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My DOB is 04/09/2002. Am I eligible to attend UPSC CSE in 2023?


Hari Haran 17th Jul, 2022
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 17th Jul, 2022

Hi

No, you are not eligible for UPSC 2023 with your mentioned date of birth .

This is because,

To be  eligible ,you  need to  be at least  21  years  old  as on 1st August of the year of appearing for UPSC examination i. e 1st August 2023 in case of  UPSC 2023 but you fail to fulfil this as you will be 21 years old on 9th September 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.

*******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 :-


  • General/ EWS - 6

  • OBC or  General PwD - 9

  • 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,

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 .


*******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


Thank you

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