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how can i prepare for the civil services after doing bca

Those who pass prelims of civil services are only selected for mains exam. Preparation for prelims exam can be made in subjects like reasoning, QA, general awareness, History, Geography, and so on. Reference books and competitive guides can be used for study. Practicing previous year question papers will be useful. You can approach coaching centers, if necessary.

Civil Services Exam is one of the top most and toughest competitive exam in India.

The complete selection procedure to get into various civil services is by

CSAT Exam Civil Services Aptitude Test
Civil Services Main Exam
Interview

One should have strong preparation to crack civil services exam.

So, I suggest you to start your preparation from a coaching institute.

This will fetch you more scope to crack the written exam.

First, choose the optional subjects for civil services main exam as per your interest.

Rather than preparing for the important questions, I suggest you to try to understand the concepts.

Allocate some hours of time in your day to prepare for this exam.

Take suggestions from the experts who have already cracked the exam.

Practice previous papers and update information on current affairs.

All the best.

Civil Services exams are conducted by UPSC each year
This exam is held in three stages:
Prelims
Mains
Interview

The first stage is Prelims

Minimum eligibilty to apply is Graduation pass in any stream
Age should be between 21 and 30 years

In the Prelims Exams there will be two objective type papers and they are:

PAPER 1- Current events, History of India,Indian National Movement, India and World Geography, Indian polity and governance General science, Economic and social development,General issues on environmental

PAPER 2- Comprehension, Basic numeracy, General mental Ability,Logical Reasoning, English Language Comprehension

Books that can be used for Preparations:
Guide to IAS CSAT(Civil Services Aptitude Test Paper II)
UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper-I in 60 daysby Rakesh Dwivedi
The Pearson CSAT Manual 2013: Civil Services Aptitude Test for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examinationby Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe