UPSC released the CDS 2 2024 result PDF on September 20, 2024 on the official website, upsc.gov.in. As per the UPSC CDS 2 2024 exam date, the commission conducted the exam on September 1, 2024 across the country at various exam centres. UPSC released the CDS 2 2024 admit card on the official website on August 23, 2024. The CDS 2 2024 application form correction window was opened on June 5, 2024 on the official website.
UPSC CDS 2 2024 - Result (Out), Cutoff, Selection process The commission had closed the CDS 2024 application form on June 4, 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. 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
| Particulars | Details |
Exam Full Name | Combined Defence Services Exam |
Short Exam Name | CDS |
Exam Conducting Body | Union Public Service Commission |
Frequency of Conduct | Twice a year |
Languages | English, Hindi |
Mode of Application | Online |
Application Fee | Rs 200 for Offline and Online |
Mode of Exam | Offline |
Mode of Counselling | Offline |
Exam Duration | 6 Hours |
Number of Seats (CDS 1 2024) | 457 |
Number of Seats (CDS 2 2024) | 459 |
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
Events | CDS 2 2024 Dates |
CDS 2 notification 2024 release date | May 15, 2024 |
CDS 2 application form 2024 date | May 15, 2024 |
The last date to apply for the CDS 2 application form | June 04, 2024 |
CDS 2 application form correction facility date | June 5 to June 11, 2024 |
CDS 2 admit card date | August 23, 2024 |
CDS 2 exam date 2024 | September 1, 2024 |
CDS 2 2024 result | September 20, 2024 |
UPSC CDS 2 SSB Interview date | To be notified |
CDS 2 2024 cut-off date | To be notified |
UPSC CDS 1 Date 2024
Events | CDS 1 2024 Dates |
CDS 1 2024 notification date | December 20, 2023 |
CDS exam date 2024 application form | December 20, 2023 |
The last date to apply for the CDS 2024 application form | January 9, 2024 |
CDS 1 application form correction facility | January 10 to 16, 2024 |
CDS 1 admit card 2024 release date | April 12,2024 |
CDS 1 2024 exam date | April 21, 2024 |
CDS result 2024 | May 9, 2024 |
UPSC CDS 2024 SSB Interview date | To be notified |
CDS cut off date 2024 | To be notified |
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
| Details | No of Vacancies |
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun 158th (DE) Course commencing in January 2025 [including 13 vacancies reserved for NCC `C’ (Army Wing) holders] | 100 |
Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala—Course commencing in January 2025 Executive Branch (General Service)/Hydro [including 06 vacancies for NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Naval Wing) holders | 32 |
Air Force Academy, Hyderabad—(Pre-Flying) Training Course commencing in January 2025 i.e. No. 217 F(P) Course [including 03 vacancies are reserved for NCC Certificate (Air Wing) holders through NCC Special Entry] | 32 |
Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) 121st SSC (Men) (NT) (UPSC) Course Commencing in April 2025. | 276 |
Officers Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) 35th SSC Women (NT) (UPSC) Course commencing in April 2025. | 19 |
| Total | 459 |
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.
Courses | Age Limit | Marital Status |
Officer Training Academy (OTA - Men) | 19-25 years | Unmarried and Married |
Officer Training Academy (OTA - Women, Non-Technical) | 19-25 years | Unmarried and Widow |
Indian Military Academy (IMA) | 19 to 24 years | Unmarried |
Indian Naval Academy (INA) | 19 to 24 years | Unmarried |
Air Force Academy (AFA) | 20 to 24 years | Unmarried |
CDS 2024 Educational Qualification:
Courses | Educational Qualification |
Indian Military Academy | Must be passed with a Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., B.B.A., B.C.A., B.Tech., etc.) from a recognized University or equivalent institute. |
Indian Naval Academy | Must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognized University or College. |
Air Force Academy | Must have a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor's degree in Engineering. |
OTA - Men | Must hold a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent institute. |
OTA - Women (Non-Technical) | Must be passed with a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University or equivalent institute. |
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
Male | Female |
Vision (corrected) better eye 6/6 and worse eye 6/12 | Vision with a better eye 6/6, worse eye 6/12 |
Manifest Hypermetropia not more than plus 3.5 D including Astigmatism | Myopia of not more than minus 5.5 D |
Myopia not more than minus 3.5 D | Manifest Hypermetropia of not more than plus 3.5 D including Astigmatism |
CDS Visual Standard for Indian Navy
| S.no | Details |
| 1 | Limits of Myopia - 1.5 |
| 2 | Limits of Hypermetropia - +1.5 |
| 3 | Corrected With Glass - 6/6 |
| 4 | Uncorrected Without Glass - 6/12 |
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
For Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy |
S. No. | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1. | English | 120 | 2 hours |
2. | General Knowledge | 120 | 2 hours |
3. | Elementary Mathematics | 100 | 2 hours |
UPSC CDS 2024 Exam Pattern for Officers’ Training Academy
S. No. | Subjects | Maximum Marks | Duration |
1. | English | 100 | 2 hours |
2. | General Knowledge | 100 | 2 hours |
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
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 (SDT) |
Group Testing Officers Test | GD GPE PGT HGT IOT Common Task Snake Race/Group Obstacle Race Individual Lecture FGT |
Personal Interview |
Conference |
UPSC CDS Syllabus 2024
Union Public Service Commission prescribed 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
Subjects | Topics |
Mathematics | |
English | The questions are asked to candidates' understanding of English and a working man's use of words. |
General Knowledge | Geography Defence Knowledge History Politics Economics Current Events
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UPSC CDS Exam Centres 2024
Union Public Service Commission prescribed 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
States | Cities |
Assam | Jorhat |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair |
Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam |
Tirupati |
Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar |
Bihar | Patna |
Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
Delhi | New Delhi |
Tripura | Agartala |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly |
Lucknow |
Allahabad |
Karnataka | Dharwad |
| Bangalore |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
Punjab | Chandigarh |
Tamil Nadu | Madurai |
Chennai |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
UPSC CDS 2024 Admit Card
The Commission released the UPSC CDS 2 2024 admit card in online mode at upsc.gov.in on August 23, 2024. Aspirants appearing in the examination can download UPSC CDS admit card 2024 by using their registration number and date of birth. Those who filled out their application forms successfully were 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 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 declared the CDS 2024 result in PDF format on September 20, 2024 on the official website. The Commission declares the 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
Category | Written Exam Cut-Off | Final Exam Cut Off |
Aggregate marks of last qualified candidates | Marks of last recommended candidates |
IMA | 136 | 258 |
INA | 128 | 256 |
AFA | 147 | 269 |
OTA (Men) | 100 | 181 |
OTA (Women) | 100 | 184 |
UPSC CDS Selection Process 2024
Union Public Service Commission prescribes 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
