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The Combined Defence Services Examination (CDSE) is conducted twice in a year by the UPSC for recruitment into the Indian Military Academy(IMA), Officers Training Academy(OTA), Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy. Age between 19-24 years. Candidates who are studying in the final year/semester Degree course and have yet to pass the final year degree examination can also apply provided candidate should not have any present backlog upto the last semester / year for which results have been declared upto the time of submission of application. For more information you can visit the following link:

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-exam

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The eligibility criteria to be eligible to appear for Combined Defence Service Examination (CDSE)  is that a candidate must have passed bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised board. Candidates who are in final year of the graduation are also eligible. But they must pass in the qualifying examination and obtain the results before the commencement of the SSB interview. The age limit is 19-24 years for Indian Military Academy and Indian Naval Aacademy, for Air Force Academy it is 20-24 years and for Officer Training Academy it is 19-25 years. CDS is conducted twice in a year. You will be eligible to appear for CDS when you are in 7th semester of Engineering which is in 2023. Also you be eligible for CDS 1&2-2024, CDS 1&2-2025 and be eligible to choose IMA, INA, AFA and OTA if you are a male candidate. Female candidates are only eligible to join in OTA through CDS. And you will be eligible for OTA till CDS 1&2-2026 as the upper age limit is 25 years for Officer Training Academy.