What field should I pursue after class 12th if I want to be a diplomat (Indian Foreign Service)?
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Group Captain Vinayak Deodhar La vie est faite pour vivre pas pour stresser | Scholar-Level 18
7 years agoHello,
It's the dream of almost every Indian to clear civil services exam with good marks and be eligible for IFS. Only such dreams work wonders for motivation of young generation.The exam conducted by UPSC is actually a test of skill and knowledge about one's chosen subject. How skillfully or how completely we understand that subject is what UPSC tries to find out. Hence doctors, engineers, accountants, historians, language experts etc. have an equal chance of cracking this most prestigious exam. Thus, one must always study the subject that one is passionate about, the subject in which one has great interest. Once this is done, one can...more -
You may take up humanities.
To become an IFS officer the same procedure needs to be followed as of an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. One has to appear for the selection procedure (examinations, etc.) organized by the UPSC - The Civil Services Examinations*. The examinations are held in two parts - Preliminaries and Main. The Preliminaries or Prelims are held to eliminate most of the candidates who apply. Then the Mains are held to eliminate from this shorter pool. After the Mains successful candidates are interviewed. Meanwhile, when applying for the examination the candidate has to rank the services according to his/her...more -
In order to become an IFS Officer, you must to be excel in the most prestigious exam on India I.e., UPSE Exam. There is no specific criteria that about the stream at graduation level. You can pursue any course (Arts, Commerce, or Science). What you just need is to be dedicated about your studies. IFS (Indian Foreign Service) is one of the group A service , whose exam is conducted by UPSC every year . It is the second most preferred service in Civil Service exam after IAS. Your preparation strategy should be foolproof. Keep an eye on the previous years Prelims and Mains papers, like initially read and analyse the previous papers once in...more -
12th standard candidates are not eligible for Indian Foreign Services Officer exam so first complete your graduation degree then you can apply for Indian Foreign Services Officer exam.
IFS stands for Indian Foreign Service exam. IFS exam is conducted by UPSC through civil service exam.
If you have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university then you are eligible for IFS exam.
Your age should be in between 21 years to 30 years for general candidates. Age relaxation is given below:-
5 years relaxation for SC/ST candidates
3 years relaxation for OBC Candidates
10 years relaxation for PHC candidates
5 years relaxation for...more -
Hey there,
Well, there is no such requirement of streams for UPSC exams, it's just you need a Bachelor's degree at least to be deemed eligible.
However, if you want to become an IFS officer then, of course, Bachelors in Arts would be the best option which you can have.
Humanities include subjects such as history, political science, sociology and international relations to which you can have access during your graduation.
Also, you can keep any of them as an optional subject. For example, you can opt for public administration which is quite scoring and a majority of aspirants opt for this subject and also for an IFS officer, this would be r...more -
Hi,
There is no such requirement of any specific stream after 12th for becoming a diplomat.
To become a diplomat one needs to qualify Union Public Service Commission examination and if the rank is good then one can choose IFS (Indian Foreign Services).
If your only aim is to crack civil services examination and join Indian Foreign Service you can take up any humanities subject like history, geography, public administration, political science, economics, sociology, philosophy, etc. in graduation and start preparing for the exam from the 1st year of your graduation.
Take up the subject that you are most interested in so that you can optio...more
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Absolutely! Having a humanities background is no barrier to pursuing Fine Arts at Chandigarh University.
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