Hi

Which category are you from?

Assuming that you are from general category.

You can appear in IAS examination i. e UPSC civil services examination for the maximum of 6 times as a general category candidate

For your reference,

For reference, 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.

********Attempt limit:- The maximum of times one can appear in UPSC is given below category wise :-

• General/ EWS - 6

• OBC or  General PwD - 9

• SC/ ST - No limit ,   can appear till upper age limit .

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

Thank you

Hello Eswar,

The number of attempts for IAS exam: General Category -  6 attempts till 32 years of age

The number of attempts for IAS exam for OBC - 9 attempts till 35 years.

Number of attempts for IAS exam for General Physically Disabled Category - 9 attempts till 35 years.

The number of attempts for IAS exam for SC/ ST - No limit till 37 years.

For more information about IAS eligibility criteria, attempts, etc.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria/amp

I hope this information was useful to you.

Good Luck!!