if i take science in my 1st PU can i become an IAS officer

Hi,

Glad to know you are interested in figuring out the details to become an IAS officer.

Eligibility to become an IAS Of􀃖cer
Educational Quali􀃖cation
To be eligible for becoming an IAS of􀃖cer, the candidate must possess a degree from an Indian University or an equivalent quali􀃖cation.
Those in the 􀃖nal year of a degree course can also appear in the Preliminary Examination.
Age
The candidate 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 candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
The upper age limit is also relaxed in favour of certain categories of civil servants working under the Government of India and Defence
Services Personnel.
Other Eligibility Conditions:
These services involves decision making at the upper end of Government hierarchy and taking into account the sensitivity of the job, the
aspirants have to be eligible under certain speci􀃖c conditions as given ahead.
For the IAS and the IPS, the candidate must be a citizen of India.

For the other services, a candidate must be either:
a citizen of India, or
a subject of Nepal, or
a subject of Bhutan, or
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United
Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Process to become an IAS Of􀃖cer
To be an IAS of􀃖cer one has to follow the below given steps:-
Step 1
As a 􀃖rst step the aspirant has to procure the UPSC's Civil Services exam (https://targetstudy.com/exams/civil-services-exam/)
“Application Form” along with “Information Brochure” from any of the “Head Post Of􀃖ces or Post Of􀃖ces” spread throughout the country
and sent the 􀃖lled Application form to:
The Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House,
New Delhi - 110011.
Step 2
In the month of May or June the aspirants have to take the Indian Civil Services “Preliminary examinations” renamed as Civil Services
Apptitue Test i.e CSAT Consisting of two papers. The papers are on:
Paper Marks Time
1. General Knowledge 200 2 Hr.
2. Comprehension and logical reasoning 200 2 Hr.
Note: CSAT is just a qualifying exam for the Final exam and scores obtained in this exam are not added to prepare the 􀃖nal result.
Step 3
Those candidates who are declared quali􀃖ed in the “Civil Services Apptitude Test" are supposed to take the 􀃖nal exam (normally held in
the month of October) having following papers:
1 Essay type Indian Language Qualifying Paper (300 marks)
1 English Qualifying Paper (300 marks)
1 General Essay type paper (200 marks)
2 General Studies papers (300 marks each)
4 Optional subjects papers (300 marks each)

Step 4
Once you are through, the 􀃖nal stage is the interview. The aspirants are grilled in the interview to test their personality and mental ability.
Then the 􀃖nal list of the successful candidates is prepared and the candidates who have secured very good rank out of 400-450(approx.)
selected candidates are admitted to National Academy of Administration at Mussoorie (now renamed as Lal Bahadur Sastri National
Academy of Administration, LBSNAA) to impart training to IAS probationers. After completion of their training in various 􀃖elds of
administrative importance, they are posted as per requirements of the Central and State Governments.
Being All India Services the new IAS incumbant's services are alloted to various state cadre under Cadre System. The Cadre system is
alloted on a basis of lottery and the topper of each state may get a chance to get their home state if he had applied for one.

Hope this information helps.

All the best!

Regards,
Archana Jain