UPSC CDS 2 2024 - Application form (Out), Dates, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Admit card

UPSC has opened CDS 2 2024 application form correction window on June 5, 2024 on the official website, upsc.gov.in. The commission had closed the CDS 2024 application form on June 4, 2024. The CDS application form correction window 2024 will be active until June 11, 2024. The commission released the CDS application form 2024 on May 15, 2024. The CDS 2 2024 notification was also released alongside the application at upsc.gov.in.

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1. UPSC CDS 2024 - Overview
2. UPSC CDS Important Dates 2024
3. UPSC CDS Vacancy 2024
4. UPSC CDS Eligibility Criteria 2024
5. UPSC CDS Application Form 2024
6. UPSC CDS Exam Pattern 2024
7. UPSC CDS Syllabus 2024
8. UPSC CDS Exam Centres 2024
9. UPSC CDS 2024 Admit Card
10. UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2024
11. UPSC CDS Answer Key 2024
12. UPSC CDS Result 2024
13. UPSC CDS Cut-Off 2024
14. UPSC CDS Selection Process 2024

The CDS 2 notification contains details pertaining to the nature of the exam and interested candidates must go through it before prior to applying for the exam. Candidates between 19 to 25 years of age are eligible to apply for UPSC CDS exam. Before filling up the application form, aspirants must check UPSC CDS eligibility criteria carefully. The examination is conducted in two stages - CDS written examination and SSB interview.

UPSC CDS 2024 - Overview

UPSC CDS Important Dates 2024

UPSC has released the UPSC Calendar 2024 on the official website. Candidates can check UPSC CDS 2024 important dates for both sessions in the table given below so that they won’t miss any major events.

CDS 2 Important Dates 2024

UPSC CDS 1 Date 2024

UPSC CDS Vacancy 2024

Union Public Service Commission announced the final UPSC CDS 2024 vacancy along with the release of official notification at upsc.gov.in. UPSC CDS vacancy 2024 is announced separately by the Union Public Service for both sessions. Aspirants can check CDS 2024 vacancies for the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Air Force Academy (AFA), and Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) Men & Women in each session here.

UPSC CDS 2 Vacancy 2024

UPSC CDS Eligibility Criteria 2024

The Commission prescribed the CDS exam 2024 eligibility criteria in the official notification at upsc.gov.in. Aspirants must check the age limit, nationality and educational qualification to be eligible for filling up the UPSC CDS application form 2024.

Nationality:

Candidates applying for the CDS 2024 exam must be

• An Indian citizen, or

• A Tibetan refugee, (before January 1962), or

• A subject to Nepal or Bhutan, or

• Migrants from Pakistan, Burma, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and East African countries of Kenya, and Uganda, with the intention of permanently settling in India.

CDS age limit:

Candidates must be 20 to 24 years of age to be eligible to apply for CDS 2024 recruitment.

CDS 2024 Educational Qualification:

UPSC CDS 2024 - Physical Fitness

Aspirants applying for CDS recruitment 2024 should be physically fit in all aspects as prescribed by all three Defence departments Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Air Force. Candidates must read the CDS 2 2024 notification upon its release carefully to know all crucial points related to physical fitness.

CDS Visual Standard for Air Force

CDS Visual Standard for Indian Navy

UPSC CDS Application Form 2024

Union Public Service Commission has activated the CDS application form correction window from June 5 - 11, 2024 at upsc.gov.in. Candidates can modify details in their CDS 2024 application form during this time. The CDS 2 application form apply link was active from May 15 - June 4, 2024. Candidates were able to register on the official website and apply for the examination

Before submission, General and OBC category aspirants were asked to pay online CDS 2024 application fees of Rs 200 while other categories and female candidates are exempted from fee payment. The CDS application fee payment can be done through online/offline mode (Net Banking/Mastercard/Debit/Credit Card or cash deposit in any branch of SBI bank).

How to Fill Up the UPSC CDS Application Form 2024?

• First of all, visit the official website - upsc.gov.in.upsconline.nic.in.

• On the Homepage, tap on Examination>Active Examination>Online Application for UPSC CDS exam 2024.

• Read all instructions carefully and then, move ahead by tapping on “Yes”.

• Now, you will be directed to a new page, start entering your details correctly.

• Choose your preferences carefully and continue.

• Pay the required application fee through online/offline mode as explained above.

• Examine all details and tap on the “Submit” button.

• Save and download and take two or three prints out for future reference.

How to Fill UPSC CDS Application Form?

UPSC CDS Exam Pattern 2024

The Union Public Service Commission mentions the UPSC CDS 2024 exam pattern in the official notification. UPSC conducts the CDS exam in two stages - a written examination followed by SSB Interview. Aspirants can know about subjects, exam duration, number of questions asked and marking scheme with the help of the UPSC CDS exam pattern 2024. The complete exam pattern of UPSC CDS 2024 for all three defence services is given below.

UPSC CDS 2024 Exam Pattern - Written Examination

UPSC CDS 2024 Exam Pattern for Officers’ Training Academy

UPSC CDS 2024 Exam Pattern - Interview Stage

Aspirants have to clear UPSC CDS 2024 written examination to appear in the Interview round. The maximum marks prescribed to the written examination and to the Interview will be equal for each course i.e. The maximum marks applicable to the written examination and to the Interview will be 300, 300, 300 and 200 each for admission to the Indian Military Academy, Air Force Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Officers’ Training Academy respectively. Candidates must also go through some points given below related to the UPSC CDS exam pattern 2024.

• Multiple-Choice questions in each paper.

• The question paper for General Knowledge and Elementary Mathematics will be set in Hindi as well as English.

• A penalty of ⅓ marks for a wrong answer is applicable.

• Each subject exam duration is different i.e., 2 hours.

UPSC CDS Exam Pattern 2024 - Interview Stage

UPSC CDS Syllabus 2024

Union Public Service Commission prescribes UPSC CDS syllabus in the official notification. The Commission will take two written papers for the OTA course and three written papers for other courses in the CDS 2024 exam. The subjects from which questions are framed in the UPSC CDS exam 2024 will be General Knowledge, Mathematics, and English. English and General Knowledge will be asked in both OTA and IMA/INA/AFA courses of the CDS exam 2024.

Mathematics will be the extra subject that IMA/INA/AFA courses will have in the CDS maths syllabus . The questions will be asked in the UPSC CDS 2024 exam from the 10th and 12th standards. For more details about UPSC CDS syllabus, OTA aspirants must go through the table given below.

CDS 2024 Syllabus for Written Examination

UPSC CDS Exam Centres 2024

Union Public Service Commission prescribes the UPSC CDS 2024 exam centres on the official notification. Aspirants can choose the nearest exam centres by filling up their choice of exam city on the UPSC CDS application form 2024. Candidates must go through the exam centres' information given in the table below.

UPSC CDS 2024 Exam Centres

UPSC CDS 2024 Admit Card

The Commission will release the UPSC CDS 2 2024 admit card in online mode at upsc.gov.in. Aspirants appearing in the examination can download UPSC CDS admit card 2024 by using their registration number and date of birth. Those who fill out their application forms successfully will be issued the admit card of UPSC CDS 2024.

UPSC CDS admit card 2024 contains information such as the candidate’s name, scanned signature and coloured photograph, candidate’s category, registration number, exam date and reporting time, exact exam timing, exam centres address, etc.

UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2024

Some coaching institutes will release unofficial CDS 2024 exam analysis along with the expected cut off after the conclusion of the exam. Candidates can check the unofficial CDS exam analysis 2024 here after the exam. The answer of UPSC CDS 2024 contains types of questions asked, difficulty level, good attempts, expected cut off score, etc. for candidates.

With the help of CDS 2024 exam analysis, candidates can measure their performance in the written exam. Aspirants will also be able to download unofficial CDS question papers 2024 here along with exam analysis. UPSC CDS 2024 written exam for both sessions will be held on April 21, 2024 and September 1, 2024.

UPSC CDS Answer Key 2024

The Union Public Service Commission will release the official UPSC CDS 2024 answer key for the written examination after the conclusion of the examination. CDS answer key 2024 will be released at upsc.gov.in. CDS 2024 answer key will be available subject-wise for written examination.

Candidates can go through the number of correct and incorrect answers entered by them with the help of the answer key UPSC CDS 2024. A few coaching institutes will also release the provisional UPSC CDS answer key 2024 after the completion of the written exam on the same day.

UPSC CDS Result 2024

UPSC will declare the CDS 2024 result in PDF format on the official website. The Commission will declare UPSC CDS 2024 written exam result and the final result separately at upsc.gov.in. As prescribed by UPSC, candidates have to secure qualifying marks to clear UPSC CDS 2024 written exam.

How to Check UPSC CDS Result 2024?

• Visit the official website of UPSC - upsc.gov.in.

• Click on the Written Result tab on the Home Page.

• UPSC CDS 2024 result will be displayed on the screen.

• Click Ctrl+F and check your Roll Number in PDF.

• If the name is detailed in the PDF, the Interview round details will be sent to candidates’ registered email addresses.

• Download and take two or three prints out for future reference.

UPSC CDS Cut-Off 2024

The Commission will release the UPSC CDS 2024 cut-off for the written exam on the official website. Candidates who score equal to or more than UPSC CDS 2024 cut off in the written exam will be called SSB Interview. The cut-off marks of the UPSC CDS 2024 written exam are calculated out of a total score of 300 for INA, IMA, AFA and 200 for OTA (Men and Women). Aspirants must go through CDS previous years for your reference.

CDS 2 Cut-Off Previous Year

UPSC CDS Selection Process 2024

Union Public Service Commission will prescribe the selection process on the CDS 2 2024 notification at upsc.gov.in. UPSC CDS 2024 selection process will be done in two stages - A Written Exam and SSB Interview. In the first stage, aspirants will have to appear in three papers to get admission to the Indian Army, Naval and Air Force academies and two papers to get admission to the Officer Training Academy (OTA).

Documents Required During Counselling

• UPSC CDS 2024 call letter

• Degree/Provisional Degree Certificate/Mark Sheet

• Matriculation/Senior Secondary School Examination Certificate or Equivalent