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I am a student of B.com(hons) final year, I want to go for civil services, so should I consider post-gradutaion(MBA) or directly start preparing for civil services after graduation?? What would be the better one to do? Can someone please provide me the answer?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am a student of B.com(hons) final year, I want to go for civil services, so should I consider post-gradutaion(MBA) or directly start preparing for civil services after graduation?? What would be the better one to do? Can someone please provide me the answer?

You are a final year student of B.Com degree so you can start preparation for Civil Service exam. This exam doesn't require post graduation degree.

You are eligible for Civil service exam because you are a final year student of B.Com course.

Those candidates who have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university are eligible for Civil Service exam. This exam doesn't require any percentage marks in graduation degree.

Age Criteria:

For General: 21 to 32 years
For OBC: 21 to 35 years
For SC/ST: 21 to 37 years

No. of Attempts:

For General: 5
For OBC: 9
For SC/ST: No Restriction

No don't start direct preparation it won't help you , First of all try to find out best coaching institute in your area, If there is not Try to go outside your place. Because it is the matter of your career so take it seriously.

Yes, you can start the preparation for examination as soon as possible if you desire to appear and qualify in Civil Services examination.

Civil Service examination is conducted by UPSC every year and the examination is conducted for recruitment of candidates as I.A.S, I.P.S, I.F.S etc..

The examination is conducted in three stages and it is necessary to qualify in all three stages of examination for final recruitment and to qualify in these stages, candidates need to have better preparation for examination which requires hard and smart work.

So, you can start the preparation but if you are interested in pursuing MBA, you can go with it also. For more information about Civil Services examination visit at http://www.upsc.gov.in

Graduates in any discipline from a recognized university is eligible for Civil Services examination. There is no need of post graduation course for you to prepare for this exam. You can start your preparation for this exam right from final year of bachelor's degree in commerce.

From my point of view, it would be better to start preparation instead of going for post graduation course. At basic level, you must starting reading NCERT books of social sciences and science from standard 6th to standard 10+2. Old NCERT books for History subject. This will help you in building basic concept of different subjects for this exam.

The minimum age limit to apply for this exam is 21 years on 1st August of year of exam.

For civil services exam only graduation is the required qualification as far as the eligibility criteria is concerned. Therefore, no need to go for post graduation if you are worrying about eligibility criteria.

You can go for higher studies if you think it will benefit you in future. Preparing for civil services exam is your choice and it totally depends on you to decide how to prepare .

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am a student of B.com(hons) final year, I want to go for civil services, so should I consider post-gradutaion(MBA) or directly start preparing for civil services after graduation?? What would be the better one to do? Can someone please provide me the answer?

It's nice to hear that you are interested to apply for Civil Service Exam. There is no such restriction to complete a Master degree to get started preparing for Civil Service exams. You can start Civil Service exam preparation at any time as you wish. However, the Important thing is that you should concentrate both your studies and Civil Service exam.

Those are interested to apply for Civil Service Examination, must satisfy the below criteria;

- The applicants are required to complete Graduation in any discipline from a recognized university.
- The applicant age should be not below 21 years and not more than 32 years and upper age relaxation will be given to the candidates who are belonging to the reserved category.

Official website - www.upsc.gov.in

Civil Services exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission.

Eligibility criteria:

*Graduation from a recognized university. Final year candidates can also apply for exam.

*Age limit is 21-32 years.

*Nationality must be India.

You can start your preparation directly after graduation and there is no need to do post graduation course for preparation.

The choice should be sorely made by you since you need to prepare for it and have to pursue it. Civil Services and MBA are completely different fields and require separate preparation. Hence you need to analyze your interests and then take the required actions. You are eligible for Civil services as well as for MBA. Hence think and analyze your strengths, future goals and your current status, then proceed further. Since you want to go for Civil services, so you should start your preparation properly and work hard to achieve your goal.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am a student of B.com(hons) final year, I want to go for civil services, so should I consider post-gradutaion(MBA) or directly start preparing for civil services after graduation?? What would be the better one to do? Can someone please provide me the answer?

Yes, you can start your preparation for civil services after the completion of graduation degree. The eligibility is a graduation from a recognized university. The aspirant can prepare for the civil service preliminary examination conducted by the UPSC. There are many classes are available for the civil services examinations. You can attend them and you can also do self study for at least 6 hours daily. There are lots of materials and tips are available in the websites. You have to read the newspapers and watch news channels.