Hi

Here's stepwise explanation how you can become an IFS officer:-

-------------------------) Complete your 10th

-------------------------) Take admission in 11 and then complete 11th and 12th.You can take admission  in any stream i. e science,commerce, arts for 11 and 12th.

------------------------) Take admission in graduation in any discipline like BA, Bsc, Btech etc and complete it.

------------------------) To become an IFS officer you need to qualify UPSC civil services examination.

------------------------) After graduation you become eligible for UPSC civil services examination provided you are at least 21 years old.

For your 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

*************  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 :-

• General/ EWS - 6

• OBC or  General PwD - 9

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

You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc

------------------------)  Appear in UPSC civil services examination which consists of three stages listed below :-

************* 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

************* *Interview :- After qualifying mains, you have to go through interview round, and it is more of test of your personality rather than knowledge.

------------------------) If you managed to sail through all the three stages  then you can become an IFS officer depending on your rank in UPSC, your category etc

For detailed information check out :-

https://www.careers360.com/careers/indian-foreign-service-officer

Thank you