Hello,

The age limit to appear for Combined Defence Service (CDS) Entrance Examination to join in Officers Training Academy is 19 to 25 years. Considering the age criteria you can appear for CDS till 2025. In the year 2025 will be your last attempt to appear for CDS to join in OTA. You can appear for CDS if you are appearing or passed in Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognized board. You haven't mentioned if you have passed in Bachelor's Degree yet or not so we cannot count the number of attempts you would have. But as said your last attempt will in 2025 as you will turn 25 years in 2025.

Hello,

The Education qualification requirements to join in Officers Training Academy (OTA) through Combined Defence Service (CDS) is that a candidate must have passed Bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognized board. There isn't any minimum percentage requirement to be eligible to apply for OTA. So you are eligible to appear for CDS and join OTA provided that 35% is considered as pass percentage for the board or University from which you have passed Bachelor's Degree.

Hello Student,

UPSC will release CDS 2 registration form on 4th august.

Actually there are some medical standards which you have to pass before joining all the after the examination. Yeah I am going to tell about those medical standards

• First of all you should not have any tattoo on your body accept inner face of your forearm
• You should have good physique and good mental health, if you have  any permanent disease which can stop you to do daily duties of CDS you will be terminated
• Your height should be minimum 152 cms and weight should be according to that
• Your hearing blood pressure should be normal
• You should not have any e disease of heart or blood organic or functional disease.

That's why why there may be some problems during the medical check up if they can see any symptoms of that or know about that. But don't loss hope ,go further .

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Hi Simran!

NCC cadets get the certificate after the completion of each stage of training. These are: NCC 'A' Certificate, NCC 'B' Certificate and NCC 'C ' Certificate. And among these, NCC 'C' certificate is the most significant.

If you have NCC C Certificate then you can reach directly to SSB interview round followed by medical examination. You do not need to appear for written exam. But to avial the benefits of NCC C Certoficate in CDS recruitment, you should have a graduation degree from a recognized university with alteast 50% maks. Apart from being exempted to write exam, there is one more benefit which is reserved seats in defence sector for NCC cadets in IMA. But for this, you need to clear SSB round first.

If you wish to write the exam anyway, then you might also get benefits in marks because of NCC certificates. Moreover, there are also NCC special entry jobs which you can apply for.

Thankyou!

Dear Simran,

CDS is not a interview but a entrance exam, if you clear this written exam then you will be eligible to appear in the interview and that interview is called a SSB (Service Selection Board). SSB is nothing just a interview, its personality checking part, here they try to find the Officer like qualities, and if you have then only you will selected.

SSB is 5 days long procedure where you have to appear in different types of tasks and works, so lets discuss from day 0.

Day 0

Reporting: This is the reporting day where you will be checked from your documents, you also need to fill some forms for future references.

Day 1.

Screening: At first you have to clear some non- verbal reasoning question then they will show you some blurred picture and you have to make story from that, this part is called as PPDT ( picture perception and description test ). Now after some time they will announce the result of this part and according to that you either stay for the rest of the day or you will go home.

Day 2.

Psychological Test: Here they will give you some tasks and you need to clear that within a time limit.

a. Thematic Apperception Test [TAT]

b. Word Association Test [WAT]

c. Situation Reaction Test [SRT]

d. Self Description Test [ SD]

Day 3.

GTO: This is some like a outdoor activity, they will assign you some task to check your endurance and stamina which are as follows-

a. Group discussion

b. Group Planning Exercise

c. Progressive Group task

d. Command Task

e. Half Group Task

f. Individual Obstacles Task

g. Snake race/Group Obstacle Race

h. Final Group Task

Day 4

Personal Interview: This part is the common conversation between you and a officer. Here he will ask you everything about your past and present life, your achievements, your struggle everything. You need to be genuine at this part if you try to fake anything then officer will definitely catch you so be real at the time of interview tell only those things you know.

Day 5.

Conference: Each candidates will be facing all SSB board members, he will face few general questions like how was your stay or what did you learn from this, conference is just to decide whether or not to recommend you as an officer in Indian defense forces.

After a conference a Officer will come and announce the results.

Hope this will help you, Best of Luck!!!

Hello,

There is no such specfic aggregate factor required when it comes to appearing for UPSC CDS exams, candidate just need to pass bachelor's degree from a recognized university( few of the posts have specific stream/subject combinations criteria) or final year appearing candidates too can apply on provisional basis provided they are able to show the proof of their qualifying examination within the prescribed  time period) as per the norms laid out by UPSC which is mentioned below-

Indian Military Academy :

• Passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university
• Age limit to be between 19 to 24 years along with unmarried status

Air Force Academy :

• Passed bachelor's degree in engineering  or bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university with physics and mathematics at 10+2 level
• Age limit to be between 19 to 24 years along with unmarried status.

Indian Naval Academy :

• Passed bachelor's degree in engineering from any recognized university
• Age limit to be between 19 to 24 years along with unmarried status.

Officer's Training Academy(Men) :

• Candidates need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized university,
• Age limit to be between 19 to 25 years along with unmarried status.

To know more details regarding this, visit our page at https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

Hello,

Here is the age limit for CDS

• Indian Military Academy and Indian Naval Academy: 19- 24 years
• Air Force Academy: 20-24 years
• Officers' Training Academy (Men) and Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical): 19-25 years

Female candidates are eligible for only OTA Women. You will turn 23 years this year in September. If you are male candidate then you can apply for IMA, INA and AFA in the year 2021 and 2022. You won't be eligible to apply for IMA, INA and AFA in 2023. But you can apply for OTA in 2021. 2022, 2023 so you will have 3 attempts for IMA, INA and AFA if you are male candidate. For OTA you have 5 attempts left.

Hey,

Union Public Services Commission is the sole responsible body for conducting Combined Defence Services entrance exam. Candidates opt out for different academies and so does the age limit varies.

Indian Military Academy: Male candidates who were born between the 2nd January 1999 to January 1, 2004 are eligible to apply.

Indian Naval Academy: Male candidates who were born between the 2nd January 1999 to January 1, 2004 can apply.

Air Force Academy: As of January 1, 2022, the candidate must be between the ages of 20 and 24. It indicates that the candidate must have been born between the 2nd of January 1999 and the 1st of January 2003.

Candidates with a valid and current Commercial Pilot Licence granted by the DGCA (India) are eligible to apply. They must be 26 years old (born between 2nd January 1997 and 1st January 2003).

Officers Training Academy: Candidates must have been born between the 2nd of January 1998 and the 1st of January 2004.

This the the marked eligibility criteria for the CDS 2022. As you have not mentioned your DOB, you can check the dates from the above provided information and check your eligibility.

Hope it Helps.

For any doubt, you can ask in the comment section below.

Hi

Yes, with B Pharma degree eligible for CDS but only for Indian Military Academy, OTA and Air Force Academy ( eligible for Air Force Academy only if you have physics and mathematics in your 10+2 level).

For your reference,

Educational qualifications required for CDS is provided below:-

• *Indian Military Academy :- you need a bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognised university. Those who are in final year of their degree are also eligible.

• *Indian Naval Academy :- Must have bachelor's degree in engineering or  should be in final year of your engineering.

• *Air Force Academy :- You should have bachelor's degree in engineering or Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with physics and mathematics in your 10+2 level . Those who are in final year of their degree are also eligible

• *OTA (Men) :- you need a bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognised university. Those who are in final year of bachelor's degree are also eligible.

• *OTA (Women - Non-Technical) :- you need a bachelor's Degree in any discipline from a recognised university. Those who are in final year of their degree are also eligible

For detailed information you can visit our page the link for the same is provided below :-

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

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