Combined Defence Services Examination

The Combined Defence Services Examination (abbreviated as CDS Exam) is conducted twice a year by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment into the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy. The Notification for the examination is usually released in the months of October and June, and the examinations are conducted in February and November respectively. Only unmarried graduates are eligible to sit for the exam. Successful candidates are admitted into the respective Academies after an interview conducted by the Services Selection Board (SSB).

Age Limit
Indian Military Academy19–24years[1]
Air Force Academy19–24 years[1]
Naval Academy19–24 years[1]
Officers’ Training Academy19–25 years[1]

Scheme of Examination

Applicants who will appear in the CDS exam should know the exam pattern of CDS 2020 so that they can qualify the exam with flying colors.

CDS Exam Pattern
Stages of exam Written exam and SSB Interview
Mode of exam Offline / Pen and paper based
Subjects 1- English 120 questions

2- General Knowledge 120 questions

3- Elementary Mathematics 100 questions

Exam duration 2 hours for each paper
Number of questions 340 MCQs for – IMA, INA AFA and OTA

240 MCQs for – OTA

Language of paper English & Hindi (Both language except Hindi)

Union Public Service Commission will release the admit card of CDS any time soon in online mode at upsconline.nic.in. Since the exam is slated to be conducted on February 2, 2020 in offline mode. After downloading CDS 2020 admit card[2] candidates should check for any discrepancy and if found then immediately report it to the exam conducting authorities to get it rectified.

Indian Military Academy / Air Force Academy / Naval Academy

All the papers are of objective type.

SubjectMarks
English100
General Knowledge100
Elementary maths100
Total300

Officers' Training Academy

Each paper contains objective type questions.

SubjectMarks
English100
General Knowledge100
Total200

Tentative Vacancy
AcademyTentative Vacancies
IMA100
AFA30
INA45
OTA230
Total405

References
  1. "Forthcoming Exams" (PDF). UPSC. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. "CDS Admit Card: How to download".
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