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Academic IAS exam Eligibility
 A degree of any of the Universities
incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other
educatsional institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to
be a Deemed University under the UGC Act, 1956, or an equivalent
qualification.- Candidates who have appeared or intend to
appear for the qualifying examination and are awaiting results are also
eligible to appear for the Preliminary Examination. All such candidates who
qualify to appear for the Civil Services Main Examination must produce proof
of having passed the said examination along with their application for the
Main Examination.
- The UPSC may in exceptional cases treat a
candidate without the foregoing requisite qualification as an eligible
candidate as per following conditions,
- he / she has passed an examination conducted
by other institutions, the standard of which justifies his / her admission in
the opinion of the Commission.
- Candidates with professional and technical
qualifications recognised by the Government as equivalent to professional and
technical degrees.
- Candidates who have passed the final year of
MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can
also appear for the Main Examination. However they must submit along with
their Main Examination application, a certificate from the concerned
authority of the University / Institution that they have passed the final
professional medical examination. At the Interview stage they must then
produce a certificate from a competent authority that they have completed
(including internship) all the requirements for the award of the Medical
Degree.
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Natonality
- Only Indian nationals are eligible for IAS and
IPS.
- For other services a candidate can be either
of the following:
- a citizen of India,
- a subject of Nepal,
- a subject of Bhutan,
- Tibetan refugee who came over to India before
January 1, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India,
- a person of Indian origin who has migrated
from Burma, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United
Republic of Tanzania, Vietnam, Zaire or Zambia with the intention of
permanently settling in India.
Candidates belonging to either categories of b, c, d or e, must produce an
eligibility certificate issued by the Government of India. Those who belong to
either of b, c, or d, categories are not eligible for appointment to the Indian
Foreign Service.
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Age limit for IAS
- A candidate must have attained 21 years and
not be over 30 years on August 1 of the year of examination.
- The upper age limit is relaxed in specific
cases as mentioned below:
- upto a maximum of 5 years if the candidate
belongs to SC/ST.
- upto a maximum of 3 years if the candidate
belongs to Other Backward Classes.
- upto a maximum of 5 years if the candidate had
been domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir during the period between January 1,
1980 and December 31, 1989.
- upto a maximum of 3 years in the case of
Defence Services personnel disabled during hostilities with foreign countries
or in a disturbed area and consequently released.
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upto a maximum of 5 years in the case of
ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs / SSCOs who have
rendered at least five years Military Service as on August 1 of the year of
examination and have been released:
- on completion of assignment (including
those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from August
1 of the year of examination) otherwise than by way of dismissal or
discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency,
- on account of physical disability
attributable to Military Service, or
- on invalidment.
- upto a maximum of 5 years in the case of ECOs
/ SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment (5 years Military
Service) as on August 1 of the year of examination and whose assignment has
been extended beyond 5 years. Such candidates will have to provide a
certificate from the Ministry of Defence stating that they can apply for
civil employment and they will be released on a notice of 3 months, upon
selection, from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
- upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of
blind, deaf-mute and orthopaedically handicapped candidates.
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Number of attempts
The maximum number of attempts restriction is effective from the examination
held in 1984. In case other eligibility conditions apply:
- General candidates: four attempts.
- Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe
candidates: No restriction.
- Other Backward Classes: seven attempts.
NOTE1:
- An attempt at a Preliminary Examination is
considered an attempt at the examination.
- If a candidate actually appears in any one
paper in the Preliminary Examination, he is considered to have made an
attempt at the examination.
- Notwithstanding the
disqualification/cancellation of candidature the fact of appearance of the
candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.
NOTE 2: Restrictions on reapplying for the examination
- A candidate who is appointed to the Indian
Administrative Service or the Indian Foreign Service on the results of an
earlier examination and continues to be a member of that service will not be
eligible to compete at this examination.
- If a candidate is appointed to the IAS/IFS
after the Preliminary Examination of IAS exam for a year(say 2010) is over
and he/she continues to be a member of that service, he/she shall not be
eligible to appear in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, not withstanding
his/her having qualified in the Preliminary Examination, 2010.
- If a candidate is appointed to IAS/IFS after
the commencement of the Civil Services (Main) Examination for a year(say
2010), but before the result thereof and continues to be a member of that
service, he/she shall not be considered for appointment to any service/post
on the basis of the result of this examination viz. IAS exam, 2010.
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