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what is the procedure to become an IAS officer? ...please tell me the complete procedure for it

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service. Many of the candidates are having a desire to see themselves as an IAS officer because this position is being respctable position in the society.

But it is not so easy to become an IAS Officer. One should have strong determination, dedication and be able to put his best efforts with proper planning.

For IAS, one has to crack civil services examination being conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) every year.

The selection procedure is by
-CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test)
-Civil Services Main Examination
-Interview

Here is the required eligbility criteria for the candidate to take CSAT Exam.

Academic Qualification :
-One should have completed Graduation with any of the stream from a recognized university.
-Candidates who are pursuing final year of Graduation can also take this exam but they should be able to show the proof of passsing in Graduation when they appear for Interview.

Age criteria :
-One should be in the age group of 21-30 years to be eligible for this Exam.
-Candidates of OBC category should be in the age group of 21-33 years.
-Relaxation is there in upper age limit upto 5 years for the candidates of SC/ST category.

You did not mention the highest academic qualification that you have. So, I suggest you to have good preparation for General English, General Awareness and Aptitude which are part of the CSAT Exam.

Decide upon the optional subjects for Main Exam as early as you can.

One should have to secure high marks in Main Examination to be placed in IAS. Otherwise, you may also be placed in IPS and IRS etc.

For complete information on this exam, you can visit
http://www.upsc.gov.in/

Dear friend,

To become an IAS officer you have to give the written test of Civil Services exam (Preliminary and Main Exam) and than after the interview. The Preliminary exam are common to all the candidates and after qualifying that exam than you have to give the Main exam which is related to your subject related which you have choose for the IAS exam. All the procedures of Civil Services Exam are given below:

This year on the following dates Civil Services (Preliminary or Main Exams) conduct.

Exam Name Date of Last Date for Exam Date
Notification Application

Civil Services 04.02.2012 05.03.2012 20.05.2012
(Preliminary)
Exam 2012

Civil Services 05.10.2012
(Main)
Exam 2012

Eligibility Criteria:

Education Qualification: Any graduate from a recognized university are eligible for the exam.
OR

The appearing students in the final year exam are also eligible for the Preliminary exam only. They will be able to appear in the main exam when they will show there final result.

I am also giving you link of pdf file http://upsc.gov.in/exams/notificatio...cs2011_eng.pdf
which is the prospectus of last year Civil Services Exam 2011 complete information. In this pdf file you will get complete information about subjects, Eligibility etc.

All the best

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what is the procedure to become an IAS officer? ...please tell me the complete procedure for it

IAS exam is conducted by UPSC in once time in year.

Those candidate are graduate from any recognized university with any discipline are eligible for IAS exam.

But your age should be in between 22 to 30 years old.Age relaxation is provide for SC/ST/OBC category as per govt rule.

The maximum attempts for SC/ST candidate is Unlimited. For OBC candidate it is 7 years and for general candidate it will be 5 years.

Also you must be in citizen in India.

OPTIONAL SUBJECT

You can choose optional subject as your strength .

Economics , Electrical Engineering,Geography, Geology ,History, Law,Management,Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Science, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Public Administration, Sociology,Statistics, Zoology, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Anthropology,Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce and Accountancy.

You can choose the subject in sense of your strength .

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EXAM DATE:-

Civil Services Preliminary Exam, 2012

Date of notification: 04-02-2012

Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 05-03-2012

Date of Exam: 20-05-2012

Civil Services Main Exam, 2012

Date of Commencement of Exam: 05-10-2012

I have attached the syllabus and question paper for IAS exam.So please check it out.

For more details you can visit www.upsc.gov.in

I.A.S the indian administrive service.
The one who are interested to become an I.A.S officer he/she should appear 3exams
1.priliminary exam
2.main exam
3.personal interview

IAS-INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE, to become an IAS officer you have to crack Civil Service Examination conducted by UPSC for recruitment of various top administrative job in the Dept. of Govt. of India.

The eligible candidate must be an Indian National having completed graduation degree from a recognised University from any stream of education within the age of 21 to 30 years of age is eligible to apply for Civil Service Exam.

The selection is through three phases:-

CSAT- Civil Service Aptitude Test- Preliminary exam which comprises of all objective type questions.

Civil Service Main Exam comprises of all subjective type questions.

Personal Interview

The Civil Service exam is very tough and competitive hence should be prepared very early of your education keeping an aim to crack this exam. Strong will power and confidence is must for cracking this exam which a general category candidate can attempt for four times.

For more information you may log on to www.upsc.gov.in

Hi dear,........
The details of IAS exam are as follows.......



Good luck.........

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what is the procedure to become an IAS officer? ...please tell me the complete procedure for it

For becoming IAS officer graduation is compulsory.

Must be a Graduated from recognised university in any stream.

Must be 21years old. For more details please follow the below link.

http://www.upsc.gov.in

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IAS stand for Indian Administrative Service.

To write IAS exam, you will have to give civil service exam which is conduct every year by UPSC.

you must have graduate degree in any stream from recognised university.

Age should be minimum 21 and maximum 30 years for general categories.

Relaxation in upper age for obc is 33 year and for sc/st is 35 year.

In IAS exam only four attempts for general,for obc 7 attempts and no limit for sc/st.

Fee for general candidate is Rs. 100 only. There are no fee for sc/st/pd.

Selection procedure basis on written exam and interview.

In written exam,firstly you will have to qualify prilims exam after that mains exam.

For More Information --- www.upsc.gov.in

dear friend,

Civil Services Examination is the most prestigious examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment to various All India Services including I.A.S. , I.P.S., I.F.S.,I.R.S., and various Group A Services and Group B Services.

Normally applications are invited by UPSC notifications in leading News Papers during December every year.

The Civil Services Examination consists of three stages.

* Civil Services Preliminary Examination ( Objective Type) (Usually
conducted in May)
* Civil Services Main Examination (Written) (Conducted during
October/November)
* Interview and final Selection (During April/May)

How to Prepare ::

Here I have mentioned some points. Please read it very carefully :

* know all about the current events of national and international
importance.
* History of India and Indian national movement.
* Constitution of India.
* Make your English (spoken and written) very clear, clean and fluent.
* Must have to know about the - Indian Polity and governance -
constitution, political system, panchayatiraj, public policy, Rights issues,
etc.
* you have to know also : Economic and social development - sustainable
development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives
etc.
* General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate
change-that do not require subject specialization.
* General science.
* Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
* Decision making and problem solving
* General mental ability.

In the above I have mentioned all the required things which will help you a lot.

good luck.

is it necessary that one has to choose subject that they have studied in their graduation???

M ba student n I score average mark...
I wnt 2 bcum an IAS officer n wht r d procedures should I follow