Civil Servant (IAS/PCS)

You have to appear for civil services exam conducted by UPSC every year. You must have a graduate degree and you must have attained 21 years of age to appear for this exam.

If you want to become an actor, then why you want to prepare for civil? If you want to become an IAS just for money and power, then I would suggest you to go for acting instead of IAS because you don't have real passion to become an IAS.
If you have real passion and you want to become an IAS for the social development, then you will really love your job.

To become an IAS officer, one needs to earn a Bachelor Degree and prepare smartly and extensively. BA Hons in subject of social sciences will do well.

Some methods can not be prescribed. The preparation is qualitative and quantitative. It is many-sided and it looks miscellaneous. It is a question of how much reading-habit you can cultivate and how methodical it can be. You collect the syllabus first and then orient yourself. Once you make a beginning, you can go on discussing.

Background is never a problem. It is a matter of sheer hard work.

It is not a problem, combining all these pursuits. Even after joining service, you can complete your research and submission of the thesis. Such instances are in plenty. Go ahead with whatever you desire.

If you are sure about becoming an IAS officer, then I would suggest you to go for BA in public policy and administration course from UPES. This college is the only college which provides IAS coaching along with this course which will definitely benefit you in cracking the IAS exam after your graduation.

BA is a sufficient qualification for appearing in civil services examination. However, as per UPSC published data, majority of candidates who crack civil services examination have educational qualifications equal to or above post-graduation degrees.

You don't normally employ English orally. But, for running the administration, it is necessary to have a command over English. You will find its need more in some parts of India.

Yes, you can definitely become an IAS officer.
Prelims paper will test your analytical and current affairs skills.
Also, you need not be a scholar in maths for becoming an IAS.
But be perfect with basic maths, percentage, profit, loss etc. In Mains, you can skip maths as there will be another option for you but to crack prelims you need to be perfect in basic maths.