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After my 12th I want to become District Magistrate. So, what should I study after my 12th in order to become District Magistrate?

To become an district Magistrate, you have to become an IAS officer.
To appear in the IAS exams you have to apply for the UPSC civil services exams.
This exams is conducted for selection of posts like IAS, IPS, IFS etc

This exam is conducted in three stages:
Prelims
Mains
Interviews


Educational Qualifications to appear in this exams:Graduation pass in any stream from an recognised University

Age Limit:Minimum 21 years for all candidates
Maximum age is 32 years for General category candidates
3 years age relation for OBC candidates
5 years for SC/ST candidates

Number of attempts:
6 attempts for general candidates
9 attempts for OBC candidates
No restriction for SC/ST candidates

So, after class 12th, complete your graduation in any stream.

To become District Magistrate you have to appear and qualify in Civil Service conducted which is conducted by UPSC every year.

The required qualification to appear in examination is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree from a recognised university.

So, you have to pursue bachelor degree to appear in examination.

As the examination is among the toughest examination so you can start preparing for examination from now.

The fundamental to start preparation for examination is to go through NCERT books of Std VI - XIIth.

Candidates after qualifying in all three stages of examination will become eligible for recruitment as District Magistrate. To get any detail about Civil Service examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

You are now not eligible to appear in Civil Service examination and so you have to pursue bachelor degree before appearing in examination.

The examination is conducted in three stages Preliminary, Mains and Interview. Candidates have to qualify in each stage for final selection.

The examination is among the toughest so you have to study hard as per syllabus of examination to qualify in it.

To get syllabus for examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

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It is important to understand that an IAS officer becomes eligible to become a DM after 6 years of service including 2 years of training. They can remain DM till they get their Super Time Scale and promoted to the next higher level of Commissioner i.e. in around15-16 years.


For becoming a District Magistrate, you have to write IAS exam and secure a rank within 100. Once you clear UPSC civil service exam with a top rank, you will become an officer of Indian Administrative services (IAS). IAS officer after one or two promotions become DM of a district.

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