Hi aspirant,

After your 10 th standard, you can study 10+2 or equivalent exam in Science stream or Arts science or Commerce stream etc, as per your interest you can choose.

You can study Bachelor's degree in any stream or any other specialization because minimum Undergraduation degree from a recognised College or University, is required for being eligible for UPSE exam.

Best recommended Bachelor degree programs are listed below.

BA in Public Administration is also one the course in the list of recommended courses for UPSC exams.

Best Specializations in Arts stream which are useful for UPSC exams are listed below.

• Humanities
• Political Science
• History
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Economics
• Geography
• Literature
• Philosophy

While you are in Graduation take coaching for UPSE or can prepare yourself

After completion of Graduation you need to appear for UPSE CSE exam. Exam is conducted in three stages.

1. Prelims
2. Mains
3. Personal Interview

You have to qualify all three stages with good score and also Medical fitness test too. Based on your performance in exams you'll be given posts like IAS, IPS, IFS, etc.

You can know, how to prepare for UPSC IAS go through below mentioned link.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-upsc-ias

To know how to become IAS officer check below mentioned link.

https://www.careers360.com/keywords/ias-officer-career

For more information go through below mentioned link.

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

Hope this information helps you.

Best of Luck!!

Hi

You can choose any of science ,commerce or arts stream based on your interest after your 10th for your 11th and 12th and then for graduation if you want to become an IAS officer.

This is because,

To become an IAS officer you need to clear UPSC civil services examination and to be eligible for UPSC  examination there is no compulsion to have done 10+2 in a particular stream , also there's no compulsion to be a graduate in a particular subject. You can be a graduate in any discipline.

For your 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 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 .

You can check detailed eligibility at :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-eligibility-criteria

But yes,

choosing Arts or the humanities in your 10+2 and graduation can be really helpful for your UPSC  examination, this is because in Arts you will be learning subjects like history , polity etc which are a part of the UPSC syllabus so it will help you in your upsc examination.

So, take your time and decide.

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

Regards

ADITYA KUMAR