Can I eligible to write UPSC exam after a degree of BA criminology?
Hi
Yes, you are eligible for UPSC civil services examination with B. A criminology 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 BA criminology or any other graduation course.
For your reference,
UPSC eligibility criteria is provided below:-
------------------------) You must have a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised university . Those in final year of bachelor's degree are also provisionally eligible.
------------------------) 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 :-
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General/ EWS - 6
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OBC or General PwD - 9
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SC/ ST - No limit , can appear till upper age limit .
------------------------) Nationality
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NATIONALITY |
You should be citizen of India Or should be citizen of -----) Nepal -----) Bhutan |
-----) or you need to be a Tibetan refugee, who came before 1st January 1962 to permanently settle here in India |
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or you should be Indian origin person migrated to permanently settle in India from : ------) Burma -----)Pakistan -----)Sri Lanka -----)Uganda -----) Kenya -----) Tanzania -----)Malawi -----)Zambia -----)Zaire -----)Ethiopia -----)Vietnam. |
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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