Union Public Service Commission will be conducting preliminary UPSC 2021 Civil Services examination on June 27, 2021. According to official yearly exam calendar of UPSC, main exam will be held on September 17, 2021. However, one needs to have a clear understanding of UPSC eligibility criteria 2021 before appearing for examination. Here is a look at details about eligibility criteria for UPSC examination.

UPSC Eligibility criteria 2021

Nationality

For applying to Indian ministrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Indian Police Service, a candidate must be a citizen of India. For or services, a candidate must be eir a citizen of India, a subject of Nepal or Bhutan or a Tibetan refugee. For more details about nationality of n-Indian candidates, y are vised to check official tification given below.

limit

limit for appearing in UPSC 2021 Civil Services Exam, candidate Should be between 21 and 32 years as of August 1, 2021. This means that candidate must have been born t earlier than 2nd August 1989 and t later than 1st August 2000.  upper limit has relaxations for reserved category candidates. Up to a maximum of five years of relaxation will be given to a candidate belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe. Three years for OBC and Defence Services Personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence reof. Furr details are given in official tification by UPSC.

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Minimum educational qualification

minimum educational eligibility criteria for UPSC 2021 is that candidate should hold a degree from a government recognised University or possess an equivalent qualification. Those candidates who are appearing for examination and are awaiting ir results are also eligible to appear for preliminary examination. Those candidates who will qualify will need to produce proof of having passed ir said examination along with application for main exam. Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for mission to Civil Services Examination.

Number of attempts

Every candidate appearing at examination who is eligible shall be permitted to have six attempts at CSE. Relaxation in number of attempts will be available to categories like SC/ST/OBC and PwBD candidates who are orwise eligible. SC/ST candidates will have unlimited attempts at examination. An attempt at a Preliminary Examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at Civil Services Examination. Candidates are vised to check official tification to kw details about UPSC syllabus and or information about examination.

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