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I was born on sep 9 2002 when I wl be for upsc examination?


Trisna Tripathi 28th Nov, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 28th Nov, 2021

Hi


You will be eligible in 2024 i. e UPSC 2024

This is because,

To be  eligible ,you  need to  be at least  21  years  old  as on 1st August of the year of appearing for UPSC examination and with your mentioned date of birth on  you will be 21 years old on 9 September 2023 i. e before 1st August 2024 . So, You will become eligible in 2024 i. e for UPSC 2024


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.

********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 .


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

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

To help you further,

UPSC Examination pattern is given below:-

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages

*****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


The compulsory indian language and english are qualifying in nature . You just need to qualify them. The marks obtained by you in these two papers will not be counted towards merit list.


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


For detail examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern


Thank you

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