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Is it possible to become an IAS while studying BA (I'm in first year) ?


Vaibhav Parihar 28th May, 2018
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Ayush Maurya 3rd Dec, 2021

Hello aspirant!

If you are saying to become the IAS officer while studying BA then that's impossible. And if you are asking that can I prepare for it while studying BA then yeah it's absolutely 100% possible with great dedication and positive mind.

See to become and IAS officer you must have to clear upsc cse exam that you can give only if you have a graduation degree from any certified university.

So firstly complete your graduation and as I said you can prepare for upsc cse along with your studies as you are  doing BA then most of the upsc cse syllabus will be coinciding with your academic syllabus and you can prepare for it easily.

So best of luck!

Thank you!

shristi kirti 31st May, 2018


A candidate must have completed his/her graduation if he/she wish to appear for UPSC Civil Services exam. As you are still persuing your bachelors, you must wait till your degree is completed and then you can apply for UPSC Civil Services exam.

Aastha Rathore 31st May, 2018


Hi,

It is not possible to become an IAS while studying BA, because a bachelor's degree is a must to be able to sit for the Civil Services Examination. However, you can start preparing for UPSC CSE, as you are in your first year of college and then sit for the IAS exam two years later.

Remember, the minimum age to appear for IAS Exam is 21 years. Also, you can appear for this exam, while you are in the final year of your college, provided you fulfill the other eligibility criteria.

Aklanta Chetia Wanniang 31st May, 2018

Hello,

Union Public Service Commision (UPSC) requires candidates to have completed graduation in order to apply for UPSC Civil Services exam. Since you are in the first year of BA programme, you should complete your graduation after which you will be able to successfully apply for UPSC IAS exam.

Gaurav Shukla 30th May, 2018
Hello,

Yes it is possible to become IAS while studying BA. Let b tell you one thing my friend, in civil services mains examination it's not mandatory to choose subjects from humanities a one can choose any subject of his interest stated in upsc cs syllabus. Yes I do agree to some extent the study of BA helps in preparations as it covers most of the topics of general studies. To become IAS one needs to score good rank for instance a aspirant from general category needs to get rank under 200 to become IAS officer and so forth.

You are in first year so you need to be graduate first in order to write this examination.  Everything is possible in life you just need to work hard.

I wish you all the best !!



Cheers !!




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4th Oct, 2019
I want to ask that is it compulsory to do regular college or private will be sufficient
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4th Oct, 2019
Garima Shekhawat I'm asking this for the preparation of upse exam so please help me sir to resolve my problem that is it sufficient to do College privately or regular college will be required
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nishant sharma 28th May, 2018

Yes friend, BA course is very useful for the preparation of IAS.

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service.


after 2 years, you will be a graduate with bachelors in arts, you can apply for entrance exams, conducted by UPSC(Union Public Service Commission).

Selection procedure for IAS exam :-

1] Preliminary exam

In this exam there is also an optional subjects you can choose.
You can take the profit of your BA course for optional subjects.

2] Mains exam

3] Personal interview

For more details, just go to the site :- http://www.upsc.gov.in

I hope this information will help you a lot.

All the best

Raksha Anand 28th May, 2018

yes of course.

since after 2 years, you will be a graduate with bachelors in arts, you can apply for entrance exams, conducted by UPSC(Union Public Service Commission).

fill up the form using the official site www.upsc.gov.in .

and till then pay attention towards your writing skills.

After cracking IAS you will go for the job of Central Administrative services or Indian Police Services etc.

You should choose subjects for IAS Mains, you can choose History, Political Science, Sociology etc. or your own subject in which you completed your graduation in major.

keep working hard, have coachings and keep in mind the current affairs, go through the news and news papers. look for SSC(staff selection commission) also

all the best.

Utkarsh kanchan 28th May, 2018

Hello Vaibhav,

For becoming eligible to give IAS exam you need a bachelor degree from any recognized university and you need a minimum age of 21 years with a mximum age of 32 years. But as of now you are not eligible for the same.

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