Every year for nearly one thousand
seats several lakh candidates appear for Civil Services exam. UPSC conducts
several exams like Civil Services Exam, IFS, NDA, CDS, SCRA, etc. The Civil
Services Exam is popularly known as IAS exam which is the toughest exam of India.
It includes various 24 services like IFS, IPS, IRS, IRPS, IDAS, ITS to name a
few. The ration of vacancies and applicants itself shows how difficult it is to
crack this exam. It needs very hard preparation in a well-planned manner. For
more official details of exam conducted for 2019, visit the official link.
Official Notification link: https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Final_Notice_CSPE_2019_N.pdf
We are providing here some important
information regarding IAS exam eligibility and related information.
Eligibility:
1.
Citizenship:
1.1 For IAS, IFS, and IPS: The
candidate must be a citizen of India.
1.2 For IRS: The candidate should be a
citizen of India or
A person of Indian origin who has
migrated from countries like Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, etc. with the intention of settling in India.
2.
Educational Qualification:
2.1 A degree from Central, State,
Deemed University, Open University by regular, distance or correspondence or
degree recognized by Government of India.
3.
Age Limit:
3.1 Minimum age 21 and maximum age the limit is 32 years as on 1st August of every year of examination.
However, for SC/SC upper age limit is 37 years and for OBS it is 35 years.
4.
Exam Stages:
There are three stages of selection in
civil services exam.
4.1
Preliminary Examination: This is objective type comprising two papers
of general studies and
aptitude test. The prelim exam is for qualifying for the Main exam. There will be 400
marks examination (200 marks for each paper). This is only a qualifying exam and
will not be counted for merit.
4.2
Main Examination: This
is a subjective type and comprises of nine papers of essay type. Only qualified
candidates from the Prelim exam can appear in the Main examination. The number of
candidates qualifies for the main examination are twelve to thirteen times of
vacancies.
There are nine papers. First two papers are of
qualifying type with 300 marks each.
Other seven papers are for merit list,
each of 250 marks, totaling 1750 marks. There is negative marking of 0.33% of
assigned marks for wrong answer attempted.
5.
Personal Interview: Then there will be a personality test of 275
marks. Grand total becomes 2025 marks.
Remember there is a maximum limit of
attempting the IAS examination.
.. For General candidates: 4 times
.. OBS candidates: 7 times
.. SC/ST candidates: Unlimited times
Anu Kumari, second
topper of 2018 Civil Services Exam, suggests that it is not important to do
coaching. Every necessary information is available online. Only complete
dedication towards preparation, hardworking and setting your target will lead
you to success.
K.R. Nandini, topper of
2017 beliefs that after unsuccessful, the candidate should not get discouraged.
They must continue with better preparation and hardworking, believing in
themselves.
11845 candidates in
Civil Services Prelim exam 2019 have qualified for the Main examination. These
candidates must have re-submitted their application for the Main examination on the official website: https://upsconline.nic.in)
as the last date was 16/08/2019. The main examination is scheduled from Friday,
20/09/2019.
The information provided above may be useful for the first-timers and also for students appearing after the first time.
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