What is the eligibility criteria for UPSC CS Mains exam other than CSAT qualification?

"Only those candidates
who are declared by the Commission to have qualified
in the Preliminary Examination in the year will be
eligible for admission to the Main Examination of that
year provided they are otherwise eligible for
admission,to the Main Examination"

This, I quote from csat notification 2013, could anyone please enlighten me about what are the other ways to be eligible to csat mains other than clearing csat prelims , according to the above mentioned word : " provided they are otherwise eligible for
admission to the Main Examination".

Please i would like to know what other eligible criteria are there?
Thanks in advance.

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As you might have applied for the preliminary examination,you have not submitted any documentary proof of your degree or your date of birth or any other documents related to the basic criterias.So if you clear the preliminary test and is deemed as eligible for appearing in the Mains but at that time it may be found that the candidate has suppressed some information then UPSC can debar him/her from the exam even if he/she has cleared the prelims.This clause states this much only.So that any candidate can not make claims that as nothing was mentioned in the notification so he/she can appear.For example if someone is above the age limit yet if he/she qualifies the prelims test then also he will not be considered for the mains after submission of proof.The basic criterias include Graduation from any stream from a Recognised University and age limit 21-30yearfor general category

while submitting the required documents while applying for prelims even if you have passed the prelims you might be debarred from writing the upsc mains as you suprassed some information about you
this is what the clause says

hi,

Yes, You can apply for CSAT Exam.

>>If you have goal and passion to become IAS officer then no coaching is required, you can prepare by yourself.

>>The minimum education qualification required for IAS is Graduation Degree in any of Engineering branch.

>> And in IAS the minimum Education Qualification is Graduation Degree in any Field from Recognized University.

>> And age limit is 21-30 years.

>> Candidate must be citizen of India.

>> Final year candidate can also appear for IAS. But Documents must be Verified before mains exam.

Here are some Magazines And Newspaper that will help you to increase your GK and Current Affairs:

>> Magazines:

1) Chronicle

2) Yojana

3) Pratiyogita Darpan

4) Kurukshetra

5) India Today


Newspapers:

1) The Hindu

2) Times Of India

As per my suggestion you should prefer Magazine Chronicle and Newspaper The Hindu.

There are two papers:

Paper-I General studies and current affair

Paper-II General Aptitude.

I hope you will understand.

All the Best

Yes this is the exact and correct information which is declared by the upsc. It states that you have to fulfill the eligibility criteria for giving the CSAT exam, which is that you should be a graduate from a recognized indian university and your age should be in between 21-30 years of age.
Now they say for the mains exam also, the eligibility would be the same and only those who have cleared the CSAT exam, are eligible of giving the mains exam