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Hereof, is 1 year enough for IAS preparation?

Many will need much more time to learn and understand the UPSC pattern. The time required may be 6 months for someone or 1 year for the other. Considering Prelims and Mains as a single package (Prelims-cum-Mains-Integrated-Approach), a 12 month advance preparation can be considered as ideal.

Also Know, is it possible to crack IAS in 6 months? If you mean the period when you cram 6 to 8 hours of study into a day daily and forget a social life and do nothing other than study and perform basic necessary daily tasks, then yes, it is technically possible to clear UPSC with just 6 months of preparation.

Thereof, how many years of preparation is required for IAS?

Whole exam process is so lengthy, from preliminary exam to mains then to interview it all takes around 7/8 months .. Successfully cracking UPSC requires an average of 9–10 months preparation and 1–2 months revision. But if you are a bit slow or laid back in your approach you may take years to crack the exams.

Is Upsc very tough?

UPSC exam especially Civil Services is the most prestigious and is considered to be the toughest exam in the world. Statistically speaking the numbers (5 lakhs) do tell us that way, however the reality is that no of serious aspirants are few which are in thousands.