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I am a pg student. Now am in second year, i want to become an IAS offiicer
plz tell me how should i prepare for civils

Originally Posted by prashanth876

I am a pg student. Now am in second year, i want to become an IAS offiicer
plz tell me how should i prepare for civils

Dear Friend,
It is very nice that you want to become an IAS officer in future and want to serve the nation.
The examination for the IAS officer is conducted by the UPSC in the form of Civil Service Examination.
The candidate who want to go for the Civil Service Examination should has to qualify the following two criteria.
Educational Qualification :-
The candidates should be a graduate in any stream. The College from which the candidate has done graduation should be recognized by the govt. body.

Age limit Criteria :-
For general category candidate the age limit criteria is 21 years to 30 years.
Age relaxation of 3 years is provided to OBC candidates and age relaxation of 5 years is provided to SC/ST candidates.

So to prepare for the examination you can join any coaching center.
If you want to prepare by your self then you can do the following.

• Prepare for the Aptitude test.You can consult good books like R.S Agarwal,s book.
• Prepare mathematics of class 8 to 10 of CBSC board.
• Prepare for the English grammer.
• You should be prepare for the general History,Economics,Geography and Civics.
• Try increasing your speed of answering.

Best Wishes.....

Originally Posted by prashanth876

I am a pg student. Now am in second year, i want to become an IAS offiicer
plz tell me how should i prepare for civils

Hi

How to prepare for the Civil Services

Dear friend, there are many good books in markets which will really help you to crack IAS exams. For IAS preparation books from Arihant ;upkaar etc. are quite good.But I would suggest you to must go for the monthly magazine CSR (competitive success review). The magazine contains very useful articles;world affairs; current affairs from every fields and most important part of it is the valuable tips from various IAS/PCS toppers;group discussion topics ;interview techniques and many more.As you are in 2nd year so you can either prepare from your own or joining a IAS coaching center will also help you a lot.

The online preparation is giving the more details about the civil services examination. so you will prepare forthe online. there are number of websites are available for the civil services examinations.

Good books for IAS preparation

1. New Horizons of Public Administration by Mohit Bhattacharya
2. Administrative Thinkers by Prasad and Prasad
3. Indian Administration by Rajni Goel
4. Public Administration and Public Affairs by Nicholar Henry

Don’t hesitate to drop a comment if you any question or would like to share some more information

Thank You!

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