Combined Defence Services examination is held twice a year and they have no relationship between them. CDS 1 paper does not correlate to CDS 2 paper. So if you have not applied for CDS 1 Then it does not pop a problem for you for applying for CDS 2 paper.

Hi Shuvojit pandey,

CDS (combine defense services ) examination held in month of Feb and October, age limit is from 19–24 yrs for IMA and 20–25 yrs for OTA, minimum eligibility is graduated from a recognized university.

To know more about it, Go though this link:- https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

No You won't be able to join even OTA, the official notification for CDS2020 2 us yet to be declared but as per the notification in CDS 2 2019 the candidate should not born before 2 July 1995 SO on a similar patter this year it would be 2nd July

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Hello,

According to the age eligibility criteria you are only eligible for Indian Military Academy and Officers Training Academy through CDS.

For IMA a candidate's age must in between 19 to 24 years, born earlier than January 2, 1997 and not later than January 21, 2002.

For OTA acandidate's age

Yes you can appear for the Combined Defence Services examination as the age limit eligibility criteria says the age to be between 20 to 24 years of age and as you are 21 right now, you are eligible to appear for the CDS exmaination this year. You can give exams

No you will not be eligible for the UPSC CDS 2 2020, the notification will release in the month of June and as per the criterion in CDS 2 2019 you were not eligible in 2019 too, therefore no chances of eligible for CDS 2020 2 . However you can

Hello dear student !

Of course , you can't appear for Indian Military or Indian Navy Academy or air force academy as  the age limit for it is 20-24 years of age.

Meanwhile, you can P articipate in the Officers training academy as the age limit for same is 19-25

Hello,

The dates to register for CDS 1 are closed but as CDS exams are taken twice a year you can take the second paper. The registration for the second CDS paper will be in the Month of August and will probably begin from 5th August,2020. Please stay updated on