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Here the details about UPSC

>>>>>>> Eligibility criteria

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 as on 1st of August of the year of filling the form i. e as on 1st August 2021 for UPSC 2021.

********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.

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>>>>>>> Syllabus & Examination pattern

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

*prelims exam

*Mains exam.

*Interview

PRELIMS :-

Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

---------) general studies  1 :- You have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.

--------) general studies II ( csat ) :- You have :-Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.

MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-

---------)GS-I  :- You have

*indian heritage and culture

*History and geography of the world and society

--------)GS-II :- it includes

* Governance,

*Polity

*Constitution,

*Social Justice and International Relations.

--------) GS-III :- it includes

*Technology,

*Economic Development,

*Security and Disaster Management

*Bio-Diversity,

*Environment,

--------) GS-IV :- it has

* Ethics

*Integrity

*Aptitude

---------) compulsory indian language paper

---------) english paper

---------) essay paper

---------) optional I paper

---------) optional II paper

You can choose any  of the language included in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution for compulsory indian language paper and also select optional subject of your choice from the available list of subjects.

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.

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>>>>>>>> Preparation

No, coaching is not mandatory, there are many who clear UPSC without coaching, all you need is dedication and hardwork.

---------) Top books which you can follow for UPSC examination preparation are listed below subject wise:-

HISTORY

*NCERT XI (Ancient & Medieval)

*NCERT XII (Modern Indian History)

*Facets of Indian Culture Spectrum

*From Plassey to Partition - A History of Modern India

Indian Art & Culture

*Indian Art & Culture - Nitin Singhania

Polity

*NCERT IX-XII

*Indian Polity M Laxmikanth

Geography

*NCERT VI X (Old Syllabus)

*NCERT XI, XII (New Syllabus)

*Certificate Physical Geography G C Leong

World Atlas

Economics

NCERT XI

*The Indian Economy Sanjiv Verma

*Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh

*Economic Development & Policies in India Jain & Ohri

Environment

*Class XII Biology (last 5 chapters)

*Environment by Shankar IAS Academy

International Relations

*NCERT XII (Contemporary World Politics)

*Current Affairs ( read newspaper )

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