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To be eligible ,you need to be at least 21 years old as on 1st August of the year of appearing for UPSC examination so with your date of birth in 9 August 2005 , you will be 21 years old on 9 August 2026 i. e after 1st August 2026 . So, You will become eligible in 2027 i. e for UPSC 2027.
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.
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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.
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