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IS a charted accountant who enrolled directly into ca after +2 elligible to become IAS Officer or is it necessary to finish Graduation.

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IS a charted accountant who enrolled directly into ca after +2 elligible to become IAS Officer or is it necessary to finish Graduation.

Eligibility For IAS

In order to become an IAS Officer..a candidate must fulfill the following minimum criterion for appearing in the Civil Services Exam :-

1) You should be a graduate in any stream from a recognized University

2) You should be within the age limit of 21-30 years for general category,21-33 years for OBC and 21-35 years for SC/ST

The maximum number of attempts allowed for the general candidates is 4,for OBC its 7 and for SC/ST there is no limit..

A candidate is bound to be graduate for appearing in the Civil Service Exams and moreover even for entering in the line of chartered accountancy..there is a minimum criterion to fulfill that the candidate must have completed his/her B.Com from a recognized college whether through regular or correspondence..

There should be absolutely no problem for you in appearing for the Civil services Exam if you have completed your B.Com..

The forms for the Civil Service Exam shall release on 4th February,2012 and the last date to submit the forms shall be 5th March,2012..

The Prelims shall be conducted on 20th May,2012 which shall consist of 2 objective papers based on general knowledge,current affairs and aptitude skills..

If you clear the Prelims then you will be eligible for the Mains which shall be conducted on 5th October,2012 which shall consist of 9 papers which shall consist of 1 on Indian Language, 1 on English, 1 on General Essay, 2 on General Studies and 4 on Optional subjects..

If you manage to clear the Mains then you will be eligible for the final interview..

The results shall be declared just a few weeks before the next Prelims..

For any further information..log on to the official website of UPSC which is http://upsc.gov.in

all the best..

With Warm Regards
Nitz

IAS exam Eligibility

A degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educatsional institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be a Deemed University under the UGC Act, 1956, or an equivalent qualification.
Candidates who have appeared or intend to appear for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear for the Preliminary Examination. All such candidates who qualify to appear for the Civil Services Main Examination must produce proof of having passed the said examination along with their application for the Main Examination.
The UPSC may in exceptional cases treat a candidate without the foregoing requisite qualification as an eligible candidate as per following conditions,

he / she has passed an examination conducted by other institutions, the standard of which justifies his / her admission in the opinion of the Commission.
Candidates with professional and technical qualifications recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional and technical degrees.
Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination. However they must submit along with their Main Examination application, a certificate from the concerned authority of the University / Institution that they have passed the final professional medical examination. At the Interview stage they must then produce a certificate from a competent authority that they have completed (including internship) all the requirements for the award of the Medical Degree.