) in order to get selected for the training. ... So technically, 12th passed students can 't appear for this exam right after 12th

the minimum age required is 21