is it mandatory to do graduation in highly recognised clg to crack UPSC?
Hi
No, you don't need to pursue your graduation from any top colleges in order to be eligible for UPSC civil services examination.
All you need is a graduation degree from any recognised college/university.
For example,
one can even do graduation from Open Universities like IGNOU and will be still eligible for UPSC civil services examination as IGNOU is a recognised University
For 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 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.
********Attempt limit:- The maximum of times one can appear in UPSC is given below category wise :-
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General/ EWS - 6
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OBC or General PwD - 9
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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,
A brief of examination pattern is given below:-
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name Of the exam |
UPsc Civil services examination |
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Mode of the Exam |
Offline
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Exam stages |
There are 3 levels :- ---------) Preliminary - MCQ/ objective ---------) Mains - Descriptive Mode) ---------) Interview |
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Total papers |
---------) Prelims: 2 papers.
---------) Mains: 9 papers are there:-
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Marking scheme for prelims |
---------) Paper 1: +2 marks ---------) Paper 2: +2.5 marks ***** Negative marking: 1/3rd of marks allotted for each question |
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Exam Duration |
---------) Prelims: 2 hours for Each paper |
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---------) Mains: 3 hours for Each paper |
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Type of questions |
---------) Prelims: Objective type |
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---------) Mains: Subjective type |
For detailed examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern
Thank you
