by The concerned authority of the Union Public Service Commission prescribes the UPSC age limit in the official notification every year. Candidates who are meeting the age limit criteria can only apply for the civil services examination. Any candidate who does not fulfill the criteria shall not submit the application form. The application form is released in online mode at the official website of UPSC. Prior to filling out the application form, candidates should check the key details on eligibility criteria, the application process, fee details, etc. carefully.
Candidates whose age is between 21 years and 32 Years can only apply for the exam. However, candidates belonging to the reserved categories will be eligible for age relaxation as per the set rules. Such candidates who claim age relaxation should possess the related document issued by the concerned authority under State or Union Government. In case of failure to produce the required documents, candidates will be considered under the General category. So one must be ready with all the documents to claim the benefits available for the reserved category.
In addition, candidates must have a bachelor’s degree from any recognized university. Only Indian citizens can apply for the exam and general category candidates have only six chances to appear for this exam. However, the number of attempts for OBC candidates is nine and there is no limit for candidates belonging to SC and ST categories. Take a look at the maximum and minimum age limits for different categories in the table below.
|
Category |
Minimum Age |
Maximum Age |
|
General |
21 |
32 |
|
OBC |
21 |
35 |
|
SC |
21 |
37 |
|
ST |
21 |
37 |
|
EWS |
21 |
32
|
Daily Current Affairs
To ace any competitive examination, candidates should be well versed with the daily current affairs. Without having sufficient knowledge of the latest developments in India and around the world it is quite difficult to score good marks in this section. Now, the question paper comprises most of the questions based on current affairs. Hence candidates should prepare it on a serious note so that they can attempt maximum questions in the examination. Some candidates completely ignore this section as only 2-3 direct questions are asked which is not a good approach.
To prepare for it candidates can use offline as well as online study materials. For offline materials they can refer to the newspaper, monthly magazines, etc. whereas if they want to go for online study materials there are numerous channels on youtube that provide videos on current affairs, websites of coaching institutes can be referred, and various mobile applications are there. So, we can say that there are numerous sources for the preparation. Candidates can follow any of them as per their convenience for effective preparation.
Some candidates do not memorize things for a long time. This is a major problem amongst most of the candidates. To overcome this, candidates should prepare hand writtennotes of current affairs. It is important for revision. They should try to make the notes as short as possible so that they can revise maximum things in less time. Many candidates are following this approach which is good also. It will help in keeping the studied things in the mind for long time and candidates will be able to recall them in the examination hall.
