COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION (CDS) Exam Details

COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAM - CDS

Kindly Note :

Date Of Notification : 31st October, 2018
Last date of receipt of completed Application Form : 26th November, 2018
Date of CDS I 2019 Exam is : 3rd February, 2019 (Sunday)  

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Candidates are required apply only online and detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the below mentioned websie   www.upsconline.nic.in   

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Combined Defence Service exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission twice every year for recruitment to office cadre of the Army, Navy and Air force.
Candidates qualifying the written test are interviewed by the Service Selection Board and if finally selected, depending upon the choice given by the candidates and their merit list ranking, are sent to one of the following institutes for orientation training :

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(a) Indian Military Academy , Dehradun
(b) Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala
(c) Air Force Academy,  Hyderabad
(d) Officers Training Academy , Chennai

(e) Officers  Training  Academy, Chennai 25th SSC Women (Non-Technical)

Women candidates are eligible for OTA (Officers  Training  Academy, Chennai) only 

Those joining the first three institutes get permanent commission. Cadets passing out of Officers Training Academy get short service commission. Applicants are required to mention their preferences while filling up the application forms

No. of Vacancies : 417

1. Indian Military Academy, Dehradun —  148th (DE) Course commencing in January, 2020 [including 13 vacancies  reserved for NCC C Certificate (Army Wing) holders] - 100

2. Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala — Course commencing in January, 2020 Executive     (General Service)/Hydro [including 06 vacancies reserved for NCC C Certificate holders (Naval Wing)] - 45

3. Air Force Academy, Hyderabad—(Pre%Flying)Training Course commencing in January, 2020 i.e. No. 207 F(P) Course. [03 vacancies are reserved for NCC C Certificate (Air Wing) holders through NCC Spl. Entry] - 32
4. Officers Training Academy, Chennai (Madras)—111th SSC (Men) Course (NT) commencing in April, 2020. (including 50 vacancies for NCC C certificate holders for NCC Spl. Entry) - 225                 
5. Officers Training Academy, Chennai — 25th SSC Women (Non - Technical) Course 
   commencing in April, 2020 - 15

Eligibility 

(a) Nationality :
A candidate must either be  :
   1. a citizen of India, or
   2. a subject of Bhutan, or
   3. a subject of Nepal, or
   4. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
   5. a person of Indian 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 and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Certificate of eligibility will not, however, be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.

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Educational Qualifications For CDS :

For IMA /OTA(Officers Training Academy) : A degree from a recognized University or equivalent.

For Indian Naval Academy : Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/Institution

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

Age For CDS :

For IMA: Unmarried male candidates between 19-24 years on 1st January or 1st July of the year succeeding the year of examination i.e. born not earlier than 2nd January 1996 and not later than 1st Januaryy 2001 only eligible.
For Indian Naval Academy: Unmarried male candidates between 19-22 years on 1st January or 1st July of the year succeeding; the year of examination
i.e. born not earlier than 2nd January 1996 and not later than 1st January 2001 only eligible.
For Air Force Academy: Unmarried male candidates between 20-24 years on 1st January or 1st July of the year succeeding the year of examination
i.e. born not earlier than 2nd January 1995 and not later than 1st January 2001 only eligible.
For Officers Training Academy: (SSC  Course  for men)  Male candidates (married or unmarried) between 19-25 years on 1st January or 1st July of the year succeeding the year of examination  i.e. born not earlier than 2nd January 1995 and not later than 1st January 2001 only eligible.

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 2nd January, 1995 and not later than 1st January, 2001 

How to Apply For CDS :
Candidates are required to apply online only, by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in

Detailed instructions are available on the above mentioned website   

APPLICATION FEE For CDS :
Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred Only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using netbanking facility  of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card

Exam Dates and Schedule
Tentative Dates
Notification of Examination         August and March in leading newspapers and employment news
Conduct of Examination             February/March and September/October

Exam Centres For CDS

Agartala	Gangtok	Panaji (Goa)
Ahmedabad	Hyderabad	Patna
Aizwal	Imphal	Port Blair
Allahabad	Itanagar	Raipur
Bengaluru	Jaipur	Ranchi
Bareilly	Jammu	Sambalpur
Bhopal	Jorhat	Shillong
Chandigarh	Kochi	Shimla
Chennai	Kohima	Srinagar
Cuttack	Kolkata	Thiruvanathapuram
Dehradun	Lucknow	Tirupati
Delhi	Madurai	Udaipur
Dharwad	Mumbai	Vishakhapatnam
Dispur	Nagpur

 

For More Details visit :

http://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Notice-CDS-I-2019-English.pdf

http://upsc.gov.in/examinations/Combined%20Defence%20Services%20Examination%20%28I%29%2C%202019