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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.

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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.

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