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Which subject in +1 +2 ecan be done to become a IAS, IPS officer & after completing the +2 degree is needed for IAS, IPS

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services and IPS for Indian Police Services. Both of the services come under Civil Services of Indian Government.

Minimum of bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university is required to apply for the exam.

Final year candidates can also apply for the exam.

The age limit is 21-30 years for general candidates and three years age relaxation to OBC and five years to SC/ST candidates.

It has three stages: Preliminary exam, Mains examination and Personal Interview.

There are four attempts for General candidates, seven for OBC candidates and no limit for the SC/ST candidates.

There is no compulsory subjects to take in either 10+2 or bachelor's degree to become IAS or IPS officer.

You can choose the stream as per your interest and subjects which you like reading without any suggestions of others. You will perform well in subjects if you like reading it.

You can go for science or commerce or arts anyone but it should be your own choice.

Yes, as mentioned above degree is needed to apply for the Civil Services examination.

For any more details about Civil Services examination, visit www.upsc.gov.in.

First of all you need to know about the eligibility criteria for the IPS(IAS) exam. This will clear most of your doubts.

1) Graduate.
2) Minimum age should be at least 21 years.

Now since you are in 11th standard so you have to first clear your intermediate and then have to do graduation in any of the discipline, then only you will be eligible to apply for the examination.

So you have a sufficient amount of time for your preparation.
For now, my advise would be that, you stay up to date with the social events and make an habit of reading newspapers and news. Discuss different sort of facts with your friends, this will help you to retain what you have read.

So, first focus on your intermediate and along with this stay connected to the world. This will help you when you later when you start your preparation after graduation for the exam.

Regarding the subjects, if you don't want to take up engineering or medical and your complete focus is on the IAS exam, try to take humanities.

One more thing, IPS do not take separate exam. Based on your rank in the IAS exam IPS officers are selected.

There is no such specification given by UPSC that you need to opt any stream in 10+2 in order to become Indian Administrative Officer or Indian Police Services officer.

You can take any stream in 10+2. In order to appear for the Civil Services examinations, you need a bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university. Final year candidate can also apply for the exam.

So, yes degree is needed to appear for Civil Services examination.

The age limit is 21-30 years. Upper age relaxation applicable to OBC and SC/ST candidates.

Official website of UPSC: www.upsc.gov.in.

hello friend
if you want to build up your career as an IPS or IAS officer, then choose that subject in which you are buff.
Choose that subject which you have the good knowlege beacause in the main exam exam of ivil services exam you have to choose one subject for the entrance in which you are good.
And if you are in struggle, then according to me, hoose the history subject beacuse the most of the IPS officers passed this subject.
I hope the information help you.
Good luck

There is not any specific course which has been given more preferences with respect to others while making preparations for IAS or IPS exam.Therefore, you can opt for any discipline of your interest after 10th.The key point which should be kept in the mind while preparing for such exams is that do your level best in the subject you have much interest.

UPSC conducts civil services exam in order to recruit personnel to the posts like IAS,IPS,IFS,IRS etc.

The eligibility criteria required for civil services exam are as under:-

-The candidate should be an Indian.

-The candidate should have completed graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

-The age limit to apply for the exam is from 21 years to 30 years for general category.There is relaxation in upper age limit by 3 years for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

-The no. of attempts for the exam is 4 times for general category under the creamy layer,7 times for OBC candidates and no limits for SC/ST candidates.

-The exam process involves

*Preliminary Exam

*Main exam

*Personality Interview.

I am very pleased with your interest in Civil services and even from beginning of 11th only . One thing I want to suggest you that the eligibility criteria for the civil services examination of IAS/IPS are :-
Graduation completed students in any discipline or stream from a recognised university are eligible .
The candidates age must be 21-30 years and there is relaxation for other category students .
There are limitations on number of attempts also . For general it is :-3
OBC :-7 .
SC/ST:- No limitations .

The examination is conducted in three stages:-
Preliminary.
Mains .
Interview .

It is mandatory to candidates to qualify in all the stages .

So I will suggest you study what you have interest . As there is no restrictions on optional subjects for Mains examination .

But from now only I will suggest you to go with newspaper and Current Affairs regularly .
This will benefit you alot .

You can take any subject of your interest. To apply for IAS officer candidate have to complete his/her graduation in any discipline.

Candidate want to become IAS have to apply for Civil Service Exam. Civil Service Exam is conducted by UPSC every year.

Eligibility for IAS Exam :

Candidate must have to pass graduation from any recognised university.

Age Limit : Age of candidate must be from 21 to 30 years. Age relaxation is provided below :

OBC candidates : 3 years
SC/ST candidate : 5 years

Nationality : Candidate must be citizen of India.

Civil Services consists of two stages :

Preliminary Exams
Main Examinations

Preliminary exam consists of two papers, general studies and optional subject.
Candidate can optional subjects from the following :

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering ,Commerce, Economics, Geography, Geology, Indian History, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Electrical Engineering, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology

After passing Preliminary exam candidate have to appear for Main Examination.
Main examination consists of 9 papers. It is of 3 hours.

For more details about examination pattern and syllabus please go through the attachment.

To become an IAS/IPS officer you can choose any stream of your interest Science/arts/commerce.

You need to appear in CSE civil services exam conducted by UPSC (Union public service commission)
Pattern of the exam consist of two stages :
IAS preliminary exam
IAS main exam

For IAS Prelim there are two stages :
IAS Preliminary Examination CSAT Paper - 1 (GS)
IAS Preliminary Examination CSAT Paper - 2 (APTITUDE)

Here I am attaching two files refer them for IAS csat syllabus as well as last year question papers.

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