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sir my dob is 16/06/2002and presently iam in 2nd year will i eligible for upsc 2023 attempt


Mohit sankediya 24th Dec, 2021
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Ankita Singh 24th Dec, 2021

Hello Mohit,

Union Public Service Commission conducts various exam every year for recruiting Group A officers to government departments and ministries. The commission conducts various examinations such as Civil services Exam,Indian Engineering Services, NDA, Forest services etc. The most common among youth being UPSC CSE, every year lakhs of students apply for this exam.  particular exam.

Before applying for the exam, the candidates must be aware with the eligibility criteria for filling the examination form. The eligibility criteria for the same is :-

The candidates must be between 21 and 32 years of age as on 1 August, 2023 to apply for the same year (age relaxation for reserved candidates).

The minimum qualification to apply for this exam is that you must have a bachelor's degree from any recognised institution in any stream.

So, according to the information given by you, you will complete your 21years in June 2023 and your graduation also. So, you are very much eligible to take this exam in the year 2023.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thank you!


ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 24th Dec, 2021

Hi


Yes, you will be eligible for UPSC 2023

You can check UPSC eligibility  criteria  provided below:-

--------------------) You  must  have  a  bachelor's  degree in any, discipline    from a  recognised university.

†††† Candidates who are in the final year of their graduation or waiting for the final results are also eligible to apply for UPSC examination and can appear in UPSC prelims examination but yes they need to present proof of their Bachelor's passing certificate before UPSC mains examination.

Now, that you are in second year if you are doing 3 year graduation course like BSc etc then in 2022 itself you will complete it, but if you are doing 4 year graduation course like BTech etc then you will be appearing for your for your final 4th year examination in 2023 in both cases you are eligible for UPSC 2023

--------------------) 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 2023 for UPSC 2023 and you fulfil this with your mentioned date of birth.

--------------------) 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,

A brief of examination pattern is given below:-

name Of the exam

UPsc Civil services examination

Mode of the Exam

Offline



Exam stages

There are 3 levels :-

---------) Preliminary - MCQ/ objective

---------) Mains - Descriptive Mode)

---------) Interview

Total papers

---------) Prelims: 2 papers.

  • *** general studies  1

  • *** general studies II ( csat )

---------) Mains: 9 papers  are there:-

  • *** Paper A :-Compulsory Indian language

  • *** Paper B :- English

  • *** Essay

  • *** General Studies I

  • *** General Studies II

  • *** General Studies III

  • *** General Studies IV

  • *** Optional I

  • *** Optional II

Marking scheme for prelims

---------) Paper 1: +2 marks

---------) Paper 2: +2.5 marks

***** Negative marking: 1/3rd of marks allotted for each question

Exam Duration

---------) Prelims: 2 hours for Each paper

---------) Mains: 3 hours for Each paper

Type of questions

---------) Prelims: Objective type

---------) Mains: Subjective type


For detailed examination pattern check out :- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias-exam-pattern


Thank you

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