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My date of birth is 2 July 1995. Am I eligible for IAS examination 2016? Also do tell me the eligibility criteria for IAS 2016.

Eligibility criteria for the Civil Services Examination 2016:

Graduation in any discipline from a recognized university. Final year candidates can apply for the exam.

The minimum age limit on 1st August, 2016 should be 21 years for candidates of every category. You are eligible for the Civil Services exam as you will be 21 years and 29 days on specified date.

Official website: www.upsc.gov.in.

# IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service.

# Sorry to say that you are presently not eligible for Civil Service Examination because minimum required for appearing in the examination is 21 years for all categories.

# You are advised to wait at least one year. Next year your age would be 21 years and you will definitely eligible for Civil Service Examiation.

# You can utilize this available one year for better preparation and consolidating your basic concepts.

# Here below, I am providing detailed information regarding Civil Service Examination:

# Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) hold the combined competitive examination namely Civil Service Examination for following services mentioned below:

* Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
* Indian Police Service (IPS)
* Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
* Indian Custom and Excise Service
* and many more

# Required age limit:

* 21-32 years for General category.
* 21-35 years for OBC category.
* 21-37 years for SC and ST category.
* 21-42 years for Persons with Disability.

# Required educational qualification for Civil Service Examination:

* Must have 10+2+3 system of education from recognised university.
* Candidate with any bachelor degree are eligible.
* Civil Service Examination does not emphasis on nature of degree as well as marks obtained in bachelor degree.
* Mere qualification of any bachelor degree is sufficient in order to apply for Civil Service Examination.

# There is provision of fixing certain number of attempts separately for all categories which is as follows:

* General category is permitted only Six attempts.
* OBC category is permitted only Nine attempts.
* SC and ST categories are permitted only Unlimited attempts.

# Names of few helpful books for Civil Service Examination:

* A History of Modern World by Ranjan Chakravati
* Indian and World Geography by Majid Hussain
* India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
* Indian Constitution by P.M. Bakshi
* Mc Graw Hill Education Series: Indian Economy for Civil Service Examination by Ramesh Singh
* Mc Graw Hill Education Series: Indian Polity for Civil Services Examination by M. Laxmikanth
* Indian Economy & Performance and Policies by Uma Kapila
* India Since Independence by Bipin Chandra
* Indian Constitution by Subhash Kashyap

Originally Posted by Unregistered

My date of birth is 2 July 1995. Am I eligible for IAS examination 2016? Also do tell me the eligibility criteria for IAS 2016.

No, you are not eligible for IAS exam 2016 because your age is below 20 years.

Those candidates who have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university are eligible for IAS exam 2016.

Age criteria:

For General: 21 to 30 years
For OBC: 21 to 33 years
For SC/ST: 21 to 35 years

No. of Attempts:

For General: 3
For OBC: 7
For SC/ST: No Restriction

Eligibility criteria for the I.A.S. is-

>> Candidate should be Indian citizen and must be a graduate candidate from a recognized university.

>> Candidate to be 21-30 years age group and 3 years relaxation for OBC candidates and 5 years for the SC/ST candidates.

>> Candidates are in final year of the Graduation can also apply for the I.A.S.

>> Candidate migrated from Nepal and Bhutan since 1962 for permanent residence in India can also apply.

Selection procedure is-

>> Preliminary exam

>> Mains exam

>> Personal Interview

And as you are a 20 years old candidate so you have to await for 1 year to apply for the exam.

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service and it is the highest posts which a civilian can achieve in the administrative field.

To be an IAS officer one needs to clear Civil Services examination which is held once every year by Union Public Service Commission in three stages which are respectively called as Preliminary test, Mains and Personal Interview.

Being born on 2 July 1995 you are eligible for Civil Services examination 2016 as by the 1st August 2016 your age will be over 21 years and will be within the age limit i.e; 21 years to 32 years ( in case of reserved category candidates there is provision of age relaxation too ).

Apart from the age criteria , to be eligible for same examination you need to have either completed or must be in the final year of your bachelor's degree with any discipline from a recognized university along with the nationality of India.

For more queries regarding the same examination you can log on to the official link of UPSC i.e; www.upsc.gov.in.

Dear it's nice to hear from you about your aspiration to become an IAS officer.

And according to the eigibility criteria published by the UPSC,you can apply for the IAS exam 2016.

Actually the minimum age needed to seat in UPSC mains examination is 21 years on 1st August 2016 and you're alright. So you apply for the UPSC exams in 2016 without any hesitation.

I hope it will help you.
Best of luck for the future.

Yes, you are not eligible to appear for the IAS examination in the 2016. To appear for the civil services examination conducted by the UPSC the required eligibility criteria is:-
* Candidates must have passed the graduation from the recognised university.
* Candidates age must be between the 21-32 years with the relaxation in the upper age limit for the reserved category.

So, you are eligible to appear for the examination in the 2016 as your age is above 21 years on the 1st August 2016. For more information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

My date of birth is 2 July 1995. Am I eligible for IAS examination 2016? Also do tell me the eligibility criteria for IAS 2016.

By next year you are going to be 21 years and that is luckily the lower age limit for IAS examination as well. So, yes you are eligible to sit for IAS examination next year.

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services. It is one of the most prestigious civil service exam which is conducted by UPSC every year.

Eligibility Criteria:-

Educational Qualification:- To give this exam you need to be a graduate in any discipline from a university recognized by the University Grants Commission. If you are a final year student then also you can apply for this exam.

Age Criteria:- According to the new rule the upper age limit of all categories have been increased. But the lower age limit which is 21 years remains unchanged and is applicable for all categories. Here is the new upper age limit for all categories:-

• General Category: 32 years
• SC/ST Category: 37 years
• OBC Category: 35 years
• PWD Category: 42 years

Number of Attempts:- It is different for different categories.

• General Candidates: 6 attempts
• OBC Candidates: 9 attempts
• SC/ST Candidates: Unlimited

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services.

After 2 July, 2016 you will be able to give IAS examination.

IAS examination is conducted every year by UPSC (Uninon Public Service Commission).

The eligibility criteria for IAS examination:-

* Candidates must be completed graduation in any stream from any recognised university.

* Age limit:- 21-30 years.

* Age relaxation:- 3years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

* No.of attempts:- 4 for General, 7 for OBC and upto age limit for SC/ST candidates.

* Nationality:- Indian.

IAS stands for the Indian Administrative Services. This service comes under the Civil Services of the Indian Government. Union Public Service Commission conducts the Civil Services exam for the different services like IAS, IPS, IRS etc.

This exam is considered to be one of the most toughest exam of India and has following eligibility criteria:

>>The least qualification for this exam is bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university. Final year candidates can also apply for the exam.

Passing percentage of marks is enough to apply for the exam.

>>The minimum age limit on 1st of August of year of exam is 21 years and upper age limit is 32 years for general category candidates with three years age relaxation to OBC and five years to SC/ST respectively.

You can apply for the 2016 exam as you will be 21 years plus on 1st of August of 2016 as per your date of birth given year.

Notification will come on 23rd April of 2016.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

My date of birth is 2 July 1995. Am I eligible for IAS examination 2016? Also do tell me the eligibility criteria for IAS 2016.

In order to appear for Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Exam, aspirants should have the following eligibility :

- Educational Qualification : Aspirant should hold a bachelor degree in any discipline from recognized institute

- Age Limit : The minimum age for appearing in this exam is 21 years and maximum age is 32 years for General category. There is a relaxation in age limit for reserved category that is for OBC category, the maximum age is 35 years, whereas for SC/ST category, the maximum age is 37 years.

- Number of Attempts :

1. For General category : 6 attempts

2. For OBC category : 9 attempts

3. For SC/ST category : No limits

So, according to norms of IAS exam you are not eligible for this exam because the minimum age required to appear for this exam is 21 years.

Official website: www.upsc.gov.in/

Originally Posted by Unregistered

My date of birth is 2 July 1995. Am I eligible for IAS examination 2016? Also do tell me the eligibility criteria for IAS 2016.

Civil Services Mains Exam will be commenced on 18 December, 2015.

However, you will have to apply for Preliminary Exam and qualify it to appear for Mains Exam.

Age Criteria:
For General: 21 to 30 years
For OBC: 21 to 33 years
For SC/ST: 21 to 35 years

IAS Aspirants will have to pass three stages to crack this exam:
Preliminary Exam (CSAT Exam)
Mains Exam
Personal Interview

No. of Attempts for IAS Exam:
For General: 3
For OBC: 7
For SC/ST: No Restriction

Some of best reference books that you may refer for IAS exam preparation are:

Indian Economy for Civil Services Examination (English) 6th Edition (Paperback)
Rs. 378


Trishna's CSAT: Supercourse in English Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension (English) 1st Edition (Paperback)
Rs. 215


CSAT 2015 (Paper II) Volume - 1 (English) 1st Edition (Paperback)
Rs. 459

IAS stands for Indian Administrative service

Eligibility for IAS :
1. You must complete degree in any stream from a recognised university.
2. The age limit for applying for IAS is 21- 30 years.
3. Nationality: A candidates applying for IAS must either be:
i a Citizen of India, or
ii a subject of Bhutan, or
iii a subject of Nepal etc

Age relaxations:
There are upper age relaxations provided for candidates.
1. The upper age relaxation provided for OBC is 3 years.
2. The upper age relaxation provided for SC/ST is 5 years.
5. Ex-servicemen who have completed their service are given 5 years upper age relaxation.

The no. of times writing the exams :
1. OC's can write up to 3 times
2. OBC's can write up to 7 times
3. There is no such limit for SC/ST candidates.

The procedure for selection is
1. Written exam
2. Interview
3. Document verification

The written will have 2 papers
1. Preliminary exam
2. Main exam

To get the applications click >>www.upsc.gov.in

Originally Posted by Unregistered

My date of birth is 2 July 1995. Am I eligible for IAS examination 2016? Also do tell me the eligibility criteria for IAS 2016.

IAS - Indian Administrative Service

This is a Civil service post and to join in this post you need to apply for the IAS exam conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) every year. Candidates will be selected through 3 stages such as:

1. CSAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test)
2. Main Exam
3. Interview

There are eligibility criteria's which you need to satisfy in order to apply for the IAS exam. The eligibility criteria includes:

-> Candidate should have a citizenship in India.

-> Age limit for general category candidate is 21-32 years and for OBC it is 21-35 years and for SC/ST it is 21-37 years.

-> Educational qualification needed for the candidate is that, candidate should have completed a degree in any stream from a recognized university.

If you satisfy them all then you can apply for the IAS Exam. There are certain amount of attempts which is allowed for category candidates such as 6 for general category candidates, for OBC it is 9 and for SC/ST it is unlimited.

To know more information regarding the exam check at http://www.upsc.gov.in

Yes,you are eligible to appear for the civil services examination in the 2016. The examination is conducted by the UPSC every year.

The eligibility to appear for the examination is :-
* Candidates must have passed the graduation from the recognised university.
* Candidates age must be between the 21-32 years as on the 1st August of year of appearing for the examination.

So, you can appear for the examination going to be conducted in the 2016.The notification for the examination is released and to get the information in detail visit at the www.upsc.gov.in.

Yes, you can appear for the civil services examination conducted for the recruitment of the IAS, IPS etc... The examination is conducted by the UPSC every year. The examination is conducted in the three stages.

The eligibility to appear for the examination is candidates who have passed the graduation in any discipline with the passing percentage and age above 21 years and less than the 32 years as on the 1st August of year of appearing for the examination can appear for the examination.

So, you need to start the preparation to appear for the examination. The application form for the examination will be available from the April.

IAS is short for Indian Administration Services. You can become IAS officer through Civil Services Exam.

Civil Services Exam is conducted by UPSC.

For Civil Services exam your age must be within 21 years to 32 years.

There is also relaxation in upper age as per government rules.

Candidates must have completed or appearing in final year of graduation in any subjects from recognised college or university.

Candidates must have Indian citizenship.

IAS(Indian administration service) Exam is one of the civil services exam which is conducted by Union Public Service Commission .
Some Very Important Qualification required for attempting IAS exam:-
Candidate should be Indian.
He/She has bachelor degree ,those who are waiting for last year result can also apply

Age Criteria-Candidate must be in between 21 to 32 years.

There are also limit for attempting-
General-
6 attempts

OBC-
9 Attempts

SC/ST
As many as age limit

Date of Notification-23 April 2016
Last date for Apply - 20 May 2016
Date of Preliminary (CSAT) Exam- 7 August 2016

Exam pattern for Civil service exam, 2016 will be slightly changed from 2015 pattern.

But the age and educations qualifications requirements are :

Age : 21 to 30 yrs (relaxation for reserved categories)
Edu. qualification : graduation in any field.

Notification for Civil service exam, 2016 will come in February, 2016. There will be some change in number of attempts and optional subjects.

For other related information, you can check :

upsc.gov.in
upscportal.com

My date of birth is 07-07-1999, so I want to know that when I will be age of 21 in July 2020 but exam is complete in June and submission of exam form is also done 3 or 4 months before the exam and I will be age of 21 year in July,so Will i eligible for IAS Exam in 2020?

My birth date 10/10/2000 I can applied to 2021 upsc exam