Civil Servant (IAS/PCS)

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After clearing the PCS-J exam, you get posted as a Civil Judge (Junior Division) in your state. It is the post of a second-class judicial magistrate. Later on, with the recommendation of the district or session judge, you get posted as a judicial magistrate of first class.
1. The first official promotion a civil judge from PCS J gets is that of additional civil judge (senior division), which is later promoted to chief judicial magistrate.
2. The further promotion is to the post of Additional District Judge.
3. With further advancement, you can become a district judge or a session judge (in some cases, both).
4. The next promotion is to the post of Registrar of the High Court.
5. The registrar of the HC is promoted to the post of High Court judge after 5 years of service. You need a minimum of five years of service at each post to be considered for promotion.

The PCS-J exam in Uttar Pradesh is one of the most challenging exams. It is carried out in three stages and takes about a year to complete. You can follow the given expert tips to prepare for this exam:
1. Check the exam pattern and syllabus to understand overlapping concepts in the prelim and main stages.
2. The law sections form an important part of the preliminary stage. It dominates with 300 marks, and hence you need to prepare this section well.
3. Finalize the study material for both stages with the help of the syllabus and previous year's papers.
4. Prepare short notes for important topics like IPC, judgments, and bare acts to revise during the exam.
5. You can take the help of a monthly Current Affairs magazine and NCERTs to prepare the GK section.
6. For the Mains, you need to focus on answer writing and an in-depth understanding of law.
7. You can take the help of your law coursebooks from graduation to score well in the law papers of the main stage.
8. Initially, you need to prepare for both stages together; later on, you can focus on separate stages before two months of exams.
9. In the final two months, concentrate on revision and mock exam practice to improve accuracy.
10. You can join a test series in the final month to do well in the main stage. You have to build command over the law and communication skills over time to qualify for the interview stage.

Physical Eligibility Criteria for UPSC IAS:
There is no height, weight and chest girth minimum requirement as such for candidates for the IAS unlike the technical services. However, if the candidates measurements are disproportionate as regarded by the medical board, the candidates can be hospitalized for investigation and chest X-ray can be taken. Please note the technical services have certain minimum requirements. Candidates should have a proper vision in the eyes. Corrections permitted are spectacles, CL and refractive surgery like LASIK, ICL, IOL, etc. Those who have myopia with macular degenerative changes will be declared unfit for service in the IAS. People with a squint in the eyes are fit for service. Night blindness is also not a ground for candidates to be declared unfit. Blood pressure over 140/90 should be subjected to further testing in the hospital to ascertain whether the abnormal BP is temporary due to excitement, etc. And not an indication of any disease. Only candidates free from any complication of hypertension will be declared fit for service. Only candidates free from any complication of diabetes mellitus will be declared fit for service. The hearing ability of the candidate should be good in each ear and he/she should also be free from any disease of the ear. In case of a defect, the candidate should be subjected to further tests to SEE if the defect can be remedied by a hearing aid or an operation. Pregnant female candidates will be fit except for those services that require physical training. In such cases, the candidates will be declared fit after confinement. Candidates teeth should be in good order. The heart and lungs of the candidate should be fine. There should not be any abdominal disease. The feet, hands and limbs are well-formed and there should be no restriction on joint movements. There should not be any congenital malformation or defect. There should not be any sign of acute or chronic disease indicating an impaired constitution. Candidates should bear marks of efficient vaccination. The candidates should not have any communicable diseases. Candidates with grade I haemorrhoids are declared fit. Diseases like hernia, varicose veins, hydrocele, haemorrhoids, etc. Are declared temporarily unfit and should be declared fit after successful surgery. Candidates with malignancies at the time of entry to service are declared unfit. Candidates with transplanted organs are declared unfit.

UPSC has not recommended any particular dress code for the IAS interview. However, as per experts, the following things should be kept in mind when dressing for an IAS interview:
1. Make sure that you are wearing clean and properly ironed clothes.
2. Wear comfortable clothes and avoid too-tight or too-loose dresses.
3. You should wear formals to the interview. For men, usually shirts and trousers are recommended, and women should wear a saree or Alwar suit.
4. Polish your shoes if you are going to wear them.
5. Prefer light-colored attire with the least design or print.
6. Try to wear simple clothing made of khadi or cotton fabric if it's summer.
7. If it's winter, then prefer a black formal blazer.
8. Avoid wearing flashy jewelry. Keep in mind that you must appear professional and simple in the presence of an experienced panel.