IAS 2024: Complete information on Notification, Application process, Eligibility Criteria, Syllabus, Exam Dates and Patterns etc.
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Introduction: IAS 2024 is an all India level entrance exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for which notification will be released soon. In this article we will provide complete information on IAS EXAM 2024.
About IAS exam in India
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the Civil Services Examination organized by the Union Public Service Commission of India (UPSC). IAS exam is considered to be one of the toughest entrance exams in India for which thousands of aspirants appear for the examination just to be selected by one of the recruiting agency ie. Union Government, State Government, and Public Sector Unit (PSU) for various job roles.
The hosting organization UPSC will release application form on its official web portal for which link will be provided below. The main qualification for the IAS exam is to have a graduation degree in prescribed age limit bracket to be eligible for the exam.
The UPSC notification will have all details and also we will provide all information possible like Application process, Eligibility Criteria, Syllabus, Exam Dates and Exam Patterns etc.
The recruitment process is done in 3 major parts which is
Please follow the complete article to obtain information on IAS Exam 2024
IAS Exam 2024 Important Dates
Events
Exam Date
Official Notification Publication Date
March 2024
Application Form Available from
March 2024
Application form last date to submit
March 2024
Preliminary Examinations Admit Card issue date
September 2024
UPSC 2024 Exam Date (Preliminary)
October 2024
Preliminary Exam Results date declaration
October 2024
UPSC Main Exam Admit Card
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UPSC Exam Date 2024 (Main)
January 2025
UPSC Main Exam Results declaration
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IAS EXAM 2024 Eligibility Criteria
Nationality
Only Indian citizens who have valid Identity proof are eligible to apply for IAS exam 2024
Age Limit (as on 1st August, 2024)
· The age bracket of candidate should be between 21 years to 32 years.
· Relaxation in age is given for OBC, ST/SC and PwD candidates.
Minimum Educational Qualifications
Applicant should have graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized university.
Vacancies To be Filled
The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is 712 which include 22 vacancies reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability Category i.e,
Post Name
Total Vacancies
Blindness and low vision-
05 Posts
Deaf and hard of hearing-
06 Posts
locomotor disability-
06 Posts
Persons with Multiple disabilities-
05 Posts
IAS 2024 Eligibility Criteria:
The aspirants applying for the examination first check the IAS 2024 Eligibility of the examination. Only those candidates fulfilling the criteria can fill the application form.
Nationality for IAS:
The candidate should be a citizen of India. Besides citizens of Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibetan refugees who came before 1st Jan 1962 can also apply for the exam. Also, candidates of Indian origin who have migrated from counties like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Myanmar, etc can apply.
IAS Exam 2024 Age Limit:
The candidate should have completed 21 years and the maximum age limit is 32 years. The candidates of reserved categories will get relaxation.
SC/ST: 5 years
OBC: 3 years
Defense service personnel: 3 years.
Ex-servicemen including commissioned officers ECOs/SSCOs: 5 years
IAS Exam 2024 Education Qualifications:
The candidate applying for UPSC Civil Services Exam 2024 must have done graduation from any recognized university or institution. The candidate who is in the final year of graduation can also apply for the examination. The candidates who have appeared for the passing examination and are waiting for the result can also apply.
Number of Attempts:
General: 6 Attempts
SC/ST: no limit
OBC: 9 Attempts
IAS Exam 2024 Application Form
All candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria are entitled to apply online using the UPSC official website. For your reference here are few steps mentioned to follow in filling the application form.
The IAS exam 2024 application form can be filled and submitted on the online portal of UPSC website. (https://www.upsc.gov.in/)
Applicants have to upload necessary Photograph and documents in the online application form.
The format for the Photograph and Documents have been prescribed so kindly uses the format according to the guidelines.
The permitted size of the photograph should not above 3kb and below 40kb. The size of the signature should be 1kb.
Application fee submission can be done through e-challan form, net-banking, Visa/Master Credit/ Debit Card.
Always check the application form before submission for information fed into the form because once the information is submitted then correction is not possible.
Always take the printout of the application form till the last process of admission is completed.
IAS EXAM 2024 Application Fee
Candidates can deposit the fee through e-chalan form, net-banking, Visa/Master Credit/ Debit Card. Or they can deposit the fee by cash in State Bank of India (SBI).
Application fee charges: Rs 100/
For ST/SC/Female/Physically Handicapped candidates: Fee is exempted
IAS EXAM 2024 Exam Pattern
1. Preliminary Exam
The exam pattern for IAS entrance exam for preliminary examination is divided into 2 papers of 2 hours each. Each paper carries 200 marks. Below table has the detail of the exam pattern.
Paper-I:It is designed to check the candidate’s knowledge on current events, Indian history, Indian national movements, Indian & world geography, Indian polity, economy, social development, environmental ecology, biodiversity, etc.
Paper-II: It is designed to check candidate’s knowledge on comprehension, interpersonal skills, communication, logical reasoning, analytical ability, decision making, problem-solving, data interpretation, English language, etc.
The exam will be conducted in offline mode in 2 hours duration.
Each question will be 1/3 Mark penalty for the wrong answer.
Papers
Question paper details
Total Marks
Total Time
I
General Studies – This paper will be counted for qualifying to write the Civil Services Mains exam.
200
2 hrs
II
Aptitude test (CSAT) – This paper is of qualifying nature, but the candidate must score at least 33% marks in this paper. However, marks of this paper are not counted for writing the Mains examination.
200
2 hrs
Total
400
4 hrs
2. Main Exam
The main exam consists of a total of 9 papers. Further out 9 papers 7 are ranking papers and 2 are qualifying papers. This main exam is very crucial as the candidates who will qualify the main exam will be invited for personal interview.
Papers
Subjects
Marks
Paper A
One of the Indian languages from the list selected by the applicants (qualifying)
300
Paper B
English (qualifying)
300
Paper I
Essay
250
Paper-II
General studies I
250
Paper III
General Studies II
250
Paper IV
General Studies III
250
Paper V
General Studies IV
250
Paper VI, VII
2 papers on subjects to be selected by the applicants from the list of optional subjects (250 marks for each paper)
500
Sub-total
(of Written Exam)
1750
PI
275
Total marks
2025
3. Personal Interview
The IAS job is an administrative job which requires a lot human skills to handle situations and lead a diverse group of people. Therefore the personal interview of the candidate is to evaluate his/her ability to stand out in situations with sound mind power.
Applicants must expect questions related to intellectual skills, psychological abilities, social and worldly traits with good knowledge on current affairs.
The interview will test the knowledge as well as the confidence of the candidate. It’s good to prepare on current affairs, your personal take to handle those situations and ability to handle counter questions should also be included in the preparation for the personal interview.
IAS EXAM 2024 Admit Card
The provisional date to release the admit card is September 2024. To download the admit card candidates have to visit the official website of the UPSC and candidates will have to use their login credentials to download the admit card.
A direct link will be provided on the official website of the UPSC where candidates can click on the link and get the admit card.
All candidates are requested to bring the admit card in the examination venue otherwise entry will not be allowed.
IAS EXAM 2024 Result
The UPSC official will declare the result of the preliminary IAS exam 2024 first after the one month of the IAS exams. Only candidates clearing the preliminary exams will be invited to appear in the main examination of the civil services.
The provisional date for the civil service main exam will be around October 2024. From here the applicants who have qualified the main exam and made into the IAS exam 2024 cut off list will be invited for the third process which is the interview (personality test).
IAS Exam 2024 Cut Off
The IAS exam 2024 cut off will be declared by the UPSC official for the next step of the selection process. Just to make you aware what you can expect from the cut off marks follow the table below for cut off marks for the year 2018.
