Hello,

You're still in your eleventh standard, so there is still a long way to go for you as far as UPSC is concerned, right now your priority should be to focus on your studies and do well in the upcoming years for 10+2 level exams, a when it comes to the eligibility criteria for UPSC ,you just need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized University, there are no barriers in terms of coming from a specific stream or aggregate for that matter, you can apply even in the final year and you need to attain 21 years.

After 12th there are two routes which you can follow, if you are humanities student and want to do graduation in the similar field such as choosing political science, geography, economics, public administration, history may help you as UPSC tends to be more humanities oriented, you should follow this only if you're wholly and solely focused on cracking UPSC.

Second thing is to have a back up plan, many engineering, medical or even CA candidates too apply for this exam and qualify, if you have some other plans in mind you can surely go ahead with that, it's in no way going to act as impediments, the reason I say these as people from different backgrounds as I mentioned above too have qualified these exams, many have had few years of experiences in their relative field as well, so if you're a bit unsure and want to have a back up plan follow this route.

Now, coming to your preparation part, you should start your preparation in gradual manner from 1st year of graduation itself and not before that(as you're still in school and your sole focus right now should be on academics), the first thing is to get acquainted with the syllabus, take a print out and go through it daily in order to grasp what to read and skip, also remember not to segregate preparation for Prelims and Mains as nowadays UPSC also frame Prelims question based on Mains Syllabus,
read The Hindu on a daily basis, and start with NCERTs books as this will build foundation strong, and then move onwards to other standard books, you will find many toppers answer sheet online, I'll recommend you to go through these as answer writing is vital process in Mains you'll be writing answers for total of 1750 marks,this process will give you a understanding of how to present your answer in an efficient manner and score well, you can watch YouTube channels as well regarding preparation of UPSC, there are many good channels which offer lot of insights by the faculty or the toppers. If you have any other query, you can write down in the comment box below.

Hi,

To become an IAS officer the minimum educational qualification is graduation from any stream.

Those who have a graduate degree can apply for civil services exam. It is conducted in three phases

Preliminary exam

Mains

Interview.

Those who qualify the preliminary exam are allowed to give mains exam and interview. After passing the main exam and interview one can join civil services.

As you are in class 11 after class 12th you have to enroll in any graduation program.

You can start preparing for civil services exam from as early as you can.

Download the syllabus of the exam. Prepare a study plan.and start studying.

Make a habit of ready news paper analyticaly. As current affairs is an important topic for the exam point of view. And try to understand the every aspect of the topic.

There is a lots of study material available on internet you can find it easily. As you have a 4-5 years to  become eligible to appear for exam you can study with a slow but steady speed.

Hope the above tips helps. you.

Hello aspirant,

if you wanted to be an IAS officers you should take some following steps firstly you have to complete your 12th standard and complete 3or 4 year course better choose good subject on which you are knee intrested and take couching in named IAS academy for 1 year after 3to 4 years degree and should select subjects and you should be good in aplitude skills,politics,history also and have a habit of reading news paper daily so that you may easily crack your prilms and main exams easily so prepare well and i think my suggestions and knowledge may be helpful to u.

Thank you!!

Hello Aspirant

First things first, for becoming an IAS officer one has to write the UPSC examinations that occur in three stages: Preliminary, Mains and Personal Interview.

The Preliminary exams is just for the sake of qualifying to Mains. Your preliminary exam's score won't be considered in the final score. The final score consists of Mains and Personal Interview. Preliminary is an MCQ based exam whereas Mains exam is a full-fledged written exam with an optional subject.

One needs to have a graduation degree in any discipline from any recognized University to be eligible to write the UPSC examinations. Hence, if you are confused in what to pursue for your graduation degree I'd suggest you to go with a BA degree in History, Geography, and Political science combination. This combination would be the best and would help you a lot in your preparation of UPSC CS.

It is advisable to start your preparation from the very first year of graduation. Start with the basic NCERT books of Class VI-XII of History, Geography, Economics, and Science.

Slowly, build momentum and start with Indian Polity book by Lakshmikant. For a proper and full booklist head to Mrunal's blog or Unacademy's website (Roman Saini's lessons).

Develop a habit of reading The Hindu daily to be updated with current affairs. Read the Yojana Magazine regularly.

Hope it helps

Thank you & Good Luck!!!

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