Required Qualification for IPS Exam

Will you please provide the information regarding the Required Qualification to appear in IPS Exam ?

[Kiran Chandar]

To be eligible for becoming an IPS officer, applicants must possess a degree from an Indian University or an equivalent qualification.

Those applicants in the final year of a degree course can also appear in the Preliminary Examination taken every year by UPSC.

The applicants must have attained the age of 21 years on 1st August of the year of examination and must not have attained 30 years of age on that date.

The upper age limit will be relaxed by 3 years for OBC applicants and 5 years for SC/ST applicants

The upper age limit is also relaxed in favour of Defense Services Personnel.

For IPS, the applicants must be a citizen of India.

Paper Pattern

Paper I Objective Type - 2 hours duration - 200 Marks

Paper II Objective Type - 2 hours duration - 200 Marks

Paper III English Language Descriptive Type - 3 hours duration - 200 Marks

Paper IV Essay - Descriptive Type - 3 hours duration - 200 Marks

Paper V General Descriptive Type - 3 hours duration - 200 Marks

Studies Interview - 200 Marks

Important dates:
Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam 2015:-

Date of Notification:- 16.05.2015

Last date for receipt of applications:- 12.06.2015

Date of commencement of Examination:- 23.08.2015

civil services (main) exam 2015:-

Date of commencement of Examination:- 18.12.2015