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I have not studied 12th. I have done Diploma course in Automobile Engineering stream. I want to appear for UPSC entrance exam now. So tell me if i am eligible for that or not?

UPSC stands for Union Public Service Commission. UPSC conducts various entrance examinations like IAS, IPS, IES, CDS, etc., for recruitment of candidates to different government departments. The minimum educational qualification required to appear in most of the UPSC examinations is completion of Graduation in any stream from a recognised university. But, some of the UPSC examinations like NDA requires 12th standard as the minimum education qualification. So, I suggest you to check the respective post notification before applying for UPSC examination.

No, Diploma qualified candidates are not eligible to appear in UPSC based Examinations. The basic educational qualification required to be eligible for appearing in UPSC Examinations is either "12th Class" or Graduation from a recognized university. UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) is an examination conducting agency which conduct several recruitment for filling up several posts. The minimum educational qualification required for some posts is just "12th Class" and for some posts "Graduate Degree" from a recognized university. So Diploma candidates are not eligible to appear in UPSC examination as Diploma is not equivalent to Graduation or 12th Class. Hence, I suggest you to do B.E/ B.Tech in Automobile Engineering in order to be eligible for appearing in UPSC Examination. As you have already completed Diploma course in Automobile Engineering, I suggest you to pursue 3 more years in order to complete Bachelor Degree which is the basic educational qualification for Civil Services Preliminary, Mains, Combined Defence Services and Indian Forest Services Examination.

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I have not studied 12th. I have done Diploma course in Automobile Engineering stream. I want to appear for UPSC entrance exam now. So tell me if i am eligible for that or not?

You have completed diploma course so you are eligible UPSC entrance exam like NDA exam.

NDA stands for National Defence Service exam. NDA examination is conducted for 3 wings-Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Indian Army.

The candidate's who have completed the 12th standard from a recognized board or equivalent exam are eligible for NDA exam. Final year of 12th standard candidate are eligible for NDA exam.

Your age should be in between to 16.5 years to 19 years.

It, is tough to give you eligibility to appear for all examinations conducted by UPSC. As, UPSC conducts many examination for recruitment of candidates in different jobs.

Some of examinations are NDA, CSE , IES, IFS, etc...

The minimum eligibility to appear for all these examinations other than NDA is graduation degree. So diploma candidates are not eligible to appear for this examination.

Candidates passed diploma are eligible to appear for NDA examination if there is between 16.5-19.5 years, but only male candidates are eligible to appear in NDA examination.

For more other information about any other examinations in details visit at http://www.upsc.gov.in.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I have not studied 12th. I have done Diploma course in Automobile Engineering stream. I want to appear for UPSC entrance exam now. So tell me if i am eligible for that or not?

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts various entrance exam for various positions such as,

- Indian Engineering Service Examination
- Civil Service Examination
- Combined Defense Service Examination

The applicant required to hold a Bachelors Degree or equivalent qualification from a recognized university to be eligible to appear in the UPSC exam. However, if you are interested in Defence Sector then you can apply for National Defence Academy conducted by the UPSC. Please, refer the UPSC official website for more Information.

Official website - http://www.upsc.gov.in/

Yes, you are eligible to appear for UPSC exams. But before applying for UPSC exams, one must check the eligibility criteria. As you have done your diploma, the class 12 exam is equivalent to diploma course. So, the exams which have the eligibility criteria of class 12 are the one you can apply for. One of the exam is National defence exam (NDA).

You can apply only for exams like UPSC SCRA if you are a diploma holder in automobile engineering. Other than this exam there isn't any UPSC exam for you according to your qualification.

Hence, if you are looking for SCRA then surely you can apply but if you are looking UPSC engineering services exam or civil services exam then you are not eligible.

No, you can't appear in UPSC exam because minimum qualification required to appear in UPSC exam is graduation.

You have to complete your graduation first then only you can appear.