Civil Servant (IAS/PCS)

IPS Academy, Indore has average placements with 60-70% of students getting placed every year. The average package is 4 LPA, with the highest package being 12 LPA and the lowest package being 2 LPA. Some of the top companies that recruit students from IPS Academy include Accenture, Colgate, Prism Johnson, S&P Global and many more.

In the IAS interview test, candidates will be judged on different skills mentioned below:

• Mental Alertness
• Critical Powers of Assimilation
• Clear and Logical Exposition
• Balance of Judgement
• Variety and Depth of Interest
• Ability for Social Cohesion and Leadership
• Intellectual and Moral Integrity

The above information is taken from the official notification and mentioned by the Union Public Service Commission.

 As the name suggest, the IAS main exam has 9 descriptive papers. The details of these papers are given below:

The IAS prelims exam is an objective type exam. The IAS prelims is conducted offline and the candidates need to mark their answers on the answer sheet (OMR). There are two papers in the IAS prelims exam. The details of IAS prelims exam is given below:

• General Studies Paper 1
• General Studies Paper 2 ( Aptitude Test)

The Aptitude paper is qualifying only and the passing marks in the aptitude paper is  67.5 marks out of 200.

 The candidates should prepare the five fundamental subjects as mentioned for the IAS prelims exam. These fundamental subjects are

• History
• Geography
• Economy
• Polity
• Current Affairs
• Environment issues
• General Science

The candidates should also prepare the Environmental issues because they have gained more importance in the recent years.

No,  IAS syllabus is same in last few years and before changing the syllabus, the UPSC needs to take approval from the Ministry of Personnel and Training before changing the IAS syllabus. The candidates should prepare the UPSC IAS syllabus in its present form and do not fear the change that will be made in the syllabus because in any way, the topics prepared will be relevant to the IAS exam irrespective of any change in UPSC IAS syllabus. 

There are three stages in the IAS selection process namely

1. IAS prelims
2. IAS main (written) 
3. IAS main (personality test)

IAS selection process takes more than one year to complete. The official IAS notification is released in January and the final result is declared in May next year. The Commission conduct the exam in offline mode and the candidates are required to appear and clear all the stages of IAS selection process. IAS 2025 notification was released on January 14. There are three stages in the IAS selection process. These are

1. IAS prelims
2. IAS main (written) 
3. IAS main (personality test)