First step to start Civil Services preparation?

I am a BSc first year student, and want to know that how can I start my prepration
for civil services. what should be my first step.

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Dear Aspirant

Start reading a newspaper preferably The Hindu.It will improve your English and keep you updated about Current affairs
Next thing is that start preparation for prelims first.Preliminary examination is the first stage for qualifying civil service examination.You amy read following books for preparing GS,aptitude and reasoning and English
-Upkar Analytical Aptitude and Logical Reasoning
-IAS Prelims/CSAT Civil Services:18 years Topicwise Solved Questions,Disha Publications
-General Studies 14000 plus Objective questions,Manohar Pandey,Arihant Publications
These books will be sufficient for your preparation.You may get them on Flipkart (online).

For your convenience I am outlining syllabus of Preliminary Examination:
Paper I
-)Current events of national and international importance.
-)History of India and Indian National Movement.
-)Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
-)Indian Polity and Governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
-) Economic and Social Development Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc.
-)General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change
-)General Science.
Paper II
Comprehension Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision-making and problem-solving
General mental ability Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level),
Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. - Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

hi friend ,

>>>Civil Services Examination is Government held examination (upsc) twice in a year . there is prelim and interview

>>>PRELIMS

the prelims requires immense training , knowledge , current events and also preparation .

1.keep yourself updated by reading books of constitution of india , political sciences , law and various other books for reference .

2.for GK and APTITUDE please use RD sharma , RS agarwal , currents events , and of course by reading news papers daily.

3. please be sure with your science subjects and indian sciences as most expected questions will be covering these chapters.

4.Logical reasoning and grammatical books will be of great use .

5.geology , constitution , topography , human resource , physiology , public sectors , etc are some other fields of interest.


cracking the exams is secondary , whereas preparation for the exams depends the most as the outcome will be your effort .


the prelims will be followed by the interview which will be more general and will be related to yourself .

all the best .......

regards,
lakshmi

dear aspirant,

For the post of IAS you have to apply for Civil Services Exam that is conducted by UPSC every year. UPSC conduct Civil Services Exam every year.
As you said you are now in First year of B.Sc so you have two years for preparation. It will really going to helpful for you.

Tips For Preparation:

• first and most important Manage your Time table and maintain your self calm and Cool.
• go ahead according to UPSC Syllabus.
• you can start for UPSC by study 6th to 12th NCERT books and collect best study material related to syllabus.
• increase your general knowledge, continuous reading news papers and magazines, concentrate on English.
• solving Previous year question papers is most requisite part of preparation.

for Question papers visit:
http://www.upsc.gov.in/questionpaper/index.htm


Eligibility Criteria For Civil Services:

>>you must have completed or appearing in final year of graduation.

>>your age must be within 21 years to 30 years on 1 August of the year of exam. there is relaxation in upper age limit up to 3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.



Limit Number Of Attempts:

>>General category: 4 attempts

>>OBC category: 7 attempts

>>SC/ST category: No Limit




Important dates of Civil Services exam in 2013:


CSAT(Prelims):

date of Notification:05.03.2013

last date of receipt of application:04.04.2013

date of exam:26.05.2013



Mains:

date of exam:01-12-2013



You can apply for the exam online on following official link of UPSC:

http://upsconline.nic.in/

Good Luck......

first you should read the syllabus and pattern of the examination and know the whole selection process, then prepare for the exam accordingly.
see the question papers of the exam. start reading newspaper and magazines,
all the best
happy learning!!!!