What is the procedure for IAS exams? Which subjects are best for these exams?

Hello, I am Inderpal Singh.I have just completed my B.tech. I am interested in I.A.S.That's why my question is related to the I.A.S. exams :
1.What is the procedure for I.A.S. exams ?
2. Which subjects are the best for these exams ?

Kindly help me by answering me these questions

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dear friend,

IAS comes under Civil Services Exam.
it is divided into two categories
1. Prelims
2. Mains

you have to clear both the exams.

Eligibility Criteria for Civil Services :
you must complete or appearing in final year of graduation from recognized college or university.
your age must be within 21 years to 30 years.

And there is relaxation in UPPER AGE limit for reserved category candidates(3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST candidates).

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Scheme of[FONT=Arial][/FONT][FONT=Arial]CS (Preliminary)[/FONT] Examination

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[FONT=Arial]The Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 450 marks.
The Question Papers (Test Booklets) are set in English & Hindi[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Paper - I[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]General Studies[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]150 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Paper - II[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]One of the optional subjects to be selected from theprescribed optional subjects[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]300 Marks[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial]List of Optional Subjects CS (Preliminary) - Total 23[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Agriculture[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Mathematics[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Mechanical Engineering[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Botany[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Medical Science[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Chemistry[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Philosophy[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Civil Engineering[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Physics[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Commerce[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Political Science[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Economics[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Psychology[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Electrical Engineering[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Public Administration[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Geography[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Sociology[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Geology[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Statistics[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Indian History[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Zoology[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Law[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial]Scheme - CS (Main)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Paper-I[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]One of the Indian Languages to be selected by the candidate from the 18 languages included in the VIIIth Schedule to the Constitution (Qualifying Paper)[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]300 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Paper-II[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]English (Qualifying Paper)[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]300 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Paper-III[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Essay[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]200 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Papers IV & V[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]General Studies (300 Marks for each paper)[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]600 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Papers VI, VII, VIII & IX[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Any two subjects (each having 2 papers) to be selected from the prescribed optional subjects (300 marks for each paper)[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]1200 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Total Marks for Written Examination[/FONT]		[FONT=Arial]2000 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Interview Test[/FONT]		[FONT=Arial]300 Marks[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Grand Total[/FONT]		[FONT=Arial]2300 Marks [/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial]List of Optional Subjects - CS (Main) - (Total 25)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]See [FONT=Arial]Note[/FONT][FONT=Arial] below List of Optional Subjects (Literature)[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Agriculture[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Management[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Animal Husbandry & Vetinary Science[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Mathematics[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Anthropology[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Mechanical Engineering[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Botany[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Medical Science[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Chemistry[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Philosophy[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Civil Engineering[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Physics[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Commerce & Accountancy[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Political Science & International Relations[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Economics[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Psychology[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Electrical Engineering[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Public Administration[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Geography[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Sociology[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Geology[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Statistics[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Indian History[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Zoology[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Law[/FONT]

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[FONT=Arial]List of Optional Subjects (Literature) - CS (Main) - (Total 26)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Arabic[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Gujarati[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Manipuri[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Sanskrit[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Assamese[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Hindi[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Nepali[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Sindhi[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Bengali[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Kannada[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Oriya[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Tamil[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Chinese[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Kashmiri[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Pali[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Telugu[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]English[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Konkani[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Persian[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Urdu[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]French[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Marathi[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Punjabi[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]German[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Malayalam[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial]Russian[/FONT]

Good Luck...........

Hi Friend!

First, you need to know what is UPSC.

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


CSE has a misnomer as 'IAS exam' or 'UPSC exam'.

you need to write Preliminary exam of Civil Service followed by Mains.


The qualification for the Civil Service is Graduation(Degree).

Coming to the Preliminary exam, it consists of General Science and Aptitudes.

And the syllabus for the Preliminary is cover everything intermediate level like GK,Biology, everything.

And the syllabus for the Mains is to select two subjects out of 25 subjects but a combo of same stream is avoided like (Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering).
And an Indian language out of 26 languages.


I'd suggest you to go through newspapers, history(Indian), Geography(India) And the problems arising in your state.

And reading the newspapers is just not the thing, you'd analyse the facts and analyse every stuff you go through.
The main important thing is to prepare notes of it. It helps you to reckon everything when you just have glance at it.

And preparing the notes is very good job because you'll never find anything in any book about certain topic which you surely find in dailies.

Go through two languages of dailies (one, perhaps English and second, your language).

And section of subjects for Mains depends on what course you do in your graduation.
After deciding the course, then go should go through previous year papers.

And you can also join a institute just 2years before writing the preliminary exam.

You should create your own time-table because proper planning and execution is more important for success.

More and more rehearsals are also important!

You can have all the details abot the CSE at http://www.upsc.gov.in/

I wish you all Success!

dear ,

i will provide you the original notification of the upsc for civil services examination which is the best source to get knowledge about the

same .and also i attached here the list of subjects for both prelims and mains examination for you .

Because we can't suggest you to which subject you take or not it depends on your choice .


So please read and understand the attachment and take decision after that ..










Best of luck