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If you want to become a collector, you need to become an IAS officer and for that you need to clear UPSC civil services examination.

And for that you need to be eligible for  UPSC civil services examination.

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.

For detailed  information related to UPSC eligibility criteria ,  you can visit our page at

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

If you are eligible then you need to 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 IAS officer depending on your rank in UPSC, your category etc and then can become collector

For detailed information check out :-

https://school.careers360.com/articles/how-to-become-an-ias-officer

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https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias/amp

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