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To become an IPS officer you need to appear for Civil Service Entrance Entrance Examination. The eligibility criteria to appear for Civil Service Entrance exam is that a candidate must have passed Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized board. The education requirement is not limited to specific field you can purse any course in under graduate level. So take up a course in which you are interested in and simultaneously prepare for Civil Service Entrance Exam. But first check the subjects that are in CSE entrance exam syllabus

There are three stages in CSE

• Prelims exam
• Mains exam
• Interview

Prelims exam

• It is an objective paper
• There will be two papers namely General Studies 1 and General Studies 2
• GS 1 will be based on: Indian History, Economics, Indian and World Geography, Science and Technology, Indian Polity, Current Affairs and Environment.
• GS 2 will be based on: Reasoning, Aptitude and Quantitative

Main exam

• It has the following subjects

1. Compulsory Indian language
2. English
3. Essay
4. General Studies I
5. General Studies II
6. General Studies III
7. General Studies IV
8. Optional I
9. Optional II

To check the paper wise syllabus click on the link below

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