how i become a ias officer . what are the syllabus of this examination?
Hello Pushpendra,
In order to become an IAS officer, you will have to crack Civil Service Examination (CSE) conducted by UPSC. As you are saying, you are graduate; so you are eligible for this exam. You can check the detailed article to know about: How to become an IAS officer
This exam is conducted in three stages: Prelims, Mains and Interview. Clearing one stage makes a candidate eligible to go for next stage. selected candidates are allotted to various services as per their rank.
Its syllabus consists of various subjects. Click on the following link to the see detailed syllabus of IAS exam:
Good Luck!!!
IAS is the short form of Indian Administrative Service . It is one of the prestigious services among the 24 services like IPS, IFS etc for the which the UPSC conduct Civil Services Examination (CSE) for selecting the candidates.
You will have to crack the Civil Services Examination conducted by the UPSC. It is conducted in 3 stages
- Prelims
- Mains
- Interview
For the detailed syllabus of Civil Services you can go through with given below link.
Good Luck!
Even though the exam to be undertaken is popularly known as IAS exam, it is officially called UPSC CSE. The UPSC CSE consists of 3 stages – Prelims, Mains, and Interview. Getting into Indian Administrative Service is not easy considering the competition involved, but not impossible for a candidate with right attitude and approach.
Below is the syllabus of paper 1
- Current events of national and international importance.
- History of India and Indian National Movement.
- Indian and World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
- Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
- Economic and Social Development Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
- General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization.
- General Science.
Syllabus for paper 2
- Comprehension.
- Interpersonal skills including communication skills.
- Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
- Decision-making and problem-solving.
- General mental ability.
- Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level).
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