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Hi,

->its appreciable that your interested in civils services examination
and the preparation plan varies from person to person

->a person IQ will not be same with all the candidates so my suggestion that you have to prepare according to you

->I will give some tips according to me if i give exam like this then i would keep rules like this

->atleast 05 hrs a day i will be with books

-> you should not do more and more friendships

-> we should do healthy discussions with friends

-> You would take suggestions from the other successful aspirants which i will get in you tube

->You should follow some blogs and visit some sites regularly so that

-> for concentration meditate for at least 5 min a day.

->If you have enough time to spend for class as well as for self study then you join for choaching class.

Hi friend, to rock the IAS exam, u need to prepare these things

for paper 1:

>Current events of national and international importance

> History of India and Indian national movement

>Indian and World Geography- physical, social, economic geography of India and the world

>Indian Polity and governance – constitution, political system, panchayati raj, public policy, Rights issues, etc.

>Economic and social development – sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives etc.

> General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change

> General science.

for paper 2:

>Comprehension

>Interpersonal skills including communication skills

>Logical reasoning and analytical ability

>Decision making and problem solving

>General mental ability

>Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc. (Class X level)

>Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. –Class X level)

>English language comprehension skills (Class X level)

DEAR FRIEND.
AS YOU KNOW THAT THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE EXAM IS THE MOST POPULAR EXAM OF INDIA. SINCE ANY GRADUATE FROM ANY STREAM CAN ATTEMPT IT THIS MAKES IAS AS THE MOST,COMPETITIVE EXAM OF INDIA BUT NOT THE TOUGHEST ONE!! TO CRACK THIS EXAM ONE HAS TO SELF DISCIPLINES AND A LITTLE MORE HARD WORKING. I HAVE SEEN MANY FRIENDS OF MINE GOING FOR COACHING BUT ACCORDING TO ME YOU DONOT REQUIRE THAT. YOU JUST NEED TO STUDY IN A PLANNED ORDER. HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO CRACK IT YOURSELF:
1. STUDY PRECISELY AND PLANNINGLY: DONOT PREPARE JUST 4 TO 5 MONTHS BEFORE THE EXAM BUT FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR GRADUATION ONLY JUST 2 HOURS A DAY ANDIF YOU MAKE IT A ROUTINE THEN THE THINGS WILL BECOME VERY EASY FOR YOU.
AND NO NEED TO STUDY EXTRA MATERIAL.
2. BE EQIPPED WIYH THE CURRENT AFFAIRS AND GENERAL AWARENESS. READ ATLEAST 2 NEWSPAPERS DAILY LIKE THE HINDU AND TIMES OF INDIA TO BE IN RACE WITH THE CURRENT AFFAIRS. READ JOURNALS, MAGAZINES AND BASIC LAW PRINCIPLES.
3. BE SPORTIVE AND GIVE ONE HOUR EVERYDAY TO SPORTS AMD YOGA TO GET FRESHED UP

Indain Administrative Services (IAS) is a civil service exam which is conducted by UPSC every year.Selection process is very tough for ias.Nice to see that you had decided your goal,so if you had decided your goal then no one can stop you.Just move forward & work hard.Always remmember that to achieve success you have to dedicate & have to make full concentrations on your goal.As i told you that selection process is very much tough for ias so firstly you must work out on your general knowledge & english grammar, make them strong enough so that there will be no problem occur at the time of exam.Give at least 5 hrs per day to your preparation for ias & that 5 hrs should be only for one work & nothing else.Well now i am going to tell you the details of ias exam pattern.
EXAM PATTERN:- IAS exam consists of first written test in whixh there are 9 papers,include any one Indian language, english, essay, general studies,any two optional subjects test.Total 2000 marks of written test , 300 marks of interview test & grand total 2300 marks. Following are the optional subjects:-
Botany
Chemistry
Anthropology
Animal husbandry & vetinary sciences
Geology
Geography
Agriculture
Civil engineering
Commerce & accountancy
Economics
Indian history
Philosphy
Physics
Medical science
Mechanical engineering
Managment
Mathematics
Psychology
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Political science & international relations
Civil services examination of preliminary exam is generally conducted in the month of mid may,main exam held in october & interview test held in New Delhi.
Eligiblity:- To appear in IAS exam a candidate must hold a degree from a UGC recognised university,should be citizen of India for IAS.Age limit is 21-30 years of age.

IAS -- Indian Administrative Services .

As you already know The Eligibility for appearing IAS Examination is like :

Bachelor’s degree of a recognised university with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physcs, Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Enginerring or an equivalent qualification

The applicant must be an Age in between 21-30 years & the Upper age limit relaxable for SCs/STs, OBCs and certain other categories .

No. of permissible attempts are Four (Seven attemps of OBCs and no limit for SCs/STs (Para 3 (iv) of Notice)

If you satisfy this criteria you are allowed for applying for IAS .

The IAS Examination is a Preliminary Examination consists of two papers of objective type (multiple-choice questions) carrying a maximum of 400 marks .

Examination would consist of two papers- Paper I and Paper II. The syllabus and pattern of the Preliminary Examination would be as under :

Paper 1 :-This is for 200 marks and it is a Duration of 2 hrs .
And the questions asked from :

Current events of national and international importance
History of India and Indian national movement
Indian and World Geography- physical, social, economic geography of India and the world
Indian Polity and governance – constitution, political system, panchayati raj, public policy, Rights issues, etc.
Economic and social development – sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives etc.
General issues on environmental ecology, bio-diversity and climate change-that donot require subject specialization
General science.

Paper II :- This is also for 200 marks and the Duration is also 2 hrs .
And the questions asked from :

Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc. (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. –Class X level)
English language comprehension skills (Class X level)
Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.
The questions will be of multiple choice, objective type.

So according to above topics , you need to start preparing from the topics related to above topics .

For appearing to this Examinations , you need to be updated yourself in the current events .

Good Luck !!!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

how to start preparing for IAS ? Actually I am dying to become a IAS officer but I don't know that how to start it is.

Plz. help me to prepare myself for IAS Exam.

Hi,

Preparation for IAS Exam by self without any coaching.




In preliminary examination there are two papers.

• General studies
• Optional Subject

Preparing for General Studies Paper

• Keep yourself updated in “current affairs” in all fields.
• For History, Economy, politics etc, refer Class 11 and 12 books published by the NCERT.
• For general knowledge and objective-type questions, refer to the book “General Knowledge Refresher by O.P. Khanna”

• Read as many you can Competition Success Review issues & go through them and pick as many facts as you can.
• solve the previous years' General Studies Prelims and Model Papers published in them .

while studying for General Studies, read up as many business and political magazines, newspapers etc. that you can. It will give you a good control over the English language.
It will keep you updated with the latest facts and current affairs along with your vocabulary and essay writing .


For optional subject paper

If you have got your bachelor’s degree in a particular field, and you are confident about that field then choosing that subject as your optional subject would be a great idea as you are already familiar with that subject.

Another option is to select a subject like “Geography” or “History” if you can mug-up a lot of facts.
Get the latest syllabus for the IAS exam. Then, cover the topics of the syllabus while SIMULTANEOUSLY referring to the question papers and seeing the kind of questions that are asked on each topic.
a good understanding of all the concepts of the syllabus is must!
Make sure you concentrate on the “General Studies” and optional paper Equally .
Don't over concentrate on any particular paper.Do both in the right proportion.

It is easier to say than doing.

For the mains examination there are 9 papers :

• 1 Essay type Indian Language Paper (300 marks)
• 1 English Qualifying Paper (300 marks)
• 1 General Essay type paper (200 marks)
• 2 General Studies papers (300 marks each)
• 4 Optional subjects papers (300 marks each)

For the "mains exam" you have to select 2 optional subjects & for each of these optional subjects, you have to give 2 papers. So that makes 4 optional subject papers overall.
so you have nothing to do new here already told above.Prepare yourself accordingly .

Good Luck!!

Dear
for IAS preparation you can help for 12th level NCERT books.
you should be prepare short notes which you study and you have good point note them in one copy. becuse this is more helpful at the exam time.
You have to read a national newspaper for national or international news. You have good command on current general knowledge.
you have prepare for Reasoning. for reasoning many books are available in market or on internet .
you should be choice a good writer book for preparing CSAT exam.
You should be good command on high school english grammer your should be in perfect in english for writing or communication because without english you can't do anything.

you can help for last or seniors for any topic which is doing prepration for this exam.
you can help for notes which is availble in second hand market these are students notes who have preparation for this exam. you can try for this .

for more information or help visit the upsc website:
www.upsc.gov.in//

or for more last year exams pattern or preparation visit this website which is helpful for self study or preparation students:
www.civilserviceindia.org///


best of luck........................

Dear friend,

You can start your preparation by self without any coaching center :-

=> You can buy the I.A.S preparation books from the good book stalls..
=> You need need to buy books about, Economics, Political science, Aptitude, English..etc..
=> You must have good knowledge and command over each and every subjects and topics in it..
=> The I.A.S entrance test consists of questions covering each and every subjects..
=> There are nearly up to 18 subjects, Which you need to prepare for the entrance exam..
=> You need to work really hard to become an I.A.S officer..
=> The I.A.S entrance test is conducted by U.P.S.C..

=>=> For more info you can log in to the U.P.S.C official website :-

www.upsc.in

Best of luck..

The Indian Administrative services(IAS) are one of the top level services of goverment
of India along with other ones like Indian Police service(IPS), Indian Revenue services,
Indian foreign services and several others.

The recruitment to these services is done through the Civil services examination which
is conducted every year by Union Public service commission (UPSC) of India.

The eligibility to appear in Civil services examination is a graduation degree or a Bachelors
degree from a recognised institute.You can also apply for this examination if you are in your final year
of graduation. Regarding age you must have attained 21 years of age to appear in this examination.

The civil services examination are divided in three stages which are as follows:_

1)Prelimainary which is Civil services aptitude test(CSAT)
2)Mains examination
3)The last stage which is the interview.

You can start preparing for Civil services examination when you are in your second or third
year of your graduation course. You can start preparing for the CSAT at this point of time.
You can start refering NCERT books for Indian history and Geography. You can read various
books on Indian economics. You can read newspapers like The Hindu and magzines like Frontline,
Outlook, India today to update youself on current issues and general awareness.

You should also subscribe to magzine like Competition success review in which civil services
toppers interviews are published which will help you to know the kind of strategies that work
for cracking a exam like Civil services.

For sections like Logical reasoning and Quantitative aptitude you can refer books by RS Agrawaal.
Also i want to tell you that self study is good if you study in a extra ordinary manner but
coaching is often required to crack these exams and study in the right manner. You need to
study smartly in order to crack civil services examination.

Nice to see that you had decided your goal,so if you had decided your goal then no one can stop you.Just move forward & work hard.Always remmember that to achieve success you have to dedicate & have to make full concentrations on your goal.As i told you that selection process is very much tough for ias so firstly you must work out on your general knowledge & english grammar, make them strong enough so that there will be no problem occur at the time of exam.Give at least 5 hrs per day to your preparation for ias & that 5 hrs should be only for one work & nothing else.

Dear friend,
UPSC conducts CSAT exam for civil services every year.This exam is conducted to select candidates for civil services like IAS,IPS,IFS.

If you want to become a IASofficer then you have to appear for CSAT exam.BAsic requirement for civil service exam is that you should be a graduate in any stream and you should be physically fit.

You need to do very hard work if you really want to clear CSAT exam and want to become a IAS officer.ITs very tough to clear IAS .You need to be optimistic,consistent with your study.

Eligibility for CSAT:

1.You must be at least 21 years of age at the time of filling the Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam form and not more than 30 years of age,33 for OBCs and 35 for SCs/STs

2.Four attempts for open, seven for OBCs and no limit for SCs/STs.

3.You should have a graduate degree from any college which is recognized by UGC, or possess an equivalent qualification.

4.If you are in the final semester or have taken their final degree exam but are awaiting the results can also appear for the IPS Preliminary examination provided they furnish their proof of degree while filling the Mains form.


Procedure is follows:

There will be two written exam and after that interviews will be there .All three are elimination round.You have to perform good in all three rounds.

From last year some changes have been done to increase the efficiency of the exam. In new pattern
give special emphasize on the aptitude skills and decision making skills of the participating candidates.
1.In pre exam two papers will be there,each of two hours a) General studies and b)Optional subject.Objective type questions will be asked.

2.Main paper comprises of 9 papers,each of three hours.One of the Indian languages,2 papers on general studies ,2 papers on option-1 and 2 papers on optional-2.

3. In the end interview will be there.Interview will be of 5-7 hrs.

4.Merit list will be out.

Following things will be in paper:

Comprehension
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision-making and Problem-solving
General Mental Ability (GMA)
Data Interpretation

Important dates:

1.The prelims will be held around May-June.

2.The main written examination usually takes place in Oct-Nov.

3.Interview will take place in the month of April-May.

best of lk..

sir plzzz hlp me i am confused , that the prelims contains two paper of general studies or one paper of general study and one of optional , and plzz also tell me books to read my college subjects are sociology and public adminstration .

BEST BOOKS FOR IAS EXAM



UPSC Portal: Current Affairs For IAS (PRE) 2011(Part-I)
by
S. A. Majid
Publisher: Upsc Portal Publications (2011)


IAS & PCS Sanyukat Arthshastra
Publisher: Arihant (2011)


UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam: General Studies Solved Papers
Publisher: Upkar Prakashan (2008)



Civil Services Success PLANNER
by
Sharma K K
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education Private Limited (2010

You can prepare well to above mention books also i have attached some Question paper of IAS exam.So please check it out.This Paper are really helpful for you.

Thankyou for giving much information . really thanks a lot.

CAN WE DO IAS AFTER BEING AN ENGENEER?HOW?

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(10Commerce
(2)Economics
(3)Political Science
(4)Indian History
(5)Management
(6)Law
(6)Public Administration.
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The Indian Administrative services(IAS) are one of the top level services of goverment
of India along with other ones like Indian Police service(IPS), Indian Revenue services,
Indian foreign services and several others.

The recruitment to these services is done through the Civil services examination which
is conducted every year by Union Public service commission (UPSC) of India.

The eligibility to appear in Civil services examination is a graduation degree or a Bachelors
degree from a recognised institute.You can also apply for this examination if you are in your final year
of graduation. Regarding age you must have attained 21 years of age to appear in this examination.

The civil services examination are divided in three stages which are as follows:_

1)Prelimainary which is Civil services aptitude test(CSAT)
2)Mains examination
3)The last stage which is the interview.

You can start preparing for Civil services examination when you are in your second or third
year of your graduation course. You can start preparing for the CSAT at this point of time.
You can start refering NCERT books for Indian history and Geography. You can read various
books on Indian economics. You can read newspapers like The Hindu and magzines like Frontline,
Outlook, India today to update youself on current issues and general awareness.

You should also subscribe to magzine like Competition success review in which civil services
toppers interviews are published which will help you to know the kind of strategies that work
for cracking a exam like Civil services.

For sections like Logical reasoning and Quantitative aptitude you can refer books by RS Agrawaal.
Also i want to tell you that self study is good if you study in a extra ordinary manner but
coaching is often required to crack these exams and study in the right manner. You need to
study smartly in order to crack civil services examination.

THANK YOU...

Dear friend,

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Service. IAS is considered as one of the most respectable and prestigious post of India.

For becoming IAS, firstly you will have to crack Civil Services Exam that is conducted by UPSC every year.

Upcoming IAS Exam will be conducted on 19 May 2013 and notifications for this exam will be out on 2 February 2013.

You will have to pass three stages to crack Civil Services Exam:-

>> Preliminary Exam

>> Mains Exam

>> Personal Interview

You must follow these steps to start a good preparation for IAS Exam:

>> Study at least 6-8 hours per day for IAS Exam preparation.

>> Read English Newspaper, Magazines, etc. to increase your English Vocabulary and also GS.

>> Watch English News Channels and Infotainment Channels to increase GS.

>> Study good books like Pratiyogita Darpan, Manorma Yearbook, etc. to increase General Awareness.

You must purchase some good reference books to increase your General Knowledge like:

The Pearson CSAT Manual 2013: Civil Services Aptitude Test for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Paperback)
by Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe
Publisher: Pearson (2012)
Price: Rs. 883

UPSC Portal CSAT Comprehensive Manual: IAS Preliminary Examination 2013 (Paper - 2) (Paperback)
by Sachchida Nand Jha
Publisher: Kalinjar Publication (2012)
Price: Rs. 553

UPSC Portal CSAT General Studies Manual: IAS Preliminary Examination 2013 (Paper - 1) (Paperback)
by Jha, Jha
Publisher: Kalinjar Publication (2012)
Price: Rs. 871

General Science for Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Paper - 1) (Paperback)
by Tara Chand, Shabnam Johry, Tanushri Saxena, Renu Kathpalia
Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill Education (2012)
Price: Rs. 241

General Studies for Services Preliminary Examination 2013 (Paper - 1) (Paperback)
by TMH
Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill Education (2012)
Price: Rs. 900

Crack Civil Services General Studies IAS Prelims CSAT, Paper - 1 and 2 (Set of 2 Books) (Paperback)
by Disha Experts
Publisher: Disha Publication (2012)
Price: Rs. 777

General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examinations (Paper - 1) (Paperback)
by Manohar Pandey
Publisher: Arihant (2012)
Price: Rs. 684