Feb 10, 2025, 01:52 PM IST

Science, Arts or Commerce? Exploring streams that produces most IAS officers

Srishty Choudhury

Here is a detailed view at the stream's which produces the most IAS officers.

Most of the youth dream of becoming an IAS officers. 

Dreaming of becoming an IAS 

UPSC civil services examination is considered to be one of the three toughest examinations in the world. 

The toughest exam

How many selections every year 

Every year lakhs of students give UPSC civil services examination. Out of which a few selected candidates get selected. Out of these, only a few become IAS officers. 

Which stream is the best to become IAS officers

In this situation, most of the students have a question that which stream is best for UPSC. 

Most number of officers come out from..

Let us tell you which stream produces the most IAS officers. 

People with this degree comeout as IAS officers

According to media reports, from 2017 to 2021, a total number 4371 candidates were selected in UPSC civil services examination. Out of which 63 percent candidates were from engineering background. 

So many candidates from humanities background 

Apart from this, 1033 candidates were from humanities background. 

Best stream to study for UPSC examinations 

If we believe in experts, then studying from  Humanities i.e. Arts stream is considered better for UPSC. Because it includes subjects like History, Public administration, Political science, Geography, Economics and Psychology. 

Hard work and struggle 

However, the stream does not matter for the UPSC preparations. For this your preparation should be good.  You can qualify the exams with good preparations, hardwork and struggle irrespective of your stream.