CDS

     

Types of Entries

      
S.N. Entry Age Qualification Notification Likely SSB Date Training Academy
1 NDA (Army Navy Airforce) 16 ½ to 19 12th or equivalent for army and  Physics & Maths for AF/NAVY  May/Jun and Dec Sep to Oct for Jan Course and Jan to Apr for Jul Course NDA , Khadakwasla, Pune
2 Tchnical Entry Scheme (TES) 16 ½ to 19 ½   !0 + 2 (PCM) with 70% Marks May/Jun  & Oct/Nov Aug to Oct and Feb to Apr OTA Gaya
3 Indian Military Academy (IMA) CDSE (DIRECT ENTRY) 19 and 24 yrs  Graduation July & Nov Aug / Sep and Feb / Mar IMA, Dehradun
4 OTA SSC (Non-Tech) 19 to 25  Graduation July & Nov Nov / Dec and May / Jun OTA Chennai
5 Entry Scheme Women SSCW (Non-Tech) CDSE 19 to 25 years Graduation  July and Nov Jun / July and Nov / Dec OTA Chennai
6 SSC (JAG) Men 21 to 27 years Graduation LLB with 55% Marks Jul/Aug and Jan/Feb Dec / Jan and Jul / Aug OTA Chennai
7 SSCW (NCC Special Entry) 19 to 25 years Graduate with 50%, two yrs Service in NCC Senior Div. Army, "B" Grade "C"Certificate Jun and Dec Dec / Jan and Jun / July OTA Chennai
8 SSCW (JAG) 21 to 27 years Graduation LLB with 50% Marks Jul/Aug and Jan/Feb. Dec / Jan and Jun / Jul OTA Chennai
9 SSCW (TECH) 20 to 27 years Engineering Degree  Jun / Jul and Dec/Jan Dec-Jan and Jun-July. OTA Chennai
10 NCC (SPL) Entry MEN 19 to 25 years Graduate with 50%, two yrs Service in NCC Senior Div. Army, "B" Grade "C"Certificate Jun and Dec Dec / Jan and Jun / July OTA Chennai
11 University Entry Scheme Men (UES) 18 to 24 years Pre Final year students of Notified Engineering Streams Jun/Jul Nov to Feb IMA, Dehradun
12 TGC (Engineers) 20 to 27 years B.E./ B.Tech/ B. Arch./ MSc Computer Mar/Apr and Sep/Oct Mar / Apr and Sep / Oct IMA, Dehradun
13 SSC TECH (MEN) 20 to 27 years B.E./ B.Tech/ B. Arch./ MSc Computer Jun / Jul and Dec/Jan Dec-Jan and Jun-Jul OTA, Chennai
14 AEC (MEN) 23 to 27 years MA / MSc in 1st or 2nd division in notified subjects from recognized university. Mar/Apr and Sep/Oct Mar / Apr and Sep / Oct IMA, Dehradun
15 Service Entry (MEN) ACC 20 to 27 years  10+2 Pattern Class 12th pass or Equivalent. Should have qualified ACC written test Mar and Aug Sep to Nov for Jan Course, Mar to May for Jul Course ACC Wing at IMA, Dehradun
16 PC (SL) Maximum age 40 years, 45 years for Engineers & 45 years for IOB Minimum service 10 years Matric & Above Apr and Jul Sep and Oct for Jul Course AEC Centre & College, Pachmarhi & IMA, Dehradun
17 SCO 28 to 35 years Matric with One Year Diploma or Above Apr and Jul Jul/Aug for Jan Course & Nov/Dec for Jul Course OTA, Gaya
18 Miscelaneous Entries TERRITORIAL ARMY (TA)  18 to 42 years Graduate Notified by TA Directorate Aug / Sep & May / Jun TA Battalion, IMA
19 RVC 21- 32 years BVSc & AH Notified by Line Directorate Sep / Oct BVSc & AH
20 AMC (NT) Max 42 years Minimum Matric Notified by AMC Directorate Nov / Dec AMC Centre & College
21 APS Max 45 years Minimum Matric Notified by APS Directorate Sep /Oct  
22 NAVAL ENGINEERING Only SSB 16 ½ to 19 ½   !0 + 2 (PCM) with 70% Marks      

 

 CDS Written Exam Tips


Eligibility -
 Appearing for 3rd year of Graduation

Male and Female can apply for CDS Exam.

Female candidates can only apply for Short Service Commission i.e. OTA.

Candidates with Arts/Commerce background are eligible for ARMY only.

CDS Eligibility Details: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is going to conducts Combined Defense Services (CDS) Examination for recruitment of various vacancies under Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Officers Training Academy. The following are the eligibility details to apply for the Combined Defense Services Exam.

Eligibility Details:

Nationality: A candidate must be either

(a) A citizen of India, or

(b) A subject of Nepal, or

(c) A subject of Bhutan, or

(d) A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(e) A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

For IMA: Unmarried male candidates or not earlier than 02-07-1993 and not later than 01-07-1998.
For Indian Naval Academy: Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 02-07-1993 and not later than 01-07-1998.
For Air Force Academy: Unmarried male candidate’s age between 20-24 years as on 01-01-2017 (born not earlier than 02-07-1993 and not later than 01-07-1998).
For Officers’ Training Academy (SSC Course for Men): Male candidates (married or unmarried) born not earlier than 02-07-1992 and not later than 01-07-1998.
For Officers Training Academy (SSC Women Non-Technical Course): Unmarried Women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees (in possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried are eligible. They should have been born not earlier than 02-07-1992 and not later than 01-07-1998.

Note: Male divorcee/widower candidates cannot be treated as unmarried male for the purpose of their admission in IMA/INA/AFA courses and accordingly they are not eligible for these courses.

Educational Qualification:

For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training Academy: Degree of a recognized University or equivalent.
For Indian Naval Academy: Degree in Engineering from a recognized university/institution.
For Air Force Academy: Degree of a recognized University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.

Note: Those candidates who are studying in the final years Degree course and have yet to pass the final year Degree examination are also eligible to apply.

Physical Standards: Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Combined Defense Services Examination.

CDS Syllabus Details:

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is going to conducts Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination for recruitment of various vacancies under Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Officers Training Academy. The CDS syllabus details is given below.

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. Factorization 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 
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.

 

 

The entrance for Central Defense Services comprises of a Written Exam followed by and Intelligence and Personality Test. The details follow:

Written Examination for Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy

Paper      

Subject

Duration

Maximum Marks

I

English (120 Q)

2 hours

100

II

General Knowledge (120 Q)

2 hours

100

III

Elementary Mathematics (100 Q)

2 hours

100

      Total

300

Written Examination for Officers' Training Academy

Paper

Subject

Duration

Maximum Marks

I

English

2 hours

100

II

General Knowledge

2 hours

100

        Total

200

Marks For correct answers: 0.8, 0.8, 1.0

Negative marks for incorrect answer: 1

 

How to prepare for the Written Exam

Mathematics: The standard of Mathematics paper will be of Matriculation level. Total 100 questions. Therefore, a student gets about a minute plus to solve each question. It is essential for candidate to practice shortcut techniques.

General Knowledge: The syllabus for the General Knowledge paper is very vast and generic. Analyzing the past at least ten year's papers would help or else, you may focus on unnecessary, bulky details that are difficult to comprehend and remember. For example, in History one needs to drastically cut down effort on Ancient and Medieval History. Similarly in Geography one needs to cut down efforts on Human and Agricultural Geography.

The RISE Education provides students with Sample Paper and recent Current Affairs Notes prior to the Exam Day. The notes are scientifically designed on the basis of the trend analysis of 10 year’s papers of CDS so there is little chance of the questions coming out of our study material. We have a special team and website for this purpose.

So it is advisable to stick with the notes or the study material provided by the institute. It is also advisable to read an English newspaper (THE HINDU / THE TIMES OF INDIA) and any monthly magazine (such as THE CHRONICAL / PRATIYOGTA DARPAN) etc.

English: The English paper is often ignored by candidates who speak reasonably good English. They however, forget that spoken English is quite different from the Pure Application of Correct Grammar in Objective Type Questions. Those candidates who revise and practice the Basic English Grammar sufficiently can secure almost 100% marks in the grammar section, which is almost 70% of the paper. UPSC gets innovative and at times asks you to identify the wrong statements too. So be prepared for surprises.
The remaining 30% paper comprises Comprehensions, Antonyms, Synonyms, Analogy. The candidates usually spend a lot of time on this section. It is very difficult to mug up Antonyms and Synonyms; this is something that one builds over a period of time however some tricky approach can be applied on the basis of the word roots Energy-Pronunciation Relationship Trick. Similarly comprehensions which are inference based or in which you need to find out the tone of the passage and force of argument of the author can be easily understood with the help of the critical reasoning.  

General (but important) instructions about written examination

The papers in all the subjects will consist of Objective (multiple choice answers) Type questions only.

SI units will be used in the papers and Candidates should use only International form of Indian numerals (i.e. 1, 2, 3,4,5,6 etc.) while answering question papers.

Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.

Candidates are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall.

Interview

The Union Public Service Commission will declare a qualified list of candidates (based on the written exam).

The selected candidates will appear before a Services Selection Board for Intelligence and Personality Test.

The total maximum marks for the interview will be 200 for OTA and 300 for IMA, Naval and Air Force.

Candidates for the Air Force wing and Naval Aviation will also undergo a Pilot Aptitude Test.

 

Two Stage Selection Procedures

 

Two stage selection procedures will be based on Psychological Aptitude Test and Intelligence Test.

All the candidates will be put to stage one test on first day of reporting at Selection Centers.Only those candidates who qualify at stage one will be admitted to the second stage.

Those candidates who qualify stage II will be required to submit the original Certificates along with one photocopy each of :

Original Matriculation pass certificate or equivalent in support of date of birth

Bachelor’s Degree along with mark sheets in support of educational qualification

For final qualification, candidates should secure the minimum qualifying marks separately in

(i) Written examination and

(ii) SSB test as fixed by the Commission in their discretion.

Qualified candidates will then be placed in the final order of merit on the basis of total marks secured by them in the written examination and the Services Selection Board Tests.

The final selection for admission will be made in order of merit depending on the number of vacancies in each wing.

The selection will be subject to medical fitness and suitability in all other respects.

 

CDS Selection Procedure Details: 

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is going to conducts Combined Defense Services (CDS) Examination for recruitment of various vacancies under Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Officers Training Academy. The following are the selection Procedure details to apply for the Combined Defense Services Exam…

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

Written Exam: 

1. Written Exam consists of Objective Type questions and time duration 2hrs and maximum marks is 100 for each subject.
2. For the candidates 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.
3. Candidates 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.

Interview/ Personality Test:The candidates who are selected in written test are called for interview. The SSB procedure consists of two stage selection process-Stage I and Stage II. Only those candidates who clear the stage I are permitted to appear for Stage II.

1. Stage I comprises of Officers Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests are Picture Perception Description Test (P&DT). The candidates will be shortlisted based on combination of performance in QIR Test and PP and DT.

2. Stage II comprises of Interview, Group Testing Officers Tasks, Psychology Tests and the conference. These testes are conducted over 4 days .

The personality of candidate is assessed by three different assessor’s viz. the interviewing Officer (IO), Group Testing Officer (GTO) and the Psychologist. There are no separate weightage for each test. The marks are allotted by assessors only after taking into consideration the performance of the candidate holistically in all the test.

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

2. Medical Examination: A Candidate recommended by the Services Selection Board will undergo a medical examination by a Board of Service Medical Officers. Women candidates will undergo Medical Examination by a Medical Board comprising male/ female doctors/ specialists/ Gynecologist. There will be a Lady Medical Officer as member of Board. Only those candidates will be admitted to the Academy who are declared fit by the Medical Board.

 

 

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