UPSC CDS 2021: Eligibility, Admit card (out), Application Form, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Result & Cut Off

To complete the recruitment process for Commissioned Officers in Navy, Air Force and Indian Army, the Union Public Service Commission conducts the Combined Defence Services Examination. Once the selection process will be completed, the recruited aspirants will be undergone to a training process, which will be held at Indian Naval Academy (INA), Indian Military Academy (IMA), Air Force Academy (AFA), and Officers Training Academy (OTA). The UPSC conducts the examination twice in a year that is in February and in September.

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Latest Update

• CDS I 2021 admit card is out. Click here for details and direct link
• The score of non-qualified candidates of CDS II 2019 has been released. Read more
• The result for CDS II written exam 2020 is out. Read more
• The final result of CDS II 2019 is out. Read more
• Check the official question paper assessment for CDS II 2019 exam. Read more here
• Check the exam analysis for Mathametics in CDS 2, 2020. Read more
• Important guidelines and SOPs for the CDS II exam has been released. Check details here
• CDS 2019 answer key is released. Read more 
• CDS 2021 application form is out. Read more here
• The selection process and marking scheme for CDS I 2021 is out. read more
• CDS-II 2020 Final result is out. Read more  
• CDS-II 2019 final result is out. read more
• The list of exam centers for CDS 2 is out. Read more here
• The notification for CDS 1 2021 is out. Read more

15 October 2020: CDS 2 2020 admit card of the written exam has been issued. Also, check CDS Exam Dates

Highlights of CDS 2020

CDS Exam Dates

CDS 1

CDS 2

CDS (2) Vacancy 2020

CDS (2) Eligibility Criteria

All the aspirants are required to check the eligibility criteria before they apply for the CDS examination. To know more, go through the following content:

Age Limit

Nationality

• The aspirants should be Indian, OR,
• The candidates should be subject to Nepal/ Bhutan, OR,
• The Tibetan Refugee, who have migrated to India before 1st January 1962 and have the intention to settle in India permanently, OR,
• If the Indian Origin candidates migrated from Sri Lanka, Uganda, Pakistan, Burma, Kenya, Vietnam, Malawi, Ethiopia, Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania and have the plan to settle to India permanently.

Gender Requirements for several Posts

Education Qualification: Education qualification for CDS (2) 2020 exam would be varied for several designations:

CDS (2) Online Application Form 2020

On 25th August 2020, the online application form for appearing the CDS (2) exam has been closed.

Steps to Apply for the CDS (2) 2020 Examination

• Open the official website and then click the ‘Online Application for Various Examinations of UPSC’.
• Once the page will be opened, the aspirants have to click the Part I option to click the Combined Defence Services Examination (2).
• Before you click the ‘Yes’ button, the aspirants are requested to read the instructions from PART I.
• Next, you will be able to see the application form displayed on the screen.
• Now, the aspirants have to fill the contact details and personal information.
• According to the age and notification, the candidates should choose their preferable academics.
• In the next step, your Registration ID will be generated.
• Once you complete your Part I form, you have to start to fill your Part-II Application form fill up process.
• Next, you have to pay 200 INR for completing the Application Form Fill up Process.
• If you have done your payment process, you can choose your desirable examination centre.
• Now you have to upload the scanned copy of your signature and photograph according to the mentioned file size and dimensions.
• In the next step, you have to select the ‘Submit’ option.
• You are advised to print out of the application form for future reference.

Application Fees

• The fees of CDS (2) application form for the General category students is INR 200
• However, the reserved categories candidates such as the SC/ST/ Females do not need to pay the application fees.
• To pay the application fees, the aspirants can choose both the online and offline mode of transaction.
• In the case of the online payment process, the aspirants can complete the process by using the Mastercard/ Debit Card or via Net Banking.
• For offline payment process, the aspirants have to deposit the cash to any branch of SBI Bank.

CDS (2) Examination Centre

Check CDS Exam Centres

CDS Exam Pattern

The CDS Exam Pattern is categorised into two sections and these are:

• Written test
• Intelligence and Personality Interview

The exam pattern is not similar for both the Officer Training Academy and also for the Indian Military/ Indian Air Force/Indian Naval Academy.

CDS Exam Pattern for INA, IMA & IAF

The Exam of Indian Air Force, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Military Academy consists of three papers and total score of the papers is 300 marks.

CDS Exam Pattern for Officers Training Academy (OTA)

Officer Training Academy will consist of two subjects and the total marks of the exam will be 200. The total duration of the examination will be 4 hours.

CDS Syllabus

To get a good score in the CDS Exam, the aspirants should know the syllabus thoroughly:

CDS (2) Admit Card 2020

The CDS (2) admit card is already out to the official website. To download the admit card, the aspirants are requested to open https://upsconline.nic.in/ site. To login their account, the candidates have to provide their Roll No and Registration Number.

Before you download the admit card, you are asked to check that the provided information mentioned in the admit card, is right. If the aspirants would find any discrepancy, you would not get permission to appear in the exam. Do not forget to bring the admit card to the exam centre, otherwise, you would not be allowed to sit for the exam.

CDS Selection Process

• Written Test: MCQ
• SSC Interview / Personality Test: Oral
• Document Verification
• Medical Examination

The merit list will be made based on the higher marks in written test and SSB Interview.

For more information, check the CDS Selection process.

CDS Result and Cut Off

The CDS Result will be announced to the official website. If the aspirants will qualify all the stages of the CDS test, will be allowed to be recruited in one of the Indian Defence Services.

On the other hand, the Cut off is the minimum qualifying score which is required to get for appearing to the next level exam. The CDS Cut off score is published separately with the CDS Result.