my date of birth is 6 of december 2002 can i eligible in 2023 for UPSC exam ?
The minimum age limit to appear for UPSC is that the candidate must be of 21 years and the maximum age limit must be of 32 years, and the number of attempts for general category candidate and EWS are 6 attempts, for SC or ST category candidate there is no age limit to appear for the exam.
The educational qualification required to appear for the exam is that the candidate must be a graduate, so if you have done bachelor's degree in commerce ie. BCom or if you are in your last year of graduation are also eligible to appear for UPSC exam
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Hi
No, you are not eligible for UPSC 2023 with your date of birth on 6th December 2002
This is because,
You need to be at least 21 years old to be eligible as on 1st August 2023 for UPSC 2023 but you fail to fulfil this as you will be 21 years old on 6th December . 2023 with your date birth i. e after 1st August 2023 and thus not eligible for UPSC 2023
You will become eligible in 2024 i. e for UPSC 2024
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 in case of 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.
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,
UPSC Examination pattern is given below:-
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
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