IAAS Exam

Eligibility Criteria

1. Nationality:

   Nationality of a candidate must be either of the following:

   • Citizen of India
   • Subject of Nepal
   • Subject of Bhutan
   • A Tibetan refugee who came to India before January 1, 1962 for permanent settlement in India.
   • Migrant from any of the following countries for permanently settling in India:

   Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam

2. Education qualification:

   Candidate applying for the Civil Services 2025 exam is required to fulfil the following criteria:

   Candidate must hold a Bachelor's Degree from any of the recognized universities.

   1. Candidates who have appeared at a qualifying examination the passing of which would render them educationally qualified for the Commission's Examination but have not been informed of the result as also the candidates who intende to appear at sucha a qualifying examination will also be eligible for admission to the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.

   All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission for taking the Civil Services (Main) Examination will be required to produce proof of passing the requisite qualifying examination along with their application for the Main Examination, failing which such candidates will not be admitted to the Main Examination. Such Proof of passing the requisite qualifying examination should have been issued by the closing date of the Main Examination.

   2. In exceptional cases, the Commission may treat a candidate who does not have any of the foregoing qualifications as a candidate, provided that the candidate has passed an examination conducted by any other Institution the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission justifies the admission to the Civil Services Examination.

   3. Candidates possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognized by Government as equivalent to professional and technical degree would also be eligible for admission on the Civil Services Examination.

   4. Candidates who have passed the final year of MBBS or any Medical Examination but are yet to complete the internship can also appear for the Main Examination. However, they must submit a certificate from the concerned University that they have passed the final professional medical examination.

3. Age limit:

   • Minimum age 21 years
   • Maximum age 30 years as on 1st of August in the year of examination.

   Relaxable age limit is as follows:

   • Upto max. 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
   • Upto max. 3 years for OBC candidates.
   • Upto max. 5 years for candidate from the State of Jammu & Kashmir
   • Upto max. 5 years for Defence Services personnel
   • Upto max. 5 years for Ex-servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service and have been released.
   • Upto max. 5 years for ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years of Military Service.
   • Upto max. 10 years for Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons

4. Number of atempts:

   The maximum number of attempts is as follows:

   • General Category candidates: 6 attempts
   • Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates: No restriction
   • OBC candidates: 9 attempts
   • Physically handicapped- 9 attempts for general and OBC, while unlimited for SC/ST
     

   Number of Attempts	Category to which the Candidate Belongs
   	SC / ST	OBC	PwBD
   	Unlimited	09	09 for GL / EWS / OBC & Unlimited for SC / ST

   NOTE - I: The terms - GL for General, EWS for Economically Weaker Sections, SC for Scheduled Castes, ST for Scheduled Tribes, OBC for other Backward Classes and PwBD for Persons with Benchmark Disability - are used for denoting the categories of candidates taking an attempt at the Examination.

   NOTE - II: An attempt at a preliminary examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the Civil Services Examination.

   NOTE - III: If a candidates actually appear in any one paper in the Preliminary Examination, it will be deemed that the candidate has made an attempt at the Examination.

   NOTE - IV: Notwithstanding any subsequent disqualification / cancellation of candidature, the fact of appearance of the candidate at the Examination will count as an attempt