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CDS 2 Exam 2024 - Result (Out), Cutoff, Dates, Selection Process

Updated on 05th November, 2024 by Prabakaran K

About CDS 2024

The Union Public Service Commission released the UPSC CDS 2 results 2024 on September 20, 2024 on the official website, upsc.gov.in. The UPSC CDS 2 2024 exam was conducted on September 1, 2024. Earlier, the CDS 2 2024 admit card was released on the official website on August 23, 2024 at upsc.gov.in.  The CDS 2 2024 application form correction window was closed on June 11, 2024.
Latest: UPSC CDS 1 final result 2024 has been released on October 21, 2024 at upsc.gov.in.

The CDS 2 application correction window was activated on June 5, 2024. The Commission closed the UPSC CDS 2 application form on June 4, 2024. The UPSC CDS 2 application form 2024 was released on May 15, 2024. Along with the application form, the exam authorities also released the UPSC CDS 2 notification 2024 in online mode. The UPSC CDS 2 exam 2024 is scheduled to be held on September 1, 2024. 

The CDS exam 2024 is conducted for candidates who wish to pursue their careers as commissioned officers in the Navy, Air Force and Army after graduation or candidates appearing in their final year. There are two stages in the CDS exam 2024 written exam followed by the SSB interview. Candidates who qualify written CDS exam 2024 are eligible for the Services Selection Board (SSB) Interview which includes Personality cum Psychometric tests and Intelligence interviews. 

Candidates who clear the UPSC CDS exam 2024 selection process will have to undergo training programmes as per their merit and preference for Army, Navy and Air Force jobs. The training of selected candidates will be done at Indian Military Academy (IMA Dehradun), Indian Naval Academy (INA Ezhimala), Air Force Academy (Hyderabad), and Officers’ Training Academy (OTA Chennai). 

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CDS 2024 Highlights

Full Exam Name
Combined Defence Services Examination
Short Exam Name
CDS
Conducting Body
Union Public Service Commission
Frequency Of Conduct
Twice a year
Exam Level
Intermediate
Languages
English +1 more
Mode Of Application
online
Application Fee
Offline : 100 +1 more
Mode Of Exam
offline
Mode Of Counselling
offline
Exam Duration
6 Hours
No Of Seats
459

CDS Important Dates

CDS Combined Defence Services Examination (session 2024)

15 May' 2024 - 15 May' 2024 . Online
Advertisement Date
15 May' 2024 - 04 Jun' 2024 . Online
Application Date
05 Jun' 2024 - 11 Jun' 2024 . Online
Application Correction Date

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Union Public Service Commission has announced the result of CDS 2 exam in PDF format on September 20, 2024 on the official website. Candidates have to secure qualifying marks as prescribed by UPSC to qualify the written exam. Candidates who qualify for the written CDS exam are eligible to appear for an SSB interview. 

The CDS 2 exam result for the CDS written exam and final CDS result are declared separately. The final result of CDS is calculated by adding the marks secured by candidates in written as well as SSB Interview. 

Candidates must check the CDS exam eligibility criteria like age limit, educational qualification, marital status to be eligible for CDS exam 2024. 

Nationality

Candidates applying for CDS exam 2024 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 or Vietnam Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, with the intention of permanently settling in India

Age

Academy Age Limit 
IMABorn not before January 2, 2001 and not later than January 1, 2006
INABorn not before January 2, 2001 and not later than January 1, 2006
AFABorn not before January 2, 2001 and not later than January 1, 2005 
OTA (SSC Course for men)Born not before January 2, 2000 and not later than January 1, 2006
OTA (SSC Women Non-Technical Course)
Born not before January 2, 2000 and not later than January 1, 2006


Educational Qualification martial status as per courses 

Courses

Marital Status

Qualification
            

Officers Training Academy (OTA - women, Non-Technical)

        
            

Unmarried and widow

        
            

Degree of a recognised university or equivalent

        
            

Officers Training Academy (OTA - men)

        
            

Unmarried 

        
            

Degree of a recognised university or equivalent

        
            

Indian Naval Academy (NA)

        
            

Unmarried

        
            

Degree in Engineering from a recognised             university/institution

        
            

Indian Military Academy (IMA)

        
            

Unmarried

        
            

Degree of a recognised university or equivalent

        
            

Air Force Academy (AFA)

        
            

Unmarried (Candidates above 25 can be married) 

        
            

Degree of a recognised university (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering

        


UPSC closed the CDS 2 application form correction window on June 11, 2024. The CDS 2 application correction window was activated on June 5, 2024. The Commission released the CDS 2 application form on May 15, 2024 and closed it on June 4, 2024.  Candidates have to complete the One-Time Registration and then proceed to apply for the UPSC CDS exam 2024. The commission will the application form correction link for CDS 21 exam for a certain time period.

Documents Required While Filling CDS Application Form 

  • Active Email – ID
  • Matriculation certificate
  • Scanned signature
  • Scanned photograph
  • One photo identity proof like an Aadhar card/ Voter card/ PAN card/ Passport/ Driving license

Steps to Fill UPSC CDS Application Form

  • Open the UPSC official website - upsc.gov.in.

  • Click on the ‘Apply Online link’ available on the web page.

  • Online One-Time Registration (OTR)- If the applicants are not completed the One Time Registration, They have to complete it by providing some basic details such as personal and contact details.

  • Login by using valid login credentials Email ID and OTP/Password or Mobile number and  OTP/Password or OTR ID and OTP/Password.

  • Candidates have to fill out the UPSC CDS 2024 application form in two parts which include filling in other details, fee payment, uploading of scanned documents, signature, photo identity card document and selection of preferred exam centre.

  • Check all the details furnished in the UPSC CDS application form 2024 thoroughly and edit the details if needed. 

  • Once submitted, Applicants will not be able to make changes to their UPSC CDS application form 2024.

  • After submission, a registration number will be generated. Candidates have to download it as a pdf file and take a printout for future reference.

CDS Application Fee

Category CDS Application Fee
General & OBCRs. 100
SC, ST & Female Candidates No Fee


Documents Required at Exam CDS 2024

Combined Defence Services Examination 2024

  • Admit card
  • Aadhar card
  • Voter card
  • PAN card
  • Passport
  • Driving license
  • Any other photo ID card issued by the state/central government

CDS 2024 Exam Centers

StateCity
Tripura
Agartala
Gujarat
Ahmedabad
Mizoram
Aizawl
Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad
Bareilly
Lucknow
Karnataka
Bangalore
Dharwad
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal
Punjab
Chandigarh
Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Madurai
Odisha
Cuttack
Sambalpur
Uttarakhand
Dehradun
Delhi
Delhi
Sikkim
Gangtok
Telangana
Hyderabad
Manipur
Imphal
Rajasthan
Jaipur
Udaipur
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu
Srinagar
Assam
Jorhat
Kerala
Kochi
Thiruvananthapuram
Nagaland
Kohima
West Bengal
Kolkata
Maharashtra
Mumbai
Nagpur
Goa
Panaji
Bihar
Patna
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Port Blair
Chhattisgarh
Raipur
Jharkhand
Ranchi
Meghalaya
Shillong
Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Andhra Pradesh
Tirupati
Visakhapatnam
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar

UPSC prescribes the CDS exam pattern in the official notification. There are two stages in the CDS exam 2024- written and SSB interviews. The written CDS exam 2024 is conducted in pen and paper mode. As per the CDS exam pattern, candidates who apply for Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Indian Military Academy courses have to appear for three subjects - English, General Knowledge, and Elementary Mathematics while candidates who have opted for Officers' Training Academy have to appear for two subjects – English and General Knowledge. 

CDS Exam Pattern – Written Exam

Structure of CDS exam pattern for admission to Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, and Indian Military Academy.                                                                                                                        

            

Subject

        
            

Maximum Marks

        
            

Duration

        
            

Elementary Mathematics

        
            

100

        
            

2 hours

        
            

English             

        
            

100

        
            

2 hours

        
            

General Knowledge

        
            

100

        
            

2 hours

        


Structure of exam pattern for admission to Officers’ Training Academy

            

Subject

        
            

Maximum Marks

        
            

Duration

        
General Knowledge        1002 hours
            

English             

        
            

100

        
            

2 hours

        


CDS Exam Pattern – SSB Interview

Stages

Tests

Stage-I

Screening Test

Verbal and non-verbal tests.

PPDT

Stage-II

Psychological Test

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Word Association Test (WAT)

Situation Reaction Test (SRT)

Self Description Test (SD)

Group Testing Officers Test

GD

GPE

PGT

HGT

IOT

Command Task

Snake race/ Group Obstacle Race

Individual lecture

FGT

Personal Interview


Conference

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CDS 2024 Syllabus

CDS 2024 Combined Defence Services Examination 2024

Elementary mathematics: Unit 01


Arithmetic
  • Number system-natural numbers, integers, rational, and real numbers
  • Fundamental operations, addition, substraction, multiplication, division, square roots, decimal fractions
  • Unitary method, time and distance, time and work, percentages, applications to simple and compound interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, variation
  • Elementary number theory-division algorithm
  • Prime and composite numbers
  • Tests of divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 11
  • Multiples and factors
  • Factorisation theorem
  • H.C.F. and L.C.M.
  • Euclidean algorithm
  • Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic tables

Elementary mathematics: Unit 02


Algebra
  • Basic operations, simple factors, remainder theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M., theory of polynomials, solutions of quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (only real roots to be considered)
  • Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns-analytical and graphical solutions
  • Simultaneous linear inequations in two variables and their solutions
  • Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or inequations in two variables or quadratic equations in one variable and their solutions
  • Set language and set notation, rational expressions and conditional identities, laws of indices

Elementary mathematics: Unit 03


Trigonometry
  • Sine ×, cosine ×, Tangent × when 0° < × < 90° values of sin ×, cos × and tan ×, for × = 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°, simple trigonometric identities
  • Use of trigonometric tables
  • Simple cases of heights and distances

Elementary mathematics: Unit 04


Geometry
  • Lines and angles, plane and plane figures, theorems on (i) properties of angles at a point, (ii) parallel lines, (iii) sides and angles of a triangle, (iv) congruency of triangles, (v) similar triangles, (vi) concurrence of medians and altitudes
  • Theorems on (vii) properties of angles, sides and diagonals of a parallelogram, rectangle, and square, (viii) circles and its properties including tangents and normals, (ix) loci

Elementary mathematics: Unit 05


Mensuration
  • Areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangle, and circle
  • Areas of figures which can be split up into these figures (field book), surface area and volume of cuboids, lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and cylinders, surface area and volume of spheres

Elementary mathematics: Unit 06


Statistics
  • Collection and tabulation of statistical data, graphical representation frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts etc.
  • Measures of central tendency

To score well in the written exam of CDS, candidates must know the preparation tips and strategies. Candidates must know the importance of solving the previous years’ question papers, timely revision, time management, etc. which are the key elements of preparation.

Union Public Service Commission issued the UPSC CDS 2 exam 2024 admit card in online mode on August 23, 2024. The CDS 2 admit card 2024 is available for download at upsc.gov.in. Candidates can download the CDS exam admit card till the examination date. In order to download the CDS admit card 2024, candidates can either log in through roll number or registration number. The CDS 2 2024 admit card is available for candidates who have successfully filled and submitted the application form. 

Details on the CDS Admit Card 2024

  • Candidate’s name
  • Scanned signature and colour photograph
  • Registration number
  • Candidate’s category
  • Examination date
  • Reporting time
  • Address of examination centre
  • Examination timing

UPSC releases the official answer key of CDS 2 exam. CDS 2 answer key is available subject wise for all test booklets. Candidates can check the number of correct and incorrect answers marked by them with the help of answer key. There are some coaching institutes who release the unofficial answer key after the completion of the CDS exam 2024 on the same day. 

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will release the cut off of CDS exam 2024 separately for the written exam and final. Candidates who score equal or more than cutoff released by UPSC for written exam are eligible SSB Interview. The CDS cut off marks of written test for is calculated out of the total score of 300 for INA, IFA  and IMA, and 200 for OTA (Men & Women). The final cut off will be released in by UPSC later. 

Documents Required at CDS 2024 counselling

Combined Defence Services Examination 2024

  • Call letter
  • Matriculation/secondary school examination certificate or equivalent
  • Degree/provisional degree certificate/marks sheet

The selection process of CDS exam 2024 is of two stages - written exam and SSB interview. In the first stage - CDS written exam, candidates are required to appear in three papers for admission in the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force and two papers for admission in Officers’ Training Academy.

General Information

Contacts

011-23385271 + 2 more

Relevant Links

Official Website Link Click Here + 3 more

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to check CDS marks?

The CDS marks can be checked from the official website. The CDS marks are released after declaration of final result.  

2. What are passing marks for CDS exam?

The written exam of CDS is conducted for 300 marks and candidates must score a minimum of 20% of the total marks i.e. 60. Candidates need to qualify in all three papers of the CDS exam.

3. What is the salary offered to candidates selected through CDS exam?

The cadets are paid Rs. 56,100 per month. During training, they get a stipend of Rs. 6000 OTA while Rs 12,000 per month in IMA, INA and Air Force academy.

4. Can girls apply for CDS exam?

Yes, girls too can apply for CDS exam. Girls are considered for OTA and allotted Short Service Commission in non-Technical cadre.

5. What is the educational qulification required for the CDS exam?

Bachelors degree is must to apply for the CDS examination.

6. What is the age limit to apply for the CDS exam?

Candidates between the age group of 20 years to 24 years can apply for the CDS exam.

7. When will the CDS 2 2024 application be released?

UPSC released the CDS 2 application form online on May 15, 2024.

8. What is the CDS 2 2024 exam date?

CDS 2 written exam was conducted on September 1, 2024 by UPSC.

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Questions related to CDS

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No, completing your college through dummy or non-regular means will not necessarily result in a negative impression during your SSB interview or screening process.

The SSB (Service Selection Board) assesses candidates based on various qualities such as leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, and personality. While the mode of completing your college education may be considered, it is not the sole determining factor.

Here are some important points to keep in mind:

  • Focus on the Fundamentals: Ensure you have a strong understanding of the core subjects related to your degree. The SSB assesses your knowledge and problem-solving skills, not just the mode of study.
  • Extracurricular Activities: Highlight any extracurricular activities, internships, or projects you've undertaken during your college years. These can demonstrate your leadership, teamwork, and initiative.
  • Confidence and Communication: Project confidence and effective communication skills during the SSB process. Your ability to express yourself clearly and confidently is crucial.
  • Honesty and Integrity: Be honest about your educational background and any relevant experiences. The SSB values integrity and transparency.

While completing your college through dummy or non-regular means may raise questions, it is not an automatic disqualification. If you can demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and potential, you can still successfully clear the SSB and be considered for selection.

It's important to focus on developing the qualities and skills that are valued by the SSB. By showcasing your abilities and potential, you can overcome any initial concerns related to your mode of education.

Hello aspirant,

On August 23, 2024, the Union Public Service Commission made the NDA 2 2024 admit card available on its official website, upsc.gov.in/upsconline.nic.in. The timeframe for editing NDA 2 2024 application forms was open until June 11, 2024. On June 5, 2024, the NDA rectification window opened. On June 4, 2024, the commission closed the NDA 2 2024 application form. On May 15, 2024, the UPSC NDA 2 2024 application form became available. Those who wish to take the NDA 2 2024 exam must confirm that they meet the requirements before applying. September 1, 2024 is the planned date of the UPSC NDA 2 exam.

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Hello there,

Yes, you can apply for the Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam for the Indian Military Academy (IMA) after completing your graduation in 2027, based on your date of birth, 29th November 2003. Here’s how your eligibility works out:

Eligibility Criteria for CDS IMA:

  1. Age Limit: For IMA, the candidate should be between 19 and 24 years old at the time of course commencement. Since you were born on 29th November 2003, you will be within the eligible age range for several years after your graduation.

  2. Educational Qualification: A degree from a recognized university or equivalent is required. Since you will complete your graduation in 2027, you will meet this qualification.

  3. Application Timing: The CDS exam is conducted twice a year. Depending on the exam you apply for, your eligibility will be determined by your age at the time of the course commencement, typically a few months after the exam.

    Example Timeline:

If you apply for the CDS exam in 2027, the courses would typically start in 2028, and you would be 24 or under, fitting within the age limit.

Conclusion:

You are eligible to apply for the CDS exam for IMA as long as you apply before you turn 24. Make sure to check the specific age cutoff for the exact year you plan to apply.

I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries then feel free to share your questions with us we will be happy to assist you.

Thank you and wishing you all the best for your bright future.

To determine your eligibility for the CDS (Combined Defence Services) exam in 2027, we need to consider the age criteria set by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts the exam.

For the CDS exam, the age criteria generally are as follows:

  1. Indian Military Academy (IMA) : Candidates should be between 19 to 24 years old.
  2. Indian Naval Academy (INA) : Candidates should be between 19 to 24 years old.
  3. Air Force Academy (AFA) : Candidates should be between 19 to 24 years old.
  4. Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) : Candidates should be between 19 to 25 years old.

Your date of birth is 29th November 2003. By March 2027, you will be 23 years and 4 months old. This means you fall within the eligible age range for all branches (IMA, INA, AFA, and OTA) for the CDS exam.

Given that you will complete your course in March 2027, you should be eligible to apply for the CDS exam in 2027, provided you meet other criteria such as nationality, marital status, and educational qualifications. Make sure to check the official CDS notification for any updates or changes in the eligibility criteria closer to the exam date.


Hello aspirant,
The upper age limit for CDS IMA is 24 years. Since you are currently 21 years 3 months old, you have 2 years and 9 months left to appear for the CDS IMA exam. This means you can attempt the exam 3 more times before reaching the age limit.

However, please note that this is just a general estimate and the actual number of attempts may vary depending on the specific notification released by the UPSC for the CDS exam in 2025. It is always advisable to refer to the official notification for accurate information regarding the age limit and number of attempts allowed.

I hope this information helps you.

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