hello,

Eligibility criteria Combined Defence Services Examination ( CDS Exam ) are: The exam is conducted by twice a year.

• The one who have settled in India permanently can apply for CDS Exam.
• He  must be graduate or at least appearing in the final year/semester.
• The minimum age limit is 19 to apply for the exam. (https://prepp.in/cds-exam)
• Women students are only eligible to apply for OTA.
• Unmarried students should not be divorced.
• B.tech students can apply for IMA, INA AFA also.
• They both male and female must meet the physical standard specified by UPSC.

Yes you are eligible to sit in the exam only if you are in your final year of Btech.

If you are studying in the final year/semester degree course are required to submit the authentic certificate of passing the degree issued by the University/College at the time of the SSB interview. The certificate of the Degree should contain the date of issue and the date of issue must be before the specified date declared by UPSC. Otherwise, their candidature will be canceled.

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If you have the time and resources to prepare simultaneously for both the exams then by all means!

Hi, hope you are doing well!

To get into the Indian Military Academy one needs to clear the CDS examination.

Basic Educational qualification required for the exam is to have a Bachelors Degree from a recognized university.

After 12th you can join National Defense Academy.

Dear aspirant

The eligibility criteria for CDS is prescribed by the Union Public Service Commission. Aspirants are required to meet the CDS eligibility before applying for the Combined Defense Services exam. Eligibility criteria for CDs exam is mentioned below.

So as on January1, 2022 you will be of 24yrs already. So you will be only eligible for officer's training academy (men's)

You can check whole eligibility criteria from link below

https://www.google.com/amp/s/competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria/amp

Hope this information helps you

All the best !!

Dear Student,

You will only be eligible if you should have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1997 and not later than 1st July, 2003. And if your age was 24 in may 2021 that mean you born before 2 july 1977 so you will not be eligible for CDS 2 OTA or any other branch of the defence i.e. you will not be able to give the CDS exam.

Good Luck :)

Hello Aspirant,

No any minimum percentage is defined by UPSC for CDS OTA course but the eligibility for OTA (Women-Non technical) says that the candidate should have a qualifying degree, no any minimum percentage required and  for your reference eligibility criteria for different courses are mentioned below along with age ranges  :-

**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

Eligible age ranges

>> 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

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,

To be eligible for NDA candidates are supposed to be between 16.5 to 19.5 years. There is no age relaxation provided to reserved category applicants for the NDA & NA examinations as per the rules set by the Union Public Service Commission. So to be eligible for NDA 1 2022 candidates should be born between July 2, 2004, to July 1, 2007. As you were born on 17/05/2003 you are no more eligible to give NDA exams. The NDA 2 2021 was the last NDA exam you were eligible for.

Dear Aspirant

Hope you are doing well

CDS Age Limit, Gender & Marital Status

Yes you can apply for it but only for last three post

Because you are 23 years old right now

If you want to know more about it check out the link given in below https://competition.careers360.com/exams/cds