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Can I do B.A as a Graduation Degree if I wish to become an IAS Officer? Which graduate degree will best suit for IAS?

To apply for IAS officer exam, the Graduation or bachelor degree is required and there is no particular subject to be studied in graduation. So, you can study degree in any subject as per your interest and after the completion of that graduation, you can apply for this exam.
Age limit to apply for this exam is 21-32 years and the age relaxations are :
* 3 years for OBC candidates and government servicing employees
* 5 years for SC and ST candidates, ex-servicemen
* 10 years for Orthopedically handicapped candidates.
And there is limit on number of attempts to write this examination. And they are :
* 6 times for General category candidates
* 9 times for OBC candidates
* No limit for SC and ST candidates.
And recruitment process of this post is preliminary exam followed by main exam and personal interview.
For any other information please visit www.upsc.gov.in

You can choose any stream in graduation to become IAS. The eligibility of education is a graduation in any stream. For further details visit UPSC official website.

If we are talking about requirement for IAS exam then corse doesn't matters because only graduate candidates are allowed to give IAS exam. Only graduation degree required, no matters which course you choose.

The courses which are beneficial for IAS exam are BA/B.Sc because the subjects which these course have will be beneficial for you at the time of preparation for exam. The syllabus which you read in graduation covers almost all the topics of syllabus of IAS exam.

Originally Posted by anjrohi

Can I do B.A as a Graduation Degree if I wish to become an IAS Officer? Which graduate degree will best suit for IAS?

To apply for IAS (Indian Administrative Services examination) candidate needs to have a Bachelor degree in any stream from recognized university. Candidates those who are studying in a final year even they can apply for the Preliminary examination of IAS. So, there is no such particular subject or specialization that one has to have in order to apply for an IAS examination. So, yes you are eligible to apply for IAS examination.

Age Limit: For General category: 21 years - 32 years.

For OBC category : 21 years - 35 years.

For SC/ST category : 21 years- 37 years.

Number of Attempts: For General category : 6 attempts.

For OBC category : 9 attempts.

For SC/ST category : Till the upper age limit.

Stages of IAS examination : 1. Preliminary 2. Mains 3. Personal Interview

Its important to clear all the three stages in order to be an IAS officer.

Yes you can pursue graduation in Arts stream. There is no any restriction in stream selection as well as in subject selection. Any special subject or any other criteria is not required to be eligible for IAS officer.

Important eligibility criteria are as follows:-
Candidate must be a graduation degree holder in any stream from a recognized university.
Candidate must have scored at least 45% aggregate in graduation.
Candidate age should be 21 years to 30 years.

Yes you can take BA degree to become IAS officer in future.

To become a IAS officer in future the eligibility is
1. You must complete degree in any stream from a recognized university
2. The age limit to appear for IAS exam is 21-30 years.
3. Apart from this the age relaxations are given based on caste , OBC- 3 years, SC/ST - 5 years.
4. The number of times candidates are eligible to apply are OC's - 6 times, OBC's - 9 times, SC/ST no such limits

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services. Union Public Service Commission conducts Civil Service Examination for selection of officers for different services like IAS, IPS, IRS, IFS etc. The academic qualification required for Civil Services examination is bachelor's degree in any stream. Bachelor of Arts candidates are eligible for this exam.

All streams are good. The age limit for general category candidate is 21-32 years. Upper age relaxation of three years to OBC and five years to SC/ST candidates. This examination has three stages. First stage is Preliminary examination, second stage is mains exam and last stage is personal interview.