CDS Selection Procedure

Will you please provide the information regarding the CDS Selection Procedure ?

[Arun Vats]

Union Public Service Commission organizes Combined Defence Services

UPSC Selection Procedure comprises of three stages.
1. Written Exam
2. Interview/ Intelligence Test/ Personality Test
3. Document Verification
4. Medical Examination

1. Written Exam:

i. Written Exam consists of Objective Type questions and time duration 2hrs and maximum marks is 100 for each subject.

ii. For the applicants who are appearing for Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy, Air force Academy written test comprising of English, General Knowledge and Elementary mathematics subjects and for candidates who are appearing for officers training academy the written test comprising of English and General Knowledge.


iii.Aplicants who are declared successful in the written exam will be detailed for intelligence and personality test at the Service Selection Board based on their preference, by the respective service HQ.

2. Interview/ Personality Test:

The applicants who are selected in written test are called for interview
. The SSB procedure consists of two stage selection process-
Stage I
Stage II.

Only those applicants who clear the stage I are permitted to appear for Stage II.
a. Stage I comprises of Officers Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests

The applicants will be shortlisted based on combination of performance in QIR Test and PP and DT.

b. Stage II comprises of Interview, Group Testing Officers Tasks, Psychology Tests and the conference.

3. Document Verification:
Document Verification will be conducted only after the applicants has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

4. Medical Examination:
Applicants recommended by the Services Selection Board will undergo a medical examination by a Board of Service Medical Officers.

Women applicants will undergo Medical Examination by a Medical Board comprising male/ female doctors/ specialists/ Gynaecologist.

There will be a Lady Medical Officer as member of Board.

Only those applicants will be admitted to the Academy who are declared fit by the Medical Board.

I want to appear in Combined Defence Services (CDS) Exam so please tell me what is its selection procedure and also give some more details about this exam?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Combined Defence Services (CDS) Exam for recruitment of various vacancies under
Indian Military Academy,
Indian Naval Academy,
Air Force Academy and
Officers Training Academy

Selection Process:
UPSC Selection Procedure consists of three stages.
1. Written Exam
2. Interview/ Intelligence Test/ Personality Test
3. Document Verification
4. Medical Examination


Eligibility Criteria
For Indian Military Academy/Officers' Training Academy:
Must have passed graduation degree from a recognized university or equivalent

For Naval Academy:
Must have passed Bachelor of Engineering

For Air Force Academy:
Must have a degree of a recognized University with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level or Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Technology

Age Limit
Indian Military Academy
18-24 years

Air Force Academy
19-23 years

Naval Academy
19-23 years

Officers’ Training Academy
19-25 years

CDS Syllabus
PAPER – 1: ENGLISH:
The question paper will be designed to test the candidates’ understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.

PAPER – 2: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
General Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The Paper will also include questions on History of India and Geography of a nature which Candidate should be able to answer without special study.

PAPER – 3: ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS:
Arithmetic:Number System-Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and Real numbers. Fundamental Operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Square roots, Decimal, fractions. Unitary method, time and distance, time and work, percentages, applications to simple and compound interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, variation.
Elementary Number Theory- Division algorithm. Prime and composite numbers. Tests of divisibility by 2, 3,4,5,9 and 11. Multiples and factors. Factorisation Theorem. H.C.F. and L.C.M. Euclidean algorithm, Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.

ALGEBRA
Basic Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M. Theory of polynomials, Solutions of quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real roots to be considered). Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns-analytical and graphical solutions. Simultaneous linear in equations in two variables and their solutions. Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or in equations in two Variables or quadratic equations in one variable & their solutions. Set language and set notation, rational expressions and conditional identities, Laws of indices.

TRIGONOMETRY
Sine x, cosine x, Tangent x when 0 <x < 90 Values of sin x, cos x and tan x, for x = 0, 30, 45, 60 and 90
Simple trigonometric identities.
Use of trigonometric tables.
Simple cases of heights and distances.

GEOMETRY
Lines and angles, Plane and plane figures, Theorems on (i) Properties of angles at a Point(ii) Parallel lines, (iii) Sides and angles of a triangle, (iv) Congruency of triangles, (v) Similar triangles, (vi) Concurrence of medians and altitudes, (vii) Properties of angles, sides and diagonals of a parallelogram, rectangle and square (viii) Circles and its properties including tangents and normal, (ix) Loci.

MENSURATION
Areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangle and circle. Areas of figures which Can be split up into these figures (Field Book), Surface area and volume of cuboids, lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and cylinders, surface area and Volume of spheres.

STATISTICS
Collection and tabulation of statistical data, Graphical representation, frequency Polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts etc. Measures of central tendency.