CDS Exam Evaluation

Hello sir I am Gajendra and I am thinking of giving CDS Exam so please provide me details of this Exam??

[Kiran Chandar]

Combined Defence Services Examination is conducted twice a year by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment into the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy.

Eligibility Criteria:
Nationality: A candidates must either be:

(i) a Citizen of India, or

(ii) a subject of Bhutan, or

(iii) a subject of Nepal, or

(iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1963 with the intention of permanently setting in India, or

(v) a person of India origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India.
Age Limits
19-24 Years: Indian Military Academy
19-22 Years: Naval Academy
19-23 Years: Air Force Academy
19-25 Years: Officers’ Training Academy


Academic Qualification

i) For Indian Military Academy/Officers’ Training Academy: Degree from a recognized university or equivalent

ii) For Indian Naval Academy: Bachelor of Engineering

iii) For Air Force Academy: Degree of a recognized University with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level or Bachelor of Engineering

Scheme of Examination

Indian Military Academy / Air Force Academy / Naval Academy

All the papers are of objective type.
Subject Marks
English 100
General Knowledge 100
Elementary Mathematics 100
Total 300

Officers' Training Academy
Subject Marks
English 100
General Knowledge 100
Total 200