Hello Aspirant,

Right now you are approx. 21 years old and according to your age after 3 years which will be 25 in 2025 you shall be eligible for CDS 2025 only for OTA course so you can appear for CDS 2025 and for your reference the age criteria for different courses is mentioned below :-

>> Indian Military Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Indian Naval Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Air Force Academy - 20 to 24 years

>> Officers' Training Academy (Men) - 19 to 25 years

>> Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years

Apart from the age criteria there are some other parameters upon which your eligibility will be determined like your educational qualification which goes like :-

**Indian Military Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**Indian Naval Academy - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/ College

**Air Force Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor degree in engineering

**OTA (Men) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**OTA (Women - Non-Technical) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello Aspirant,

INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY

• Age limit - 19-24
• Date of Birth - 02 July 1999 to 01 July 2004

INDIAN NAVAL ACADEMY

• Age limit - 19-24
• DOB - 02 July 1999 to 01 July 2004

AIR FORCE ACADEMY

• Age limit - 20-24
• Date of Birth - 02 July 1999 to 01 July 2003

OFFICERS’ TRAINING ACADEMY (MEN)

• Age limit - 19-25
• DOB - 02 July 1998 to 01 July 2004

OFFICERS’ TRAINING ACADEMY (WOMEN)

• Age limit - 19-25
• DOB - 02 July 1998 to 01 July 2004

I hope it helps.

Thank you.

Hello Aspirant,

Yes you will be eligible for CDS 2025 Examination.

By 2025 you will be of approx. 24 years old and according to your age you will be eligible only for OTA course through CDS 2025 so you can appear for CDS 2025 and for your reference the age criteria for different courses is mentioned below :-

>> Indian Military Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Indian Naval Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Air Force Academy - 20 to 24 years

>> Officers' Training Academy (Men) - 19 to 25 years

>> Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years

Apart from the age criteria there are some other parameters upon which your eligibility will be determined like your educational qualification which goes like :-

**Indian Military Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**Indian Naval Academy - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/ College

**Air Force Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor degree in engineering

**OTA (Men) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**OTA (Women - Non-Technical) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello aspirant,

Hope you are doing well..!!!

According to mature measures, an applicant age must under 25 . What's more, in 2025 , your age will 24 , so yes you are qualified for CDS Exam 2025 for Airforce Academy

Age Limit for CDS Exam (Academy-wise)

Albums Age Limit and Marital Status

Foundation Age Limit Marital Status

Indian Military Academy :19-24 years Unmarried

Indian Naval Academy : 19-22 years Unmarried

Aviation based armed forces Academy : 19-23 years<25 years unmarried or >25 years, both married and unmarried.

Hope this information helps you!!!

All the best!!!

Dear Aspirant,

Yes of course you can apply for UPSC CDS exam being an arts graduate with any graduation degree you are eligible for cds and upsc exam but there some posts and departments that need only specialized stream graduate like in cds Navy only B.Tech graduates are eligible etc.

UPSC CDS examination is conducted to recruit officers in 3 armed forces of india Army,Navy & Air Force.CDS examination is conducted twice a year i.e. CDS I in the month of February and CDS II in the month of November.

To apply for it you can wait for UPSC to release it's official notification then after you can apply through the website link upsconlin.nic.in

Steps To Apply for CDS Application Form:

• Visit the official website of the UPSC.
• On the home page, visit the Active Examination.
• The application process is divided into 2 parts.
• Part I requires the candidate to furnish personal, educational, and residential details for registration purposes.
• A valid and correct phone number and email address must be provided for the same.
• The examination fee is Rs 200 (no fee for women and reserved category students), then paid via an online gateway provided, or via SBI challan generated from the website.
• The challan is to be submitted with cash at the SBI Cash counter the next day.
• Part II of the application filling procedure requires the candidate to scan the photograph and signature images and restrict the size according to the guidelines and upload them on the website.
• Before clicking the submit button the candidate is advised to, take the printout of the filled-in application form for future reference.
• The availability of admit cards is notified on the website accordingly.

During application process you are asked to fill your force Academy preference accordingly i.e Army,Navy,Air Force & OTA.Base on your rank in all india merit you will get your desired force academy.

Hope it Helps,

Thank You.

Hello aspirant ,

So as you mentioned that you are in 1st year of your college so you have various attempts depending upon the eligibility criteria of different academies.

For IMA with the eligibility criteria as 19 to 24 years of age , you have 7 attempts  if you start giving your CDSE exam from the last year of your graduation.

For AFA with the eligibility criteria as  between 19 to 23 years , you have 5 attempts if you  start giving your CDSE exam from the last year of your graduation.

For OTA with the eligibility criteria as between  19 to 25 years, you have 9 attempts if you  start giving your CDSE exam from the last year of your graduation.

For INA - You are only eligible if are pursuing degree in the field of engineering.

I hoped it would have helped you

Hi aspirant,

Yes, candidates from Arts background can also give CDS exam after graduation but there are certain restrictions. To be part of Indian Air force you compulsory need to have physics and mathematics in 10 + 2 level and for entry into Indian Navy one must have done Engineering in graduation from a recognised University or College. Now comes the candidate who have done neither they can only be eligible for Indian Military Academy (IMA) and Officers’ Training Academy (OTA). Also in addition to this female candidates would be only considered for officers training academy. In addition to this candidate must meet required age criteria and only class 10 and 12 certificate would be considered valid document for date of birth verification.

For detailed information about the same you can visit the link given below

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

Hope it helps!!

Hello Aspirant,

Hope you are doing good.

As per the criteria prescribed for the CDS examination ( for OTA)  unmarried male candidate born not earlier than 2nd January ,1998  and not later than 1st January 2004 are only eligible. So according to this criteria , you have an attempt to appear for CDS examination (for OTA). and the maximum age limit for OTA is 25 years.

Hope this information helps you.

All the best.

After qualifying CDS you can get opportunity of achieving various ranks with decent salary packages:

1. Lieutenant
2. captain
3. major lieutenant
4. colonel
5. brigadier
6. major general
7. lieutenant General HAG scale
8. HAG + Scale
9. Army CDR
10. COAS

The highest salary of 2.5 lacs per month is provided to the COAS followed by Army CDR and HAG + Scale with 2.25 lacs per annum and 2.05 lacs per annum respectively.

Besides this a military service pay is provided from lieutenant to brigadier year which is a fixed amount of 15500 per month.

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Hello Aspirant,

Right now you are approx. 24+ years old and according to your age you are eligible for the CDS OTA (Men) course so you can appear for CDS 2 2022 and for your reference the age criteria for different courses is mentioned below :-

>> Indian Military Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Indian Naval Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Air Force Academy - 20 to 24 years

>> Officers' Training Academy (Men) - 19 to 25 years

>> Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years

Apart from the age criteria there are some other parameters upon which your eligibility will be determined like your educational qualification which goes like :-

**Indian Military Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**Indian Naval Academy - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/ College

**Air Force Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor degree in engineering

**OTA (Men) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**OTA (Women - Non-Technical) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!