How to become an IPS officer and what are the subjects required for it and what is it's procedure?

Hello,

You just need to be 21 years old having completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university.You can apply for UPSC even in final year. UPSC doesn't discriminate amidst aspirants belonging to different discipline, people from different backgrounds have cracked this exam and continue to do so, eventually it's the preparation and strategy that matters.


UPSC Civil Service Exam consists of three level-

Preliminary
Mains
Interview

Preliminary numbers are not added in the final list, you just need to score the required cut offs against your category.It mainly consists of GS Paper-I consists of the following topic such as History of India and Indian national movement, Indian and World geography, Economic and social development- sustainable development, poverty,inclusion demographics, social sector initiatives etc,Indian polity and governance-constitution,political system,Current Events nationally and Internationally, General Science,General Issues on environmental ecology,biodiversity and climate change and CSAT includes topics such as basic numeracy, comprehension, logical reasoning and analytical ability, general mental ability, decision making and problem solving, interpersonal skills including communication skills. Both consists of 200 marks, MCQs based. Prelims is mcq based, but still it requires knowledge coupled with speed.



Mains is more of a subjective type, one needs to write answer for Four General Studies Paper(GS-I includes Indian Heritage and Culture,History and Geography of the World and Society, GS-II includes Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International Relations, GS-III includes Technology, Economic Development, Bio-Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management, GS-IV includes Ethics, Integrity, and Aptitude),Two Optionals, One Essay, two language paper, there are total nine papers here. 250 marks for each paper, total is 1750 marks followed by Personality Test of 275 marks.


You can go through the gradual steps as mentioned below in order to start your preparation for UPSC:



Be well acquainted with UPSC Syllabus, learn it by heart, that's the most crucial step to crack this exam, to know what to read and what to skip. In addition to this, never ever make a differentiation between prelims and mains, what I mean is do not prepare separately for each, because nowadays what's happening is even in prelims, UPSC frame questions based on Mains syllabus, So, the first step towards preparation shall be a combined preparation for both.


Read any newspaper like The Hindu, or Indian Express on a regular basis to be updated as well as gaining knowledge which shall be highly useful to you in future exam preparation part.


Start with basics, for each subject, you can do with NCERTs for this.


As you progress, move on to other relevant books, keep your resources minimum like Polity by Laxmikanth, History of Modern India by Bipin Chandra etc.


Start practicing answer writing in advance, even in a little way, writing mains is a huge task for nine paper, it requires immense practice along with knowledge.


Practice previous year question paper which you can get from the site of UPSC,in addition mock papers, and test series which you can get it from any of the sites extensively dedicated to UPSC, , it's highly important to evaluate your performance while doing so.

Hello dear

If you want to become an IPS officer you need to qualify UPSC civil services examination which is your gateway to services like IPS, IAS and many others like IFS, IRS, IRPS and so on. UPSC CSE examination is also popularly know as IAS examination.

First of all to be eligible for UPSC CSE , you need to be a graduate in any subject and then you need to appear in UPSC CSE examination, which has 3 stages which are listed below :-

• The first stage of the exam is Preliminary examination (objective )

• The second stage, Mains (written).

• If you manage to clear both prelims and mains then you are to go through interview/personality test i.e third round .

And if you managed to clear all the three rounds mentioned above, then congratulations you may become an IPS officer.

Coming to subjects you need to prepare for upsc then it is given below

History.
Geography.
Political Science / Civics.
Economics.
General Science - Physics, Chemistry & Biology.
Environmental Science.
Sociology.

For detailed information about subjects, syllabus and pattern of upsc go through

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias

Thanks