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What is civil services exam and it's eligibility criteria?


deepakdwivedi468 30th Jul, 2020
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nishant sharma 30th Jul, 2020

Hello student ,

Civil services exams are those nationwide competitive exams in India which is conducted by Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various civil services of the Government of India, like IAS , IPS , IFS and many more .

Eligibility criteria for this exams in India is

A candidate must have 21 years of minimum age .

A candidate must hold a degree, or possess an equivalent qualification to fulfil the eligibilty criteria for this exam .

A candidate who have appeared or intend to appear for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear for the Preliminary Examination.

Beside this you should check your physical fitness for the civil services as required by the government .

Hope this will help you !

For further query feel free to ask .

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23rd Mar, 2022
I used blue ink instead of black ink for my Civil services application signature.will my application get rejected?
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Kamal Kishor Chaurasiya 30th Jul, 2020

Hi Divyanshi,

The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India. These services include IAS, IPS, IRS and others.

It is a highly competitive examination. The candidate needs to fulfill following eligibility criteria:

  • The Civil Services Examination (CSE) is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India,
  • Candidates age should be 21 to 32 years
    Relaxation in upper age limit will be provided to the following categories.
    • SC/ST – 5 years
    • OBC – 3 years
    • Defence Service Personnel – 3 years
    • Ex-Servicemen – 5 years
    • ECOs/SSCOs – 5 years
    • PwD – 10 years
  • Candidates must have graduation in any discipline. Those who have appeared in their final year degree examination and results are awaited are eligible for the examination.
  • Candidates appearing for Civil Service Examination will be provided only six attempts.
    • There is no restriction for SC/ST candidates
    • OBC category candidates are permitted nine attempts.

  • For more information please check the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-civil-services-exam


https://www.google.com/amp/s/competition.careers360.com/articles/upsc-ias/amp

Thanks.

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I used blue ink instead of black ink for my Civil services application signature.will my application get rejected?
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shivanshu tiwari 30th Jul, 2020

The Civil Services Examination is a nationwide competitive examination in India conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various Civil Services of the Government of India including the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS).

Eligibility Criteria

Candidate must have attained a minimum age of 21 years to appear for the Civil Service Examination. The separate maximum age limit has been set for different reservation categories: 32 years for general category, 35 years for OBC and 37 years for SC and ST. There is extra relaxation in the disabled category.

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