Career Options/Guidance

Q. I have done my B.Sc with Botany Honours. I want to appear in the Indian Forest Services (IFS) Examination. Please guide me.

Ans: Indian Forest Services (IFS) Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission every year generally in the month of July. Only those with a Bachelor's degree with atleast one of the following subjects viz., Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology or Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Forestry or Engineering or equivalent in the age group of21-30 years on the 1st July of the year of examination are eligible.

Q. I am a student of B.Sc. (IInd Year) with Physics Honours. I want to know about National DEfence Academy Examination. Please guide me.

Ans: National Defence Academy (NDS) Entrance Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) twice a year, generally in the months of April and October of admission to the courses commencing in the following January and July respectively for the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA. A candidate must be an unmarried male and have attained the age of 16 ½ years and must not have attained the age of 19 years on the Jan. 1 or July 1 of the year succeeding the years of examination. For Army Wing of the NDA, a candidate must have passed 12 Class of the 10+2 pattern of school education. For Airforce and Naval Wings, a candidate must have passed 12th Class with Physics and mathematics.