Civil Services Exam Age Eligibility

Whether 30 year old applicants eligible for the Civil Services Exam or not ?

[Kiran Chandar]

Yes definitely 30 year old applicants eligible for the Civil Services Exam
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Eligibility
Nationality :
For the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India.

Age Limits :
Applicants must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years .

The upper age limit for IAS Preliminary Exam 2 prescribed above will be relaxable :

upto a maximum of five years if a Applicants belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.

upto a maximum of three years in the case of Applicants belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such Applicants.

upto a maximum of five years if a Applicants had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof :

upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs / SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st August, 2014 and have been released.

upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs / SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years Military Service as on 1st August,

upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.