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i am 1st year student studing engineering student, whats the rite time to start preparing for ias??

There are no standard timings to prepare for IAS. Its better you start preparation for IAS Exam as early as you can. Because one should have strong preparation to get good score in CSAT Exam and Main Exam to be called for Interview.

In addition, the candidate has to give good preparation in Interview too to be placed in IAS. Otherwise the candidate may be placed in other civil services like
-IPS
-IRS etc.

In order to become an IAS, one should have to appear for civil services examination being conducted by UPSC.

The selection procedure will be as follows
-CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test)
-Civil Services Main Exam
-Interview

The minimum qualification with which a candidate can appear for CSAT Exam is by having a Graduation degree from a recognized university.

One should be in the age group of 21-30 years to be eligible for this exam. Relaxation is there in upper age limit for the candidates of OBC and SC/ST category.

You did not mention the stream in which you are pursuing your Engineering course. I suggest you to choose the optional subjects for civil services main examination depending upon your stream in Engineering.

Later on know the syllabus for those subjects and start preparation accordingly and makes sure that you will be strong enough to crack Main Exam as and when you appear.

Spend some hours of your valuable time towards preparing for this exam and practice various model papers and make continuous updations to your knowledge of general awareness.

For complete and udpated information on civil services exam, you can visit,
http://www.upsc.gov.in/

I am a B.Sc 1st yr student in chemistry,botany, zoology student & my age is 22yrs.can i prepare for ias exam?what is the rigt time for preparation & now what can i do for it?please suggest me sir

Dear friend.It is better your start your dream preparation just from now.IAS EXAM is one of the dream exam which makes you to the prestigious posts such as IAS,IFS,AND IPS.Following things will surely help you relise your dreams1.Keep updated by daily reading newspapers(hindu).2.Note news something which is of national and international important.3.Expand your knowledge by knowing indian history,Law,Geography of india 4.know about all ministries. 5.Have a regular habit of reading general knowledge books Civil service exam has three stages 1.CSAT 2.MAIN 3.interview For preparation of CSAT following things are suggested 1.CSAT has questions from general knowledge,current news and general aptitude.so you need to be strong in current news that is of national and international importance 2.you need to be strong in general knowledge 3.You need to be strong in general aptitude 4.You should choose two optional subject for main from 22 optional subject 5.You should read that subjects clearly.6.Have deep knowledge in that subjects.Following books are recommended for CSAT 1.Objective general knowledge by r.s.agarwal 2.general aptitude by r.s.agarwal 3.verbal and non verbal reasoning by r.s.agarwal .4.Yearbooks 5.Book that covers your main exam syllabus.all the best. Have a great future.

Dear pal,
there is nothing like time for preparation for the exam you can start your preparation at anytime. Being a competitive exam good preparation is necessary to crack the exam.
Since you can appear for the exam in final year you can start your preparation from now itself.
You need to prepare for the aptitude as well as for the main exam. Aptitude exam is common for all the aspirants. But for main exam the aspirant can choose optional subjects as per their wish.
You can need to concentrate nosed on the aptitude test as after clearing this only you will be eligible to appear for the main exam. You too will have time gap between them to help for the preparation. Moreover few of the optional subjects you would have studied in your degree course and so there is no need for much preparation.
You can refer any book for preparing for the aptitude as well as for the main but make sure that you cover the syllabus. Refer previous year question paper to have idea about the nature of question .

respect sir, i want to prepare for civil services.. m in b.tech 3rd yr computer science.. i'll gave my first attempt in 2014 due to age factor as m 1992 born.. how shld i prepare for it?? shld i required ny coaching nw?? what optional will b helpful for scoring good marks.?? for d basic knowledge m following d 2 manual of prelims i.e tata mcgraw's general studies nd unique's csat nd regular reading of pritiyogita darpan nd the hindu.. what shld i more do to enhance m knwldge.. plzz suggest.. i shall b vry thnkful to u..