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Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

hi
upsc stands for the union public service commission. This is the commission set up the government of india which is responsible for the conductance for various competition examination for the government officials post.
And IAS on the other hand is the part of this commission, the IAS exam is also been conducted by the upsc only in which the government officials for the administration services are selected

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Dear friend UPSC and IAS exam both are not same.

UPSC is not a exam this is a commission which conduct many exam.

UPSC CONDUCTS VARIOUS EXAM IN ORDER TO SELECT THE ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE THROUGH THE ENTRANCE EXAM,

AND ONE OF THE ENTRANCE EXAM CONDUCT BY UPSC IS "CIVIL SERVICE EXAM" WHICH INCLUDE RECRUITMENT FOR IAS,IPS etc

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services.

IAS exam conducted by UPSC under Civil Services Exam.

Good luck......

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

UPSC stand for Union Public Service Commission.It is the organisation of Govt.Of India which conduct all UPSC exams like IAS/IPS/IRS/IES/IFS/NDA/SCRA/CDS.

IAS(Indian Administrative services) entrance examination is conducted by UPSC.
every year.

Now you are clear there are multiple entrance examinations one of them is IAS which is conducted by UPSC like other exams conducted by UPSC.

UPSC official website is http://www.upsc.gov.in to know what is UPSC,what is the difference between IAS/UPSC and so on you can log on.

Thank You,

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

No these are the different things let me explain you the same.
UPSC stands for the union public service commission and IAS stands for the indian administrative service.
IAS are selected through the civil services examination and the civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC, so i think you are now have the clear picture of the same in your mind, because many people have some misconception regarding the UPSC/IAS and civil sevrices examination.
So if anybody ask you the same then you can able to give the answer for the same.
For more details log on to www.upsc.gov.in
THank you.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Well UPSC stands for Union Public Service Comission.

Attachment 14994

It is a comission which conducts many civil service exams of which IAS [Indian Administrative Service] is one of the exam.


The various exam conducted by UPSC is furnished below

�� IAS [Indian Administrative Service]

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�� IES [Indian Engineering Service]

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�� CDS [Combined Defence Service]

Attachment 14997

�� IPS [Indian Police Service]

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�� IFS [Indian Forest Service]

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�� SCRA [Special Class Railway Apperentice]

Attachment 15000

�� NDA [National Defence Academy]

Attachment 15001

and so on...


....All the best....

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Hello

UPSC -stands for Union Public Service Commission.
It is a body which conducts examinations for top services such as CSAT,CDSE,NDA,IES,IES/Statistical,SCRA.

UPSC conducts exam
CSAT-Civil Service Aptitude Test
In CSAT there are many services like
1)IAS
2)IPS
3)IRS
4)IDAS
5)IRS(I.T)
6)IOFS
7)IRTS
8)IDES
9)ITS
10)ICLS

many more UPSC conducts all these exams under the name CSAT.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Dear Aspirants ,

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services and UPSC stands for Union PUblic Service Commission .

UPSC conducts many exams such as IES , Civil services , NDA , SCRA , CDS

IAS is an officer level post comes under civil services , For that you give civil services exam.

Good Luck

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

upsc conducts lot of exams such as civil services examination, ifs exam, cds exam, nda exam, scra exam, etc.,
the civil services examination consists of ias,ips,ifos,irs services.
all the best
happy learning!!!!

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Friend, please note that# UPSC and IAS are entirely different terms and they are not same.# UPSC means Union Public Service Commission. On the other hand, IAS means Indian Administrative Service.# UPSC is a statutory government body which conductd various examination of both under-graduate level as well as graduate level.# IAS Examination, IPS Examination, IRS Examination are comes under CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION which is also conducted annually by UPSC.# If a candidate want to be an IAS Officer, he must have to crack Civil Service Examination.# Following required conditions for Civil Service Examination are: * Indian National. * Graduate in any discipline * Age limit of 21-30 years * Must have good moral character. * Must not have any criminal record. * Must not be insane or mad.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Actually IAS is a service among the several services available in Civil services... UPSC is union public service commission which conducts these examinations for civil service and recruit people for various post according to their ranks.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Dear Aspirant ,

UPSC stands for Union Public Service Commission.And IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service.

IAS comes under civil services , civil services exam is conducts by UPSC once in every year.

So, we can not compare between IAS and UPSC because UPSC conducts many exams civil services exam is one of them.

Good Luck

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Dear Friend,

UPSC stands for Union Public Service Commission . UPSC conducts many exams , Civil services exam comes under UPSC. And IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services comes under civil services examination.

So, UPSC is not an exam , it conducts various exams.

Good Luck......

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Hello Dear,

yes dear there are a lot of difference. we can say that CSAt is the subset of UPSC.

UPSC is not a exam this is a commission which conduct many exam for 12th passed and graduate and post graduate candidate. in these exams one of them is CSAt exam which is also known as CSAT exam.

List Of exam conducted by the UPSC
National Defence Academy(NDA) Exams.
Civil Service Examinations-Preliminary and Mains.
Indian Forest Service Exams.
Indian Engineering Service Exams.
Combined Defence Services Exams.
Indian Statistical/Economics Service Exams.
Combined Medical Services Exams.
Central Police Force Examinations.
Section Officers/Stenographers exams.
Special Class Railway Apprentices.

All the best

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

upsc is like as the board who took the exam for differnet-2 post in differnet-2 government department.

ias is the part of the upsc exam , which is also known as civil service exam.

for the ias exam the term and conditions is

civil services examination (for IAS,IPS)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ::

You must be a citizen ofIndia,or, You must be a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, or, You must be a Tibetan

Refugee settled permanently in India before 1962.

You must be of 21 to 30 years of age. However, there is a relaxation in the upper age limit, of 3 years

for the OBC and 5 years for the SC/ST

You must have completed your Graduation or Equivalent, from a recognized university under any

stream, or be a final year student in the same

The number of attempts is 4 for a General category student,7 for an OBC candidate, and

unlimited for a SC/ST candidate, until he fulfills the age criteria

for further information you contact with the www.upsc.gov.in

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

dear aspirant ,upsc is head which conducts some exams like
Indian Forest Services Examination (IFS)
Indian Administrative Services Examination (IAS)
Central Police Forces Examination (CPF)
Civil Services Examination
Combined Defense Services Examination (CDS)
Combined Engineering Services Examination (IES)


and IAS is also a part of upsc

ELIGIBILITY FOR IAS:-

Candidates who have completed their graduation from any stream are eligible for the exam.
Candidates who have completed any professional or technical studies can also apply.
There is no minimum requirement of marks for writing this test. Candidates having a pass mark can apply.
Those who are appearing or the final year of the qualifying examination can also attend the test.
Only those candidates who are citizens of India can appear for IAS and IPS.
The age limit is between 21 years to 30 years.
For OBC- 21-33 years
For SC/ST- 21-35 years

Number attempts :

4 attempts for General candidates.
7 attempts for OBC candidates.
There is no limits for SC/ST candidates.

Reference Books for IAS Exam

Books on Indian History & Culture
Gandhi Nehru Tagore & Ambedkar � Gopal Krishna
Publication Division: Gazetteer of India (Vol 2: History & Culture)
NCERT (+ 2 level) � Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India.
A.C.Banerjee - History of Modern India Raghavan Aiyer � Mahatma Gandhi
Bipin Chandra - Modern India
Books on Geography:

Khullar : India- A Comprehensive Geography
NCERT : Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std
Sharma & Cotinho : Economic and Commercial Geography of India.
Charles Farro: General Principles of World Geography journal - Kurukshetra, Yojana
Charles Farro: Monsoon Asia Reports published by Centre for Science and National
Books on Indian Economy:

The Economic Times, Business Standard
NCERT (+1 level)�Evolution of Indian Economy (I C Dhingra).
Economic Survey
Mishra & Puri or Dutt & Sundaram - Indian Economy
Yojana
Books on Social and National Issues:

Social Welfare Magazine - Published by ministry of social welfare
IIPa Journal
Social Problem - Ram Ahuja

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

upsc is like as the board who took the exam for differnet-2 post in differnet-2 government department.

ias is the part of the upsc exam , which is also known as civil service exam.

for the ias exam the term and conditions is

civil services examination (for IAS,IPS)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ::

You must be a citizen ofIndia,or, You must be a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, or, You must be a Tibetan

Refugee settled permanently in India before 1962.

You must be of 21 to 30 years of age. However, there is a relaxation in the upper age limit, of 3 years

for the OBC and 5 years for the SC/ST

You must have completed your Graduation or Equivalent, from a recognized university under any

stream, or be a final year student in the same

The number of attempts is 4 for a General category student,7 for an OBC candidate, and

unlimited for a SC/ST candidate, until he fulfills the age criteria

for further information you contact with the www.upsc.gov.in

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

upsc could be a govt organization that conducts several exams for govt services and courses and ias stands Indian body service
that could be a post.

To become associate ias officer you've got to offer the civil services examination and clear it that is conducted by upsc once in per annum.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS.
INDIAN ENGINEERING SERVICE EXAMS.
INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMS.
COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICE EXAMS.
INDIAN ECONOMIC/STATISTICAL SERVICE EXAMS.
COMBINED MEDICAL SERVICE EXAMS.
THE GEOLOGISTS EXAMS.
STENOGRAPHERS EXAMS.
CENTRAL law EXAMS.
NDA EXAMS.
SCRA EXAMS.

The Civil Services exams area unit conducted associatively by the UPSC and qualifying the exams utterly with nice ranks might land you with the celebrated posts of an IAS, IPS,etc!!
The varieties of the exams area unit discharged by January-end and also the last date to use is concerning n the primary week of March.
The CIVIL SERVICES exams area unit conducted in 3 phases.
The Preliminary Exams.
The Mains Exams.
The Interviews.
The preliminary exams area unit conducted in could.It is followed by the Mains exams that area unit conducted in October-November.Only candidates UN agency qualify the preliminary exams proceed to the mains.Interviews is final choice obstacle,only for those that qualify the mains.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

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Sir/Madam
UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Hi

I think you are confused with the UPSC and IAS things. For your information I must tell you that UPSC is Union Public Service Commission. This is an organization which conducts Entrance exams all through out the year for various posts.

Some of the entrances are :

NDA, CDS, SCRA, IAS, IPS, SSC, IES, etc..

So as you can see, IAS - Indian Administrative Services is another such Entrance exam which is conducted and organized by the UPSC.

So its often said to be the Civil Services Examination or the UPSC Examination.

To apply online for it, Please visit www.upsconline.nic.in

Hope this helps

All the best

Regards
RANJEET

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

dear

UPSC stands for Union Public Service Commission.

It is a body which conducts exams for filling up different repectable government jobs.

IAS is a exam conducted by UPSC which stands for Indian Administrative Services.
The jobs offered are of administrative level and are highly repectable.

Thank you

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Hello Friend,

UPSC Stand For Union Public Service Commission And That Is Conducted Many Exams :

1. IAS
2. IPS
3. IES
4. IFS
5. CDS
6. NDA
7. SCRA etc

Means That Is Exam Board Which Conducted That Exams.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

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Hi Aspirant,

UPSC stands for Union Public Service Commission.

It is a central government body for the recruitment of eligible candidates for various central government posts.

While IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service. It is a post for which UPSC conducts the Civil Service exam.

It is the most reputed jobs of India.

Best of Luck�

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Dear friend

Donot get confused UPSC and IAS are not same.

UPSC stands for union public service commission whereas IAS is the Indian administrative services.

UPSC is the examination conducting body which organises the various examinations like:



1.NDA:NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY

2.SCRA :special class railway apprentice examination.

3.IES: Indian engineering services

4.Civil services like IAS,IFS,IPS examinations.

and lots more .

Hope the information helps you.

all the best

aashisranjan784

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

upsc exams are those exams which are conducted by upsc(union public service commission) where as IAS exam is one of the exam conducted by upsc,
so IAS exam is also a upsc exam.


For any more details about upsc exams you visit the official website of upsc ,
www.upsc.gov.in

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Hi Aspirant

The answer for your questions is no my friend upsc and IAS is not same

Upsc Stands for the Union Public Service Commission who is conducting the civil services

Exam for the posts like IAS,IPS,IES,IFS,CMS

IAS Stands for the Indian Administrative Service

IPS Stands for the Indian Police Service

IFS Stands for the Indian Foreign Services

IES Stands for the Indian Engineering Services

CMS Stands for the Common Medical Services Exam

And these all exams are coming under the upsc and also IAS

So Ias is a part of the upsc

And upsc is conducting a exam civil services for the post

Best of luck

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

dear

upsc conduct so many exam in a year like civil services IAS also include in civil services so
upsc is exam conducting body which take exam and IAS is post which get after clear civil services exam .
Civil Service Examination has three stages

1st Stage: Preliminary Exam

2nd Stage: Main Examination

3rd(Final Stage): Interview

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

***Hi Friend!!***

The answer to your question is perhaps NO.

UPSC is Union Public Service Commission which conducts many exams in which 'Civil Service Exam'(CSE) is one of them.

The most popular misnomers of CSE are 'IAS exam' or 'UPSC exam'.

You can get everything about UPSC at http://www.upsc.gov.in/

***I wish you all SUCCESS!!***

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

dear aspirants ,

upsc is a govt organisation which conducts many exams for govt services and courses and ias stands indian administrative service
which is a post.

To become an ias officer you have to give the civil services examination and clear it which is conducted by upsc once in every year.




thank you !

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

HI

THERE ARE SIMILARITY AND DISSIMILARITY AMONG THE TWO i.e upsc and IAS

SIMILARITY=

-they both used to recruit the selected candidate into the government sector

DISSIMILARITY=

UPSC IS UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION WHERE AS IAS IS INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

UPSC CONDUCTS VARIOUS EXAM IN ORDER TO SELECT THE ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE THROUGH THE ENTRANCE EXAM,AND ONE OF THE ENTRANCE EXAM CONDUCT BY UPSC IS "CIVIL SERVICE EXAM" WHICH INCLUDE RECRUITMENT FOR IAS,IPS etc



civil exam contains two stages=

1)preliminary exam

2)main exam

AGE=21-29 YEARS

SHOULD BE A GRADUATE IN ANY SUBJECT

GOOD LUCK

THANK YOU

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Hello friend,

UPSC is in full UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

And this UPSC conducts many examination throught

the year and IAS(INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE)

which is in CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

ia a part of that UPSC.

there are many exams conducted by UPSC and they are:







All the best.............

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Hi dear
UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) is a national level Exam conducting body and the Civil Services Exam( IAS Exam ) is one of the exam conducted by it.
UPSC conducts exams for recruitment of various posts in nearly all the government departments.

The various Exams conducted by UPSC are:-
~Combined Medical Services Examination
~Combined Defence Services Examination
~National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination
~Engineering Services Examination
~Civil Services Examination
~Indian Forest Service Examination
~Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam
~Indian Economic/Indian Statistical Service Examination
~Central Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination
~Geologists' Examination

The Civil Services Exam is conducted by UPSC for the recruitment of IAS , IPS, IFS , IRS and other officers.
It is considered the most prestigious exams in India.This Exam is conducted annually by UPSC.
You can get complete information about this Exam in the attached document:-
http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/notific...202012.pmd.pdf

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

UPSC is UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION which conducts exams for various posts.

it conducts

civil service exam
Indian Engineering service exam
Indian forest service exam
IES/ISS
CMS
CDS
CPF

IAS post comes under civil service exam.
which means if you want to become an IAS officer you must write CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Dear,
No, both the UPSC and IAS are different things.The UPSC stands for Union Public Service Commission which only conducts the various open competitive examination for the post of central Government. The IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service. This IAS is a post which is included in CSAT examination, conducted by the UPSC. The UPSC conducts the CSAT examination for IAS, IFS, IPS, IRS etc. Best of Luck

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

dear ,

upsc is a govt.institute which conducts many examination .

generally civil services exams are considered as upsc exams

and if you want to become an IAS than you have to give the civil service examination.

there is no any special examination for ias but there is a commen exam for all civil services in which ias is one them.


see the attachment to clear your douts.

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

dear friend,

don't get confused between both the terms.
UPSC(Union Public Services Commission ) is a body which conduct several exams for filling the posts in government sector.
and IAS(Indian Administrative Services ) is one of the exam that is conducted by UPSC.


Good Luck........

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

No Sir IAS and UPSC is not same.

upsc is like as the board who took the exam for differnet-2 post in differnet-2 government department.

ias is the part of the upsc exam , which is also known as civil service exam.

for the ias exam the term and conditions is

civil services examination (for IAS,IPS)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ::

You must be a citizen ofIndia,or, You must be a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, or, You must be a Tibetan

Refugee settled permanently in India before 1962.

You must be of 21 to 30 years of age. However, there is a relaxation in the upper age limit, of 3 years

for the OBC and 5 years for the SC/ST

You must have completed your Graduation or Equivalent, from a recognized university under any

stream, or be a final year student in the same

The number of attempts is 4 for a General category student,7 for an OBC candidate, and

unlimited for a SC/ST candidate, until he fulfills the age criteria

for further information you contact with the www.upsc.gov.in

best of luck for the future

Re: UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

Dear Applicant,
-The UPSC and the IAS exams are not the same at all.

>> The UPSC is a body which conducts various examinations throughout the year for the recruitment of top posts in the country,
while the CIVIL SERVICE exams {Called the IAS exams by you} are just one of the exams conducted by the UPSC.

>> The exams conducted by the UPSC are mentioned below ::

01. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS.
02. INDIAN ENGINEERING SERVICE EXAMS.
03. INDIAN FOREST SERVICE EXAMS.
04. COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICE EXAMS.
05. INDIAN ECONOMIC/STATISTICAL SERVICE EXAMS.
06. COMBINED MEDICAL SERVICE EXAMS.
07. THE GEOLOGISTS EXAMS.
08. STENOGRAPHERS EXAMS.
09. CENTRAL POLICE FORCE EXAMS.
10. NDA EXAMS.
11. SCRA EXAMS.

The Civil Services exams are conducted annually by the UPSC and qualifying the exams completely with great ranks could land you with the prestigious posts of an IAS, IPS,etc!!
- The forms of the exams are released by January-end and the last date to apply is about n the first week of March.


-The CIVIL SERVICES exams are conducted in three phases.
# The Preliminary Exams.
# The Mains Exams.
# The Interviews.
-The preliminary exams are conducted in May.It is followed by the Mains exams which are conducted in October-November.Only candidates who qualify the preliminary exams proceed to the mains.Interviews is final selection obstacle,only for those who qualify the mains.

-The COMPLETE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA for the exams are mentioned below ::
01. NATIONALITY.
You must be a citizen of INDIA,
or,You must be a subject of NEPAL or BHUTAN,
or,You must be a TIBETAN refugee settled permanently in INDIA before 1962.

02. AGE LIMITS.
You must be 21 To 30 years of age.
However,the upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST & Ex-servicemen and by 3 years for OBCs and Physically Handicapped.

03. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.
You must have completed your Graduation or equivalent,from a recognized university with any subject or stream.
Final year students are also applicable.
ONLY PASSING PERCENTAGE IS REQUIRED.

04 NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS.
For OPEN category : 04
For OBC candidates : 07
For SC/ST candidates : UNLIMITED.

-For further details and notifications regarding the CIVIL SERVICES Exams OR any other exam conducted by the UPSC,visit the official website of the UPSC :: www.upsc.gov.in !!

all the best.
aman//

UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?

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UPSC & IAS exams. Are they both same?