Dear Student ,

Here is the eligibility criteria for appearing in UPSC CSE exam :

• You will be eligible to appear for UPSC CSE exam only if

1. You have passed your graduation from any field and
2. Age limit should be between 21 to 32 years

So, it will be ok if you are from bipc stream , as in graduation you can choose your preferred subject and it will not affect your eligibility . Just try to score good .

As of now ,you are not eligible for UPSC as you are in intermediate level. So,  I recommend you to study hard for graduation as it is mandatory for UPSC .

For more details about UPSC eligibility , you may refer this :

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

Hope this helps !

Hi

To become an IAS, you need to clear UPSC civil services examination.

No, with just intermediate/ 12th  qualification you cannot appear in UPSC civil services examination and thus can't become an IAS. .

This is because,

To be eligible you need a graduate /bachelor's degree.

So after your 12th  you need to pursue graduation like BA, Bsc or any  graduation course in any discipline from a recognised university to be eligible.

And then after graduation or in your final year of graduation you can appear in UPSC and after qualifying it you can become IAS, IPS, IRS etc on the basis of rank obtained by you in UPSC .

For reference, UPSC eligibility  criteria is provided below:-

------------------------) You  must  have  a   bachelor's  degree in any discipline from a  recognised university   . Those in final year of bachelor's degree are also provisionally eligible.

------------------------)  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 as on 1st August of the year of examination

------------------------) 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 .

------------------------) Nationality

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To help you further,

A brief of examination pattern is given below:   -

To help you further, here's a brief of your UPSC examination pattern

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

Thankyou