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I want to become i.s officer & i want to know what type of education is required to become a i.s officer & my height is 5

Originally Posted by ranikomal

I want to become i.s officer & i want to know what type of education is required to become a i.s officer & my height is 5

IAS exam doesn't require any physical criteria.

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services. IAS exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission. IAS exam is conducted one time in a year.

If you have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university then you are eligible for IAS exam. IAS exam does not require any percentage marks in graduation degree.

Age criteria:

For General: 21 to 30 years
For OBC: 21 to 33 years
For SC/ST: 21 to 35 years

No. of attempts:

For General: 3
For OBC: 7
For SC/ST: No Restriction

Selection process for IAS exam:

1)Preliminary test
2)Mains exam
3)Personal interview

For more details about IAS exam please visit to official website www.upsc.gov.in

# IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service

# Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) hold the combined competitive examination namely Civil Service Examination for following services mentioned below:

* Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
* Indian Police Service (IPS)
* Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
* Indian Custom and Excise Service
* and many more

# Required eligibility criteria are:

* Must be Indian national.
* Graduate in any discipline from recognised university.
* Candidate in final year are also eligible but only provisionally
* Just passing marks required in graduation.
* Must bear moral character without any criminal or unwanted record.


# Required age limit:

* 20-30 years for General category.
* 20-33 years for OBC category.
* 20-35 years for SC and ST category.
* 20-40 years for Persons with Disability.

# UPSC has fixed certain number of attempts for each and every category separately which are mentioned below:

* General category reserved only Four attempts.
* OBC category reserved only Seven attempts.
* SC and ST categories reserved only Unlimited attempts

# Pattern of Civil Service Examination:

* Preliminary Examination
* Mains Examination
* Personal Interview by UPSC Panel

# Pattern of Mains Examination of Civil Service Examination:

The Mains Examination is of descriptive nature containing nine papers. Mains Examination includes following papers:

* Any Indian Language (300 Marks)
* General Essay (300 Marks)
* General English (300 Marks)
* General Studies (300 Marks)
* Any two optional papers (each 300 Marks)

# Books for Civil Service Examination:

* Indian Economy & Performance and Policies by Uma Kapila
* India's Struggle for Independence by Bipin Chandra
* India Since Independence by Bipin Chandra
* A History of Modern World by Ranjan Chakravati
* Indian Constitution by Subhash Kashyap
* Indian Constitution by P.M. Bakshi
* Indian and World Geography by Majid Hussain
* Mc Graw Hill Education Series: Indian Polity for Civil Services Examination by M. Laxmikanth
* Mc Graw Hill Education Series: Indian Economy for Civil Service Examination by Ramesh Singh

Procedure to become IAS officer:
To become IAS officer,the student must have completed or given their last year papers of graduation.
The minimum age for giving application to appear for the IAS exam is 21 years and the maximum age is different for different category.
Sc/St max. age limit is 37 years with unlimited attempts.
OBC max. age limit is 35 years with max. 9 attempts.
General category max. age limit is 32 years with max. 6 attempts.
There is no height restrictions for IAS.So you can also become IAS officer with 5 feet height.

>> 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.
3) Indian citizenship

>> Now since you haven't mentioned about any graduation course so i suppose that you have just passed your intermediate and so you 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.

>>Regarding the course, if you are totally devoted towards IAS, then take any B.sc Course.

Also, by the way you have mentioned your height, it seems you have a doubt about the height criteria. So, for that i need to tell you that there is no such criteria and the only eligibility criteria which you need to keep in ind is mentioned above.

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service, Which exam is conducted through UPSC every year , the candidates have to appear civil service exam .

The eligibility criteria for this exam :

*The candidates should be a citizen Of India.
*The Candidates should be a graduate in any discipline from a recognize university.
The final year students can also apply for this exams.
*The age limit is 21 - 30 years.
There is a age relaxation for SC/ST & OBC candidates.

The physical details require for UPSC :

Physical requirement:

Height :–

Male 165 cm & ST (not the SC/ OBC) – 160 cm

Female 150 cm & ST (not SC/ OBC)- 145 cm

Chest :–

Male Minimum 84 cm. Expansion 5 cm.

Female Min 79 cm expansion 5 cm.

Eye sight :–

6/6 or 6/9 distant vision for good eye.

6/12 or 6/9 for worst eye.

For more details visit website of UPSC.
http://www.upsc.gov.in

IT'S stands for Indian administrative services and not physical parameter are decided for this service as you have to manage only the administrative department of country where you could be appointed as deputy collector, collector or Sub divisional officer can also be appointed as IPS officer that depends on the rank that you have got.

>> For this exam preparation you must be a graduate candidate and have the citizenship of India.

>> Should not have any re appear in the graduation.

>> For the preparation of exam you should be aware for it during your graduation and have to concentrate on the basics of every subject and choose a subject about that you know the every information and knowledge on micro or macro level. And also can read the monthly news Portal as partiyogita darpan, career 360,career Muskan and also the UPSC exam portal magazine are also available in market can read them.

IAS stands for the Indian Administrative Services. To become IAS officer you must appear for the Civil Services examination and crack it.

You must have done bachelor's degree in any discipline in order to apply for the examination. The age limit is 21-32 years with upper age relaxed for reserved category candidates. You must be an Indian citizen to apply for the exam.

You can visit the official website of UPSC which conducts Civil Services for any more information www.upsc.gov.in.

To become ias officer one must join for small post first or can direct become issue office?