Civil Services Exam Preparation Plan

I am doing preparation for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service Exams want preparation plan. Can you please provide me Civil Services Exam Preparation Plan so that I can prepare well for exam along with eligibility to apply also provide important dates for exam?

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India's central agency authorised to conduct the Civil Services Examination, Indian Forest Service examination and many other exams.

Civil Services Exam Preparation Plan

BEFORE YOU START

Before you start you need to know that there are two stages of preparation:

Prepare yourself
Prepare the syllabus

Yes, you heard it correctly, before starting the preparation you need to prepare yourself. This process includes following elements:

Making up your mind
Motivating yourself
Becoming passionate
Isolating yourself form rest of the world

Eligibility:

A degree of graduation in any stream from any recognized University recognized by the University grants Commission as lay down by the Parliament and the Legislature.
The candidates who have appeared in the qualifying examination and are waiting for the result are also eligible to apply provided they submit the certificate of qualification along with the mark sheet to the UPSC in the DAF before the Main Exam.

Exam pattern:

The IAS Preliminary exam (objective / multiple choice questions type) has two papers:

i. Paper – I (General Studies: duration – 2 hours; Marks – 200)

ii. Paper – II (Civil Services Aptitude Test duration – 2 hours; Marks – 200)

Important dates (Tentative)

The official notification was out on 22nd February 2017
Final date for submitting the application form 17th March 2017
The Civil Services Exam 2017(Pre) 18th June 2017
Date of main examination 28th October 2017