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Candidates belonging to general category are eligible for 6 attempts till the age of 32 years. Candidates belonging to OBC category are eligible for 9 attempts till the age of 35 years. Candidates belonging to SC/ST category can appear as as many times he or she wants till the age of 37 years.

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

Yes, you are eligible for UPSC civil services examination with B. Sc nursing degree and  after qualifying it you can become an IAS officer

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  BSc nursing or any  other graduation course.

So, you don't worry with BSc nursing 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

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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