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Kartikay Hastinapuri

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Yes, sure you can apply for civil services after completing bachelor's or masters in mass communication.

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Sunil SoniManagement & IT Consultant

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You are advised to appear in Indian Engineering Services Examination conducted by UPSC to join Indian Railways as Group A officers in Mechanical branch. You can also appear in examinations conducted by Railway Recruitment Board for subordinate services posts.

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Harsh RanjanCollege Selection Expert

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Starting early is a great advantage as you can build your general awareness and really excel in the GS paper and interview as you will tune yourself to analysis and awareness. Also, when the time comes, you will not waste it on finding out about the exam and losing your precious time.

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Rahul Singh

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Hi Monty,
As such, there is no direct way to join CID. You can join the department after a certain amount of service years in police organisation. To join Police, you can appear for UPSC civil services (gazetted post), State PCS services and Sub-Inspector examinations.

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Debayan HalderI'm an officer in a PSU bank.

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Yes, it'll help and it'll also help you in various exams after getting the job like CAIIB.

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Sunil SoniManagement & IT Consultant

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UPSC conducts multiple exams such as Civil Services Examination, Engineering Services Examination, NDA, CDS, Indian Economics Services etc. You are requested to confirm for which exam are you seeking information.

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Rahul Singh

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Hi Deval,
Yes, you can apply for CDS examination. The eligibility criteria for the examination is as follows:
(I) For IMA and Officers Training Academy: Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.
(ii) For Indian Naval Academy: Degree in Engineering from a recognized university/institution.
(iii) For Air Force Academy: Degree of a recognized University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.
Note: Those candidates who are in the final year of the degree course and have yet to pass the final year degree examination are also eligible to apply.

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Rahul Singh

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Hi Aditi,
IBPS PO Prelims Examination 2017 is going to take place between 18th September and 22nd September 2017. The examination will be conducted in three phases: Preliminary, Mains & Interview. Candidates who qualify in the Preliminary examination and shortlisted will appear for the Mains examination. Subsequently, shortlisted candidates in the Mains will have to give an interview.
The exams for Probationary Officers (PO) are held in 3 parts. The table given below shows the IBPS PO exam date for the different stages of IBPS PO selection procedure.
Preliminary Exam
Main Exam
Interview Exam (along with group discussion)
Staff Selection Com
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Rahul Singh

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Hi Deepam,
Some of the best coaching institutes are:
1. Vajiram (They still have some of the best faculty in the market)
2. Vision IAS (Their study material is one of the best in market)
3. Shankar IAS
4. ALS (One of the best faculty for Geography optional/Ira Singhal, topper of 2015 Exam was from this coaching)
5. Khan Academy
6. Sriram IAS
7. BYJU's/Online
8. Mrunal/Online: Free resource
9. Insight: Free resource (specifically for mains preparation)
10. Elite Academy

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Rahul Singh

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Hi Sreekutty,
Some of the standard books which you can follow for the exam are as follows:
History of Modern India by Bipan Chandra (History)
Indias Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra (History)
History of Medieval India by Satish Chandra (History)
Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania (Culture)
Geography of India by Majid Husain (Geography)
Oxford School Atlas Oxford (Geography)
Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations by M. Laxmikanth (Polity)
Indian Economy by Ramesh Singh (Economy) or Mrunal Video Lectures
Economic Survey (Economy)
Science and Technology: Follow current affairs
Environmental: Shankar IAS Environment Book
India Y
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