Top 7 Competitive Exams You Can Take After Graduation

Apart from the top MBA entrance exams (refer to : The complete guide to choosing the right path after T.Y.BMS), here we provide a list of top 10 competitive exams you must take after graduation:

1) SSC Combined Graduate Level Exams:

Graduates from any recognized university with Economics or Statistics or Mathematics as a compulsory subject or elective subject can appear for SSC Combined Graduate Level Exams. SSC conducts examinations to posts of Tax assistants, Sub-inspector, Auditor offices, Accountant,  Inspector and other assistant level positions.

2) SBI PO Exams:

SBI conducts PO exams to recruit Probationary officers. Candidates should be graduates in any stream and age between 21 to 30 years. The exam is of 250 marks which has 50 questions from English, 50 questions from General Knowledge, Computer awareness, 50 questions from Data Interpretation and analysis, 50 questions from logical reasoning and 50 questions on English composition. Candidates are selected on the basis of written exam, group discussion and personal interview.

3) IBPS PO/Management Trainee Exams:

IBPS conducts PO/Management Trainee exams for the recruitment of PO and MT in public sector banks. More than 22 organizations participate in the entrance exam to fill the vacancies. Candidates should be graduates with minimum 60% marks and possess diploma/certificate/degree in computer. Candidates are selected on the basis of written exam and interview.

4) IBPS Clerk Exams:

Common Written Exam is held for the post of clerk in private and public sector banks. Except for SBI, all public sector banks participate in the CWE.  Exams are paper based and selected through personal interview.

5) UPSC Civil Services Exams:

Civil Service Exams are national competitive exam conducted by UPSC. It is for the recruitment to the various civil services of the Government of India i.e. Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) among others. Exams are conducted n 2 phases – preliminary exam i.e. objective type exam and Main exam i.e. 9 papers and then Personality test i.e. Interview. The entire process takes atleast a year.

6) UPSC CDS Exams:

Combined Defence Services CDS is conducted by UPSC twice a year for recruitment of candidates into Indian Military Academy Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy. Exams are conducted in February and November and only unmarried graduates are eligible for the exam. Interview is conducted by Services Selection Board (SSB).

7) Railway Exams:

Railway conducts written test for the posts of clerk, ticket examiner, non-technical posts, Group C and Group D departments. Candidates need to have completed graduation and fluent in the local languages of the region.