Hello Student

During the training period of NDA candidates get stipend  56100 of rupees. After training they will be appointed in the Indian army as an lieutenant in the scale of 56100 to177500 of rupees. As their experiences  will be growing their benefits and increment will be also growing after. After training promotion on the basis of their experience as Captain pay scale-61300. to193900 of rupees, major pay scale-64800 to2 ,07,200 of rupees, for lieutenant Colnel-1,21,200 to 2,12,400 of rupees,Colonel pay scale-1,30, 600 to 2,15,400. Brigadier pay scale-1,39,600 to 2,17,400 of rupees.

Hope this helps.

Hi Nikhil,

IGNOU is very much recognized by the UGC and there is no problem regarding the validity of the degree provided by them.

And as far as your question is concerned... Yes, you are eligible for CDS (Combined Defence Service) Exam

There will be no issue on which college you have passed your degree, your college should be UGC-recognized. Same thing goes for AFCAT as well. Although there are other eligibility criteria you might want to look into.

Do check out the following links to know more about eligibility criteria of:

• CDS
• AFCAT

Hope this was helpful.

Hello,

Combined Defence Service Examination is an entrance examination to join in Indian Air Force Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Indian Military Academy , Officers Training Academy (Men) and Officers Training Academy (Women). Female candidates are eligible to apply for Officers Training Academy (Women) through CDSE Entrance Examination conducted by UPSC. They are not eligible to apply for INA, IMA and AFA through CDSE. If you wish to join in Indian Air Force Academy then you can appear for AFCAT Entrance Examination. AFCAT is conducted twice in a year. There are various Physical and Medical standards to join in Indian Airforce. To check the detailed Physical and Medical Standards use the link below

https://afcat.cdac.in/AFCAT/MedicalStandards.html

Hello,

When it comes to the eligibility criteria of CDS for various posts in Indian Defence Services is as follows-

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 BTech/BE 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 , ie..BTech/BE from any recognized university
• age limit to be between 19 to 24 years along with unmarried status.

Officer's Training Academy(Men):

• passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university,
• age limit to be between 19 to 25 years along with unmarried status.

Officer's Training Academy(Women):

• passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university,
• age limit to be between 19 to 25 years along with unmarried/widow/divorcee status.

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

For females candidates they are only eligible for OTA for which the written tests only consists of General Knowledge and English with the following syllabus-

General Knowledge consists of

• Indian & world economics, Physics, Current Affairs - national & international, Indian Polity,Chemistry,Sociology,Indian History, Defence-related Award,Geography,Environment,Sport,Biology, Cultural, Books, etc.
• English consists of Spotting Errors,Synonyms,Antonyms, Selecting Words,Ordering of Sentence, Sentence Arrangement, Comprehension, Ordering of words in a sentence, Fill in the blanks, Idioms & Phrases, etc.

You can refer the following books to cover the aforementioned sections-

English: Wren and Martin Grammar book/Norman Lewis's Word Power Made Easy/SP Bakshi's General Objective English

General Knowledge: Read The Hindu/The Indian Express on a daily basis for covering the dynamic portion, Lucent's GK to cover static portion,you can refer magazines like Pratiyogita Darpan/CRS/Yojana etc.

Go through previous year papers at https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-question-papers to become familiar with exam pattern, syllabus, important topics, practicing this will help you build confidence, enhance your time management skills etc.

To know more about preparation tips for CDS, visit our page at https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-to-prepare-for-cds

Hey Aditi,

Mere getting selected cannot make you an Army officer. You need to get into Officers Training Academy, Chennai for 9-11 months of hard training. Under the circumstance conditions also, no candidate is allowed to leave training in between. However, you can do so after completing the training. You will not get a sort of retirement or pension facility, it will be called a resignation and you need to submit it in Army Headquarters. Further, you can surely appear for UPSC CSE and be an IAS Officer. There is no such restriction to do so. However, if you are really focused for IAS, then it will be better to pursue it further, because if you leave army after getting selected and training, you may take a place from an another candidate having this dream and is sincere to pursue it.

Hello Ritika,

As you maybe already know that females can only apply for CDS OTA (Officers Training Academy), normal CDS exam is for men only. In CDS OTA, Mathematics is not asked.

There are only two sections : 1. General Awareness and  2. English.

Syllabus for General Awareness section:

• Current affairs

• Art and culture

• Economy

• History

• Geography

• Books and authors

• Chemistry

• Physics

• Biology

So, please choose the subject for your bachelors in which you're most interested, physics, chemistry or biology. You can even go for BA hons if you want to.

Whatever subject you may choose, remember that exam is just the easiest step to finally get selected to armed forces, you should start to prepare for SSB side by side.

Hope this Helps!

All the best!

Hey,

Yes, any degree from a UGC-approved university is sufficient to apply for the UPSC CDSE exam. Because IGNOU is the National University for Distance Education, all government hiring organisations esteem its accredited courses.

You can Pursue your graduation from any of the distance education institutions. You just need to note that it should be valid and approved from UGC. Along with it, for appearing for CDS and AFCAT you need to meet their basic eligibility criteria.

know more about it over here:

CDS: https://competition.careers360.com/exams/cds

AFCAT:

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/afcat

Hi,

For Combined Defence Service(IMA), Candidates must be between the age of 19-24 years, means he should be born between January 2, 1997- January 1, 2002. Y Your Date of birth falls between this, you are eligible for CDS 1 2021. You must be unmarried to undergo training in Indian Military Academy. Also, candidates must have obtained bachelors degree from a recognized institute.

Know more about CDS Eligibility, Exam pattern over here: https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds

Hello,

Are you enquiring for Officers Training Academy in regards to Combined Defense Exam conducted by UPSC, if yes then in order to apply for the same you need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized university, so first of all you need to complete your graduation in order to appear for OTA in CDS, when it comes to exam pattern for OTA it has mathematics and english which has 120 questions individually, each one consists of 100 marks and conducted for a duration of two hours, the syllabus is as follows-

English has synonyms ,antonyms ,Idioms & Phrases, comprehension, error spotting, cloze test, sentence completion, jumbled sentences

General Knowledge has general science, economics, history, polity, geography, art and culture, books and author

after being familiar with exam pattern and syllabus, it's important to choose study materials appropriate for the exam, you can refer Lucent's GK for static portion of General Knowledge and for dynamic portion you can read newspaper such as The Hindu/The Indian Express on a daily basis, for English refer Wren and Martin for grammar, Word Power Made Easy for vocabulary and SP Bakshi's Objective General English, you have to make a proper time table and assign required number of hours for each subject, go through previous year papers which you can access from our site by https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-question-papers and apply mock test to evaluate your preparation level.