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    How can I become an IAS officer?

    How can I become an IAS officer?
    thank you..

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear friend,

    To become an IAS officer you first need to complete your higher education i.e, Graduation degree with any stream.
    Then you are required to appear for Civil Services examination.

    The exam is conducted in 2 phases;
    1. Preliminary exam: This is now known by the name CSAT.

    2. Mains exam

    After you qualify in both the examinations you are called for an Interview.

    Here below I am providing you the eligibility criteria for IAS officer:-


    You need to be a Graduate with any stream from a recognized University.

    You can also appear for the exam if you are in the final year of your graduation.

    Your age limit must be between 21 to 30 years.
    Reserved categories are given an age relaxation.

    ALSO THERE IS RESTRICTION IN NO OF ATTEMPTS:

    General - 4 attempts

    OBC - 7 attempts

    SC/ST - Unlimited no of attempts

    For more Information you can always check the official website of UPSC.

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear

    To become an IAS Officer

    You Should have Graduate Degree

    Your age should be between 21-30 years
    Age relaxation for obc 3 years and sc/st 5 years

    You would be appear in Civil Service Exam

    It consists of three Stage

    1. Preliminary Test
    2. Main Test
    3. Interview

    Attempts

    For General 4
    For OBC 7
    For SC/ST No Limits

    For Qualify the test you would have work hard.

    Through Good Preparation of the examination you can get this job.


    All the Best

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Hello Dear,


    Eligibility criteria for IAS exam is

    candidate should be graduate from recognized university in any stream. marks or percentage doesn't matter.

    Age Limit

    General 21 to 30
    OBC 21 to 33
    SC/ST 21 to 35

    Nationality- must be Indian

    No. of attempts

    General- 4
    OBC- 7
    SC/ST- no limit
    IMPORTANT DATES---
    notification 02/02/2013,
    last date of submission: 04/03/2013
    Date of prelim exam. 19/05/2013

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    hello,


    if you want to be an IAS OFFICER then you will have to eligible for IAS EXAM.


    IAS EXAMS ELIGIBILITY:-


    you should have to passed graduate/ final year appearing in any stream from the recognized university.

    age should be 21 to 30 years.

    age relaxation for obc 3 years, for sc/st 5 years, for ex-servicemen 5 years, for ph 10 years.


    you must be an indian.



    NO OF ATTEMPTS:-

    general = 4
    obc = 7
    sc/st = no limits.


    SELECTION PROCESS:-

    pri exam
    main exam
    interview



    all the best

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear aspirant-your question how i become an ias officer?

    Answer:to become an ias officer you are to go through following rules:-

    1.a graduate or a final year candidate from a recognized university in any discipline can write ias exam.

    2.the age must be within 21 years to 30 years.

    3.age relaxations are there for obc 3 years s/c s/t 5 years.

    4.each candidate is eligible to clear ias exam.under gen.category within 4 attempts,under obc 7 years and under s/c s/t category no limit.

    5.each candidate must be the indian citizen.

    These are the requirements to become an ias officer.

    Thank you.

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear Friend


    IAS stands for the Indian Administrative services.It is the most prestigious services of central government of India.It comes under civil services examinations.I really appreciate your dream to become IAS officer in future.

    First of all you need to become eligible for the civil services examination with following eligiblity criteria:

    >>You must have done your graduation from a recognised university.Final year candidates can apply for the exam.

    >>The age limitations is as below;


    >>You must be an Indian citizen.

    No of attempts:

    General:4

    sc/st :no limit

    OBC:7

    The main thing is that you need to compete the civil services examination in order to become IAS officer.


    Now coming to exam pattern:

    It is conducted in three stages:

    1.Civil services aptitude test

    2.Main examination

    3.Personal interview

    For any other details please visit www.upsc.gov.in

    Best coaching centers for IAS coaching:

    1.Rau's IAS academy

    2.Chanakya's IAS academy

    3.Career point

    4.Vajiram and ravi IAS academy

    Hope the information satisfies you.

    Best of luck for your dream .May god bless you with success.

    aashisranjan784

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Procedure to become IAS Officer in India :

    1. Recruitment : You should know that when UPSC board release the notification for recruitment's of civil services posts and when it releases you should apply for this exam immediately and to apply for this exam you should have following eligibilities :

    A degree in any discipline from a recognized university with at least 50% marks and if you are pursuing final year or semester of your degree then also you are eligible

    your age should be between 21-30 years and relaxation in upper age as 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC

    2. Paper Pattern :

    A. Preliminary Exam : Objective Type contains 2 papers for 400 marks

    B. Mains Examination : Descriptive Type contains 7 papers for 2000 marks

    C. Interview Process : Final step of your selection contains 300 marks

    3. Preparation of your exam : After the application of UPSC IAS exam you need to prepare for exam so you should follow some following steps to prepare for this exam :

    A. Avoid all your bad habits which are the obstructions in your way of success

    B. Concentrate only on study and you should prepare hard for your exam and give at least 15 hours and more time for your preparation

    C. You should go to the coaching institute which gives the top result in your area at every year

    D. When you go to appear for exam you should be confident and solve your exam paper with your cool mind and don't worry about anything and don't think that you haven't study anything like others because others also are already nervous about the exam so you should show your confidence in the exam

    Final Steps : If you qualify the pre exam with good marks then you would be allowed to appear for mains exam and if you could not qualify the prelims then you would not be eligible for mains exams so be careful during the preliminary exam.

    You should try to write some essays and pages on some most highlighted topics and collect previous years papers of UPSC and other state PSC exams and solve them and you should try to write at least 12-15 hour every day because you will have to write more and more within 3 hours in mains exam.

    Interview Process : If you qualify both of the pre and mains exam then you would be called for interview process and you should apply for interview and prepare hard for interview and you should go to some higher posts civil service officers and guides of your coaching institute and collect more and more knowledge about the interview process that how to crack the IAS interview in a right way so that they can guide you well and avoid books to prepare for interview and be confident in yourself and if you collect more and more knowledge then you also will feel so cool and confident in yourself so you should prepare for some current events in your preparation and face the interview process in-front of UPSC Board committee.

    If you perform well in interview and UPSC Board consider you the best for that position then you will definitely get your post after that so that you should prepare hard.

    If you declared as selected IAS officer of India then you would be sent in all over India for the training of 2 years duration and during your training you will be sent to some reputed institutes of India and government organizations and all expenditures would be afforded by the Indian government and if you fail in the training then your one year would be increased for training again and pass the training exam.

    All the best

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    hey buddy


    if you want to be an IAS OFFICER THEN you should have to foolow these rules......

    >> YOU must be passed graduate in any stream from the recognized university.

    >> age should be 21 to 30 years.

    >> age relaxation for obc 3 years, for sc/st 5 years.

    >> you must be indian.



    for more details then you can visit

    www.upsc.gov.in



    best wishes

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    You can apply for IAS exam.

    Eligibility criteria :
    >>Graduation pass from any recognized university.

    Age :
    >>Age is between 21-30 years.
    ST/SC gets 5 years age relaxation.
    OBC gets 3 years age relaxation.

    Condition :
    >>You must be a citizen of INdia.

    you can cheak here ...............

    http://www.upsc.gov.in

    Good luck !

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Hi
    To become an IAS officer you should write IAS exam conducted by UPSC
    India holds a UPSC((Union Public Service Commission) examination every year to recruit a number of IAS officers.
    Eligibility criteria for IAS:
    1) Nationality: The candidate must be an Indian citizen.
    2)Age : The upsc civil exam appear candidates age between 21 to 30 years .Age relaxation for SC ,ST ,OBC ,handicapped persons details given below.
    (i)5 years age relaxable for SC,ST candidates
    (ii)3 years age relaxable for OBC candidates
    (iii)5 years age relaxable for defence service personnel
    (iv)5 years age relaxable for ECOs /SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years assignment in the military service.
    (v)5 years age relaxable in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of 5 years in military service.
    (vi)10 years age relaxable for blind ,deaf .mute and orthopedically ,handicapped persons.
    3) Educational Qualification: The upsc civils examination appearing candidates must be a graduation completed from the recognized university.
    (4)Number of Attempts: The appear candidates of civils how many times may attempt details has given below.
    General candidates: 4 attempts.
    Sc, St Candidates: No restriction.
    Other Backward Classes: 7 attempts
    (5)Restriction: The candidate who is appointed to the civils posts results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to compete at this exam.
    (6)Physical Standards: The candidate�s physically fit as per civil services medical norms.
    It has three-step process i.e.
    Preliminary Exam (Prelims)
    Main Exam (Mains), and Interview
    List of Optional Subjects for IAS preliminary exam
    Agriculture
    Management
    Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science Mathematics
    Anthropology Mechanical Engineering
    Botany Medical Science
    Chemistry
    Philosophy
    Civil Engineering
    Physics
    Commerce & Accountancy
    Political Science & International Relations
    Economics
    Psychology
    Geography
    Sociology
    Geology
    Statistics
    Indian History
    Zoology
    Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)
    Paper I - (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
    1.Current events of national and international importance
    2. History of India and Indian National Movement
    3.Indian and World Geography - Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World.
    4. Indian Polity and Governance � Constitution, Political System,Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
    5. Economic and Social Development � Sustainable Development,Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
    6. General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization
    7.General Science.
    Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
    1.Comprehension
    2.Interpersonal skills including communication skills
    3. Logical reasoning and analytical ability
    4 Decision making and problem solving
    5.General mental ability
    6.Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. -Class X level)
    7. English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).
    9.Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
    The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.
    How to prepare?
    To crack the exam, the preparation requires the right approach along with the right study materials and strategy. The preparation requires focused study rather than plain hard work.
    You can read guide books like General Studies Manual, Indian Politics by Lakshmikanth, Ancient History by D.D.Kausambi�s, R.S.Agarwal [Arithmetic], Wren & Martin [English Grammar], Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation by Arun Sharma, etc.
    You may even study journals and even watch television for important news reports. Reading English newspapers will also help the students to get a good hold on the English language. Always keep the syllabus and past five years question papers.
    The strategy for success must include: early, continuous, and serious preparation, starting right now.

    All the best�..

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear,
    For the IAS exam firstly you complete the degree in any stream from the approved university with any percentage of the marks.
    When you complete the age 21 years then you are eligible for the exam.
    For become the IAS officer your Preparation for the exam
    Time management
    Learning ability
    To collect the study material
    Way of collect the data for preparation (internet, News paper, T.V, Magazines etc)
    The age limit for the exam is the 21 to 30 year for unreserved category.
    Age relaxation for the reserve category
    3 years for OBC category
    5 Years for the SC/ST category
    The exam notification is declare by the upsc in the month of the February -2013
    For more information please update with the www.upsc.gov.in
    Best of luck for the exam.

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Hello,
    IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services. You have to apply for Civil Services Examination.
    Civil Services Examination is conducted by UPSC every year for the recruitment of candidates for the post of IAS, IRS and IPS.

    The basic eligibility criteria for Civil Services Exam are as follows:
    Educational Qualification
    The candidate must hold any degree in any discipline from any recognized university
    Final year degree students are also eligible
    Degree obtained by distance education/open university is also eligible if the university is a recognized university
    Age limit
    General 21-30 yrs
    SC/ST 21-35 yrs
    PH 21-40 yrs
    Number of attempts permitted
    General 4
    OBC 7
    PH 7
    SC/ST No Limit
    Nationality should be Indian.

    For further details refer the pdf attached below and for Previous Years Question Papers you can refer www.upsc.gov.in
    You can fill the online application form from the official website www.upsconline.nic.in

    Regards...
    Attached Files

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear aspirant,

    First you fulfill the the eligibility criteria,you must have passed graduation in any discipline.
    Your age should be minimum 21 years.
    After that you should apply the IAS prelims exam.
    If you crack the prelims exam than you get the chance for main exam.
    After that you face the interview and you qualify the all three stage than you become the IAS officer.

    Eligibility Criteria:-
    Education qualification-
    Graduation in any stream from Govt. recognized University(NO restriction of %)
    Final year student who appeared in last year exam can also apply for UPSC prelims exam.
    Age limit-
    GEN- 21 to 30 year
    OBC- 21 to 33 year
    SC/ST- 21 to 35 year
    Nationality-
    Indian
    Attepts-
    Gen- 4
    OBC- 7
    SC/ST- Unlimited

    For more detail you can visit website www.upsc.gov.in

    All the best

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear friend,


    For becoming IAS Officer, you will have to crack Civil Services Exam that is conducted by UPSC every year.

    Through this exam, posts like IAS, IPS, IFS, etc. are filled.

    Upcoming Notification of IAS Exam will be released on 02 February 2013.

    You can appear in this exam, only if you have done Graduation or if you are in Final Year of your Graduation.

    You can crack this exam by passing three stages i.e.

    >> Preliminary Exam

    >> Mains Exam

    >> Personal Interview


    Age Limits

    General: 21 to 30 years

    OBC: 21 to 33 years

    SC/ST: 21 to 35 years

    No. of Attempts

    >> General : 4

    >> OBC : 7

    >> SC/ST: No Restriction

    For more information, visit: http://upsc.gov.in

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    Dear If you want to become an IAS officer then you should have these eligibilies which are mention below:-

    1. Should have graduate degree from recognized university.

    2. Should be age between 21-30 yrs.

    3. Should be citizen of India................................

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    IAS: Indian Administrative Officer....

    UPSC will hold the IAS examination....

    The minimum eligibility for IAS is graduation.........

    And your age should in between 21-30 years...

    And you must be citizen from India......

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    HELLO SIR.......

    if you want to be an IAS OFFICER THEN you should have to foolow these rules......
    You must be passed graduate in any stream from the recognized university.
    age should be 21 to 30 years.
    age relaxation for obc 3 years, for sc/st 5 years.
    You must be indian.


    For more details then you can visit

    www.upsc.gov.in


    GOOD LUCK !

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    Re: How can I become an IAS officer?

    dear friend,


    to become an IAS officer you have to appear in UPSC Civil

    Services Exam. You have to clear all the three sections of UPSC Civil

    Services Exam.
    1. CSAT
    2. Mains
    3. Interview

    for applying in Civil Services Exam you have to satisfy the following

    Eligibility Criteria.

    Eligibility Criteria For Civil Services:


    1. You need to complete or appearing in final year of graduation

    from recognized college or university with any percentage.



    AGE LIMIT:


    General Category: 21 to 30 years
    OBC Category: 21 to 33 years
    SC/ST: 21 to 35 years

    you must have attained the lower age limit on 1 August of the

    year of exam and you should not have attained the upper age limit

    on similar date.




    How To Apply?

    you can apply for the exam on following link:

    http://www.upsconline.nic.in/





    Good Luck......

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    How can I become an IAS officer?thank you..
    HELLO FRIEND,*.To become an IAS OfficerYou Should have Graduate Degree*.Your age should be between 21-30 years*Age relaxation for obc 3 years and sc/st 5 yearsYou would be appear in Civil Service ExamIt consists of three Stage1. Preliminary Test2. Main Test3. InterviewAttemptsFor General 4For OBC 7For SC/ST No LimitsFor Qualify the test you would have work hard.Good luck

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    You should try and write some essays and pages on some most highlighted topics and collect previous years papers of UPSC and alternative state PSC tests and solve them and you ought to try and write a minimum of 12-15 hour a day as a result of you'll need to write additional and additional inside three hours in mains exam.

    Interview method : If you qualify each of the pre and mains test then you'd be drawn up interview method and you ought to apply for interview and prepare arduous for interview and you ought to head to thereforeme higher posts officialdom officers and guides of your coaching job institute and collect additional and additional information regarding the interview method that means to|a way to} crack the IAS interview during a right way in order that they {will|they'll} guide you well and avoid books to arrange for interview and be assured in yourself and if you collect additional and additional information then you furthermore may will feel therefore cool and assured in yourself so you ought to harden some current events in your preparation and face the interview method in-front of UPSC Board committee.

    If you perform well in interview and UPSC Board contemplate you the simplest for that position then you'll undoubtedly get your post then in order that you ought to prepare arduous.

    If you declared as selected IAS officer of Bharat then you'd be sent all told over India for the coaching of two years period and through your coaching you'll be sent to some acknowledged institutes of India and government organizations and every one expenditures would be afforded by the Indian government and if you fail within the coaching then your one year would be augmented for coaching once more and pass the coaching test.

    To become associate degree IAS officer you ought to write IAS test conducted by UPSC
    Asian country holds a UPSC((Union Public Service Commission) examination once a year to recruit variety of IAS officers.
    Eligibility criteria for IAS:
    1) Nationality: The candidate should be associate degree Indian subject.
    2)Age : The upsc civil test seem candidates age between twenty one to thirty years .Age relaxation for SC ,ST ,OBC ,handicapped persons details given below.
    (i)5 years age relaxable for SC,ST candidates
    (ii)3 years age relaxable for OBC candidates
    (iii)5 years age relaxable for defence service personnel
    (iv)5 years age relaxable for ECOs /SSCOs WHO have rendered a minimum of five years assignment within the military service.
    (v)5 years age relaxable within the case of ECOs/SSCOs WHO have completed associate degree initial amount of five years in military service.
    (vi)10 years age relaxable for blind ,deaf .mute and orthopedically ,handicapped persons.

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    How can I become an IAS officer?
    thank you..

    HI,

    The candidate should have graduate in any discipline from a recognized university with at least 50% marks and if you are pursuing final year or semester of your degree then also you are eligible

    your age should be between 21-30 years and relaxation in upper age as 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC

    >> Paper Pattern :

    A. Preliminary Exam : Objective Type contains 2 papers for 400 marks

    B. Mains Examination : Descriptive Type contains 7 papers for 2000 marks

    C. Interview Process : Final step of your selection contains 300 marks

    Nationality: The candidate must be an Indian citizen.

    General candidates: 4 attempts.
    Sc, St Candidates: No restriction.
    Other Backward Classes: 7 attempts

    Restriction: The candidate who is appointed to the civils posts results of an earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be eligible to compete at this exam.

    Physical Standards: The candidate�s physically fit as per civil services medical norms.
    List of Optional Subjects for IAS preliminary exam
    Agriculture
    Management
    Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science Mathematics
    Anthropology Mechanical Engineering
    Botany Medical Science
    Chemistry
    Philosophy
    Civil Engineering
    Physics
    Commerce & Accountancy
    Political Science & International Relations
    Economics
    Psychology
    Geography
    Sociology
    Geology
    Statistics
    Indian History

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