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Hello Chanchal,
You have approached the right platform to get your queries resolved. CareerGuide has successfully guided lakhs of students achieve their goals. The IAS posts are top posts of the civil administration in our country and these officers are supposed to perform diverse functions ranging from the District Collector to the Secretaries to the Gov. of India, Ambassador in foreign countries, Superintendent of Police, Income tax commissioner, etc.
You need to have an academic degree from any recognized university to become eligible to appear for this examination. You are eligible even if you have a degree from the Open University provided that concerned university is recognized by the competent central authority. The exam is held every year by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) at various centers all over India.
The exam is conducted in three stages spanning a year. The notification comes in the month of February and CSE Prelims is conducted in the month of May/June. If you get through the Prelims stage, you have a chance to appear in the Mains exam which is to be held in October after which Personality Test, the final stage of the exam comes in the month of March/April. Results are declared few days before the next Prelims exam, i.e. in May/June. You might have come to realize that this exam takes the whole year to be completed and if you fail to qualify for next stage then the whole three stage cycle continues again and again till you exhaust with your available attempt or you get succeeded appearing in the final list of Successful candidates.
To become an IAS Officer is not an easy task you might have known. It requires you to put your best continuously. Smart and continuous study is the key for this exam. You must be patient and ready to study for hours with all your dedications. Syllabus is well structured and is as par the need which makes you well versed and fit to administer. The syllabus contains all general subjects like History, Economics, Geography, Sociology, General Science, Polity, etc. You must be aware of current important happenings nationally and internationally. Resources are plentiful to aid your preparation. These days’ online resources have occupied a great pie of the reference material.
You just have to be determined in the first place and to put your concerted efforts on daily basis. Prepare a plan and have a sound strategy. The critical issue here is that you are required a proper guidance otherwise your preparation will be simply a waste of time and money. Here you are lucky that you approached the CareerGuide and be sure of getting the right guidance from our counselors. You need to take the Ideal Career Test and to approach our professional counselors for getting your dream into reality. Our counselors are expert and they have immense experience of this field. Having right guidance at right time and that too in an early period will help you definitely to get into the prestigious IAS. Wish you all the best!
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