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Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS)
Women officers are inducted in the Indian Army through the Shot Service Commission (Non-Technical) scheme. Under this scheme, the female candidates aspiring to be part of Indian Army must appear for Combined Defence Services Examination. The CDS exam is conduced twice a year, in the months of July and November by UPSC.

Eligibility criteria
• Age Limit: The candidate must be in the age group of 19 to 25 years
• Academic Qualifications: Candidate must be a graduate from a recognized university
• Marital Status: Un-Married
• Mental/Physical Fitness: The candidate must be mentally and physically fit and free from any diseases.
• Height: For female candidates, the minimum height must be 152 cms
• Weight: Weight must be in corroboration with the height
• Eye Sight: Eyesight should be 6/6 or 6/36 for Distant Vision, for spectacles corrected vision must be 6/9
• Myopia limit: Myopia limit for Indian Army is -3.75D

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Hi, hope you are doing great.
For CDS exam the minimum qualification should be a bachelor's degree in any stream for girls.
Girls from any stream can apply only for OTA(officers training academy) under this.
The minimum age for girls for OTA is 25 years and girl should be unmarried, legally divorced or widow.
She can opt for the interested stream and can prepare for CDS as well as she has enough time to crack it.

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