ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 27th May, 2021

Hi

Yes, you can give for IAS exam i. e UPSC civil services examination with your BA  degree and  after qualifying it you can become an IAS officer as well

This is because,

To be eligible for UPSC examination there's no need to be a graduate in a particular discipline,  all you need to be is a graduate in any discipline from a recognised university be it  BA or any  other graduation course.

So, you don't worry with BA  degree you will be eligible for UPSC

You can check UPSC eligibility  criteria 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

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

*The first stage of the exam is Preliminary examination (objective )

*The second stage, Mains (written).

*If you manage to clear mains then you are to go through third stage i.e interview/personality test .

Thank you