Hyy Sanjana

It's great you want to become an IAS officer which is a very prestigious post to serve the nation.



Indian Administrative Services (IAS) is a national level competition exam conducted by UPSC annually to recruit candidates for civil services like IPS, IFS (Foreign), IAAS, IRS, IDAS, CAPF-AF and others.



>The IAS Exam Pattern consists of three stages:-

-1st stage :-- Prelims

-2nd Stage :- IAS Mains

-3rd Stage :- Interview/ Personality Test



>The lower age limit for appearing in IAS Exams is 21 years, while upper age limit is 32 years.

>Age relaxation :-

-SC/ST- Upto 5 years

-OBC- Upto 3 years

-Defence Services Personnel disabled in operations during hostilities- Upto 3 years

-Ex-servicemen- Upto 5 years



>Eligibility criteria

-You must hold a graduate degree or equivalent qualification from a recognized university with minimum 50%



>Only six attempts are allowed for a candidate to clear IAS Exam







Hope this helps you



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Dear Sanjana,

In order to become an IAS officer, you have to take UPSC exam and that consists of three stages.

First stage is preliminary exam which is conducted in June - July each year.

Second stage is main exam which is conducted in October each year.

Third stage is personality test basically it's an interview and held in December each year.

Regards

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