Hi

With just 12th PCMB you cannot appear in UPSC civil services examination.

This is because,

To be eligible you need a graduate   degree

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

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

Your UPSC civil services examination consists of three stages:-

1. Prelims

2. Mains

3.Interview

Coming to what what subjects, you will have to study then,

You need to study the subjects in the UPSC syllabus like history, polity, geography etc.

>>>>>>>>  UPSC PRELIMS :-

Your prelims exam consist of 2 papers: -

-----------) general studies  1 :   -  You have History, Indian Polity, Geography, Environment, Current Affairs, Science and technology, etc.

-----------) general studies II ( csat ) :-    You have :-Reasoning, Maths, English, Hindi, etc.

For reference,

Here's detailed prelims syllabus

>>>>>>>>    MAINS :-

It is descriptive /written examination . There are a total of 9 papers  which are listed below:-

-------)  Paper 1 :- Essay

-------)   Paper 2 :- GS-I   :- You have

• * indian heritage and culture

• *History and geography of the world and society

-------)   Paper 3 :- GS-II   :- it includes

• * Governance,

• *Polity

• *Constitution,

• *Social Justice and International Relations.

-------)   Paper 4 :- GS-III   :- it includes

• *Technology,

• *Economic Development,

• *Security and Disaster Management

• *Bio-Diversity,

• *Environment,

-------)   Paper 5   :-  GS-IV :- it has

• * Ethics

• *Integrity

• *Aptitude

-------)   Paper 6 :   - optional I paper

-------)   Paper 7   :- optional II paper

Out of the 9 papers, the remaining two papers are:-

-------)   Language paper A    :-  compulsory indian language

-------)   Language paper B :-   English

You can get complete UPSC civil services examination syllabus for both PRELIMS & MAINS by visiting our page in the link for which is provided below:-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

Thank you

Dear student,

>>The eligibility criteria for appearing in UPSC exam is that candidates must have passed minimum 3 years Bachelor's degree course in any discipline from a recognised College or University.

UPSC CSE is conducted in 3 stages:

Prelims exam : Objective paper

Mains exam : Descriptive /Written exam

Personal Interview : Personality Test

You will be having varies subjects in the exam like English, Aptitude, current affairs, and also few subjects you can choose, etc as you have 3 different stages.

**To get more information about subjects, syllabus of UPSC IAS, go through below mentioned link.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-syllabus

>>Minimum age limit is 21 years and maximum age limit is 32 years for General Category candidates. There is 3 year relaxation on upper age limit for OBC Category candidates and 5 years for SC/ ST category candidates.

**For more information about UPSC IAS eligibility criteria go through below mentioned link.

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

**You can check UPSC IAS exam paper pattern, using below given link.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern

I hope this information was useful to you.

Best of Luck!!