 Hi viewers and aspirants, welcome to the series cracking the UPSC the right way. See today I would like to begin my doubt clarification session with my favorite statement. Life is itself an opportunity. Appreciate it and gain the maximum benefits from it. Here comes all your doubts regarding your number of atoms and the upper age limit for the UPSC civil services examination. Because few candidates have a doubt like I had failed in preliminary examination thrice, twice, can I give my next attempt and how much attempts can I give and how long can I attempt for the UPSC civil services examination. See for all such kind of doubts UPSC has given a clear cut answer in its notification that is since 2014. Now let me give you what are all the clear cut answer UPSC has mentioned in its notification. See if students belonging to the general category the UPSC has made the upper age limit as 32 years of age and the number of attempt is 6 attempt. For an OBC candidate the number of attempts is 9 and the upper age limit is 35 years. For a candidate belonging to SAST the upper age limit is 37 years and when you ask me the attempts it is unlimited. Now take the special category that is the physically handicapped or differently abled people. For them UPSC has mentioned that if they are belonging to general category they will have nine attempts with an upper age limit of 42 years of age. Now you will be able to understand that for physically handicapped or differently able as I call for them the UPSC has relaxed 10 years of age for the upper age limit. So aspirants remember failure is the stepping stone to success so utilize the opportunity given by the UPSC and clear your UPSC civil services examination with bright colors. All the very best for your UPSC civil services preparation. If you like this video do like share and comment and don't forget to subscribe to the Shankar IAS Academy's YouTube channel. Thank you for listening.