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Kindly tell us the age limit for women for writing the IAS exam. is it the same as mentioned any relaxation for women? Can you please provide me the complete details on this? I need to know the eligibility criteria right to apply for IAS.

Thank you!

I.A.S stands for Indian Administrative Service and for recruitment as an IAS Officer the candidate have to appear and qualify in Civil Services examination.

The eligibility to appear for examination is that the candidate must have passed graduation degree from any recognised university and age limit to appear for examination is 21-32 years with relaxation for reserved category.

There is no special relaxation in age for women to appear for examination. The examination is conducted in three stages and candidates have to qualify in all stages for final selection for job. For more information about examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

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Kindly tell us the age limit for women for writing the IAS exam. is it the same as mentioned any relaxation for women? Can you please provide me the complete details on this? I need to know the eligibility criteria right to apply for IAS.

Thank you!

Those candidates who have completed graduation degree from a recognized university are eligible for IAS exam. Final year candidate are also eligible for IAS exam.

Your age should be in between 21 to 32 years.

Age relaxation is given below -

5 years relaxation for SC/ST candidates
3 years relaxation for OBC Candidates
10 years relaxation for PHC candidates
5 years relaxation for Ex-serviceman

Number of Attempts:-

For open category:- 7 attempts
For OBC category:- 9 attempts
For ST/SC category:- unlimited

There is no separate relaxation available for women in IAS. Age limit is 21 to 32 years. Realaxation available of 3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST.

IAS Eligibility
- You must be indian.
- You must have passed bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
- Your age must be between 21 to 32 years. Relaxation applicable 3 years to OBC and 5 years to SC/ST.

Application Procedures
- Visit the site : www.upsconline.nic.in
- Click "Online Application".
- Application form contains registration part-I and part-II.
- Register for both the part carefully.
- Click "Agree" to submit the application.
- Print the application for your reference.

Selection
- Preliminary Exam
- Main Exam
- Interview

IAS Important Dates
- Starting of Registration : 6th February , 2016
- Ending of Registration : 5th March , 2016
- Preliminary Exam : 20th April , 2016
- Main Exam : 16th May , 2016

One needs to clear Civil Services exam conducted by UPSC (UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION) to become an IAS officer .

The age limit for a female candidate is same as for male candidate;there is no relaxation available for women.

The eligibility criteria required to apply for IAS exam are as under :-

-The candidate should be an Indian.

-The candidate should have passed graduation degree in any stream with any percentage from a government recognized university.

-The age limit to apply for the exam is from 21 years to 32 years for general category.There is relaxation in upper age limit by 3 years for OBC candidates, 5 years for SC/ST candidates and 10 years for PWD (People with Disability) 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 is conducted in three phases:

* CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) in May/June.

* Mains (Civil Services Mains) in Oct/Nov.

* Personality test (Interview) in Feb/Mar of the following year.

Age limit:-
Upper age limit for SC/ST will be 31 years.
Upper age limit for OBC will be 35 years.
Upper age limit for general will be 32 years.

Number of attempts:-
9 for OBC
6 for general
No limit for SC/ST.

IAS stands Indian Administrative Service and it is the highest post which a civilian can achieve in the administrative field. Also to be an IAS officer one has to clear Civil Services examination.

Civil Services examination is held once every year by Union Public Service Commission in three stages which includes Preliminary test, Mains and Personal Interview respectively.

--> To be eligible for same examination you must have the qualifications given here under :

* You must have the nationality of India with your age lying within 21 years to 32 years in case you belong to general category otherwise there is provision of age relaxation for reserved category candidates as per the government norms.

* You must have completed your bachelor degree course with any subject from a recognized university.

As far as you concerned about the age relaxation of woman candidate then there is no such provision unless you belong to reserved category.

For more details about the same examination you can refer to the link www.upsc.gov.in or www.upscexam.com.

There are no separate age limits available for Women and Men every candidates the minimum age limit is 21 years and maximum age limit is 30 years and beyond these only the candidates who belong to the other categories except the General categories will be having age relaxations such as

• OBC-3 years
• SC|St-5 years
• PH-5 years

So women also follows the same age limits as per the men in appearing for IAS selections

General Requirements to appear for the IAS are

1. Should have attained 21 years and not exceed 30 years and age relaxations are as per the government specifications
2. Should have completed graduation or bachelor degree in any discipline
3. Should belong to the Citizen of India only

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** Age Criteria as IAS Eligibility requirements :-

* The age limit for candidates appearing for The UPSC Civil Services Examination is 21 years to 32 years as on 1st August of the year of the commencement of the exam.

** Further relaxation :-

* For general : no relaxation

* For SC/ST : 5 years relaxation

* For OBC : 3 years relaxation

* For domiciled candidates of Jammu & Kashmir : 5 years

* Defense Service Personnel : 3 years

* Ex-servicemen : 5 years

* For ECOs / SSCOs : 5 years

* For persons with Disabilities : 10 years

* For further details, refer to the official website of UPSC.

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