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I am a class 11th student (PCMB) . I Want to be a an IAS officer and I am confused about which discipline to choose in in my Graduation. Please help me in choosing the discipline in the graduation.

IAS stands for Indian Administrative services.

After completing graduation you can apply for IAS exam. Literally all the graduation courses are eligible for IAS.

You can do the course related to B.Sc or medicine after completing 12th to apply for IAS.

There are 2 papers in IAS exam
1. Preliminary exam
2. Main exam

In the prelims exam there will multiple choice questions and questions are related to general knowledge. In the main exam, you must choose the following subjects which are mentioned in the notification :

List of optional subjects for Main examination:

1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3. Anthropology
4. Botany
5. Chemistry
6. Civil Engineering
7. Commerce and Accountancy
8. Economics
9. Electrical Engineering
10. Geography
11. Geology
12. History
13. Law
14. Management
15. Mathematics
16. Mechanical Engineering
17. Medical Science
18. Philosophy
19. Physics
20. Political Science and International Relations
21. Psychology
22. Public Administration
23. Sociology
24. Statistics
25. Zoology
26. Literature of any one of the following

Languages:
1. Assamese
2. Bengali
3. Bodo
4. Dogri
5. Gujarati
6. Hindi
7. Kannada
8. Kashmiri
9.Konkani
10. Maithili
11. Malayalam
12. Manipuri
13. Marathi
14. Nepali
15. Oriya
16. Punjabi
17. Sanskrit
18. Santhali
19. Sindhi
20. Tamil
21. Telugu
22. Urdu
23. English.

I suggest you to choose the B.Tech field to get the post of Indian Administrative Service.as B.Tech graduation your chances for get the post is more.

Eligibility for Indian Administrative Service:

Candidate must passed graduation with a 50-60% marks.

Age less than 21-24 years.

Age relaxation for SC candidates.

Physical fitness are required.

Eye sight must be good.

The discipline does not matter to become the eligible to appear for the civil services examination conducted by the UPSC.

So, you are free to select the course of your interest to pursue the graduation. The eligibility to appear for the examination is :-
* Candidates must have passed th graduation from any recognised university.
* Candidates age must be between the 21-32 years with relaxation in the upper age for the reserved category.

So, go with the one you have interest either in the science,arts or commerce.Candidates are even eligible to select the optional paper other than the discipline of the graduation.

As, according to the UPSC examination notification for the civil services examination the required eligibility to appear for the examination is :-
* Candidates must have passed the graduation from the recognised university.
* Candidates age must be between the 21-32 years and relaxation in the upper age limit for the reserved category.

There is no limitation on the aggregate and the discipline of the graduation paper. So you do need to confused about it.

You, are eligible to select the course of your interest to appear for the examination. But you need to start the preparation for the examination from now only to qualify in the examination.

You don't be confused regarding stream I tell you any stream graduate are eligible to apply for IAS.

For example:-A candidate belongs to B.Com/BBA/BA/B.Sc/BBM are eligible to apply for IAS officer.It is the civil service exam which is conducted by UPSC.

Age Requirements:-Age must be in between 21 to 30 years.

Relaxation will be applicable for SC categories for 5 years & for OBC categories candidates of 3 years.

You should be physically as well as medically fit.

Attempts:-4 times for general category
7 times for OBC category
No limit for SC category.

Exam Pattern:-Preliminary & Mains.

I tell you any stream students can apply for IAS officer exam.As you studied in B.com,BA,BBA,B.Sc etc are eligible for IAS exam.

You just need to have passed any bachelor degree in any stream from recognized university.There is no specific percentage criteria is required.

Age limit:-Age should be 21 to 30 years.

Exam Pattern:-Preliminary & Mains

Attempts:- 7 for OBC,4 for General category & No limits for SC category.

IAS stands for the Indian Administrative Services. For this services, you must appear for the Civil Services exam conducted by the UPSC every year.

Graduation in any discipline from a recognized university is the minimum academic qualification for the exam. Minimum age is 21 years for this exam.

You can select any stream in bachelor's degree as per your interest. Graduates in any discipline can appear for this exam. From my point of view, you should choose discipline from arts side like political science, geography, economics etc.

If you want to become IAS Officer, you must have completed your Graduation. So you have to complete your Graduation first. Graduation requires 3 years to complete. Hence, you will be having 3 years of time to complete your Graduation.

Since you just completed 11th class with PCMB, you can go for Graduation in Science stream or for Computer Science streams.
B.Sc with Computer Science
BCA
B.Sc Biotechnology course

After completion of Graduation, you need to apply for Civil Services Exam which is being conducted by UPSC. UPSC means Union Public Service Commission.

After this exam, there is a Main Exam that you need to qualify. After this, there would be an Interview. If you get through in Interview as well, you would be placed in civil services.

This exam is conducted by UPSC every year. First you have to complete your graduation in any stream. You are free to choose subject as per your wish. Candidate are eligible after 21 years. But i recommend you to select any of the subject from arts stream like wise economics, political science any many more which comes under this stream.

For joining in IAS service you are required to have a great courses about discipline.
Every year UPSC exams are conducted, through which you can apply for IAS. First you go through and get completed your graduation with good remarks. After that you are free to choose the subject of your own choice.
For this exam candidates are eligible after 21 years.
It's better if you choose the art stream, as like history, geography, political science and economics comes under this stream.
Well have a good luck and wish God you may bean IAS officer in future.

All the officers should have a common and simple thing that's the discipline. These are embed in all of us by our childage. So there's no need to worry about this.
Every year UPSC exams are conducted through which you can apply for IAS service. The thing is that you have to complete your graduation first and then apply for IAS service. After completing graduation you are free to choose the subject you wish.
It's better if you choose the art stream as like you can also have history ,geography, political science and economics under this stream.
So there's no need to worry about this exam. Just go through it with your confidence as it is required for your interview.