Difference Between CDSE And AFCAT

My son want to join the defence service and I would like to give me some guidelines about it. I have searched on internet and I got CDSE and AFCAT terms. I am not aware about thses term. tell me Difference Between CDSE And AFCAT?

I want to know the Difference Between Air force Common Admission Test AFCAT and Combined Defence Service CDSE Examination?

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The Air Force Common Admission Test AFCAT is a test which is taken to select young boys and girls for Air Force only whereas Combined Defence Service CDSE Examination is an exam meant for selecting candidates for all the three wings i.e. Army, Navy and Air Force.

AFCAT is conducted by the Indian Airforce twice an year whereas CDSE is conducted by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) twice an year.

AFCAT1 is conducted in the last week of February and AFCAT2 in the last week of August whereas CDSE1 is conducted in the beginning of the month of February and CDSE2 in the beginning of the month of September

For both you must be a graduate at least (BA, B.Com, B.Tech etc.) further qualification depends on the type of service you want to join.

AFCAT makes the girls and boys to join the Indian Airforce in Flying, Technical or Ground Duty course. CDSE makes a way for the young boys to join the IAF for the Flying course only, girls can join only OTA i.e. SSC for Non-Technical course of Army and no other wing of the Defense through CDSE.

AFCAT exam consists of a single paper which comprises of English, GA, Mathematics and reasoning making a total of 100 questions to be done in 2 hours.

CDSE exam consists of three papers English, GA and Mathematics (optional for OTA candidates). Each paper consists of 120 questions each and time is 2 hours each.