Required age criteria for IAS

What is the Indian Administration Service exam age criterion, will you please provide here???

[Raman Vij]

Indian Administration Service exam is held only one time in a year, this exam is conducted by UPSC.

Eligibility criteria:

Age limit
Age should be between 21 to 30 years for General category candidates,

21to 33 year for OBC category candidates,

21 to 35 years for SC/ST category candidates

After 35 you can not be participate in IAS exam.

Qualification:
The applicant should have complete graduation degree with any stream from a recognized university.

Exam pattern
The competitive examination comprises of 3 successive stages:

Civil Services - Preliminary Examination - Objective Type (Qualifier)

Civil Services - Main Examination - Written Test

Interview / Personality Test

Prelim syllabus:

Syllabus of Paper I -(200 marks) Duration : Two hours

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 do not require subject specialization
General Science

Syllabus for Paper II-(200 marks) Duration: Two hours
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 choices, objective type.

Mains subjects;

Agriculture
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Anthropology