In order to become IPS Officer, you will have to crack CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION being conducted by UPSC every year.
ELIGIBILITY FOR IPS:
Academic Qualification:
-One should have completed Graduation with any of the stream from a recognized university.
-Candidates who have appeared for final year exams of Graduation course and waiting for the result can also apply for this Exam.
Age criteria:
-One should be in the age group of 21-30 years to be eligible for this Exam.
-Relaxation is there in upper age limit upto 3 years for the candidates of OBC category and upto 5 years for the candidates of SC/ST category.
The Civil Services Examination consists of 3 successive stages -
(i) Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination conducted in May/June
(ii) Civil Services Main Examination conducted in October/November. Those who have cleared prelims are only eligible.
(iii) Those who are selected for mains are eligible to appear for Interview board at New Delhi
UPSC Prelims Exam Syllabus 2012
Paper I - (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
Current events of national and international importance
History of India and Indian National Movement
Indian and World Geography
Indian Polity and Governance
Economic and Social Development
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change
General Science.
Paper II- (200 marks) Duration: Two hours
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).
Part B - Main Examination - Optional Subjects
Paper-I |
One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 22 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper) |
300 Marks |
Paper-II |
English |
300 Marks |
Paper-III |
Essay[in the medium you choose] |
200 Marks |
Papers IV & V |
General studies(300 Marks for each paper) |
600 Marks |
Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX |
Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper) |
1200 Marks |
Total Marks for Written Examination |
2000 Marks |
List of optional subjects
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
- Anthropology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Commerce and Accountancy
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Law
- Management
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science and International
- Relations
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Zoology
- Literature of one of the following languages:
- Arabic,
- Assamese,
- Bodo
- Bengali
- Chinese
- Dogri
- English
- French
- German
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
- Maithili
- Malayalam
- Manipur
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Oriya
- Pali
- Persian
- Punjabi
- Russian
- Sanskrit
- Santali
- Sindhi
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
Following combinations of subjects ARE NOT ALLOWED IN Civil services exam:�
(a) Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration;
(b) Commerce & Accountancy and Management;
(c) Anthropology and Sociology;
(d) Mathematics and Statistics;
(e) Agriculture and Animal Husbandry &Veterinary Science.
(f) Management and Public Administration;
(g) Of the Engineering subjects, viz., Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering�not more than one subject.
(h) Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science and Medical Science.