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Hello aspirant
Good to listen that at a very early age you are determined to become an IAS officer. So listen firstly complete your 12th with so much dedication in whichever stream you want.
After that complete your graduation in any of the streams which suits you then only you'll be able to give upsc cae exam and after qualifying you would become an IAS officer.
Now coming to the preparation part then preparing for IAS from class 10 onwards is very early. Complete your 12th then from your first year of graduation start preparing for it.
Best of luck!
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Here's stepwise explanation of what you need to do after 10th to become an IAS officer:-
-------------------------) Take admission in 11 and then complete 11th and 12th.You can take admission in any stream i. e science,commerce, arts for 11 and 12th.
------------------------) Take admission in graduation in any discipline like BA, Bsc, Btech etc and complete it.
------------------------) To become an IAS officer you need to qualify UPSC civil services examination.
------------------------) After graduation you become eligible for UPSC civil services examination provided you are at least 21 years old. You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria
------------------------) 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
For detailed information check out :-
https://school.careers360.com/articles/how-to-become-an-ias-officer
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