IAS Entrance Exam Eligibility Criteria

I am interested in giving entrance exam of IAS .What is the eligibility criteria?

[Arun Vats]

Indian Government invites online applications from the Indian aspirants for the Administrative Civil Services by organising the IAS Exam to fill up the prestigious Posts like
Indian Administrative Service
Indian Police Service
Indian Foreign Service
Indian Revenue Service

Eligibility criteria:
The age limit for General Category candidates is 21-30 years.
For SC/ST Aspirants it is 21-35 years
For OBC Aspirants it is 21-33 years
Aspirants must have to pass Graduation degree in any stream from a recognized University are eligible to apply this exam.
Aspirants who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical degree Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination.
Aspirants should be citizen of India.
The Aspirants who is a Ex-service men will get a exception of 5 years from the prescribed limits.

Selection procedure:
IAS examination offers following no.of attempts:
OBC -7 times
General-4 times
No limit for SC/ST candidates
The selection process of IAS exam comprises of following two steps:
Written test(preliminary and mains)
Personal interview

IAS Exam paper pattern:

Subjects: Marks
Section 1 Essay
Section 2 English Comprehension & English Précis
(Of Matriculation/ Xth standard level) -200+100=300 marks

General Studies - I
(Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)
-250 marks
General Studies – II
(Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations)
-250 marks
General Studies –III
(Technology, Economic Development, Bio-diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)
-250 marks

General Studies -IV
(Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude)
-250 marks

Optional Subject – Paper 1
-250 marks

Optional Subject – Paper 2
-250 marks

Total -1800 marks
Interview -275 marks
Grand Total -2075 marks