Hello Aspirant,

By August 2026 you will be of approx. 23 years old and according to your age and current eligibility criteria you would be eligible for all the CDS 2026 courses so you can appear for it and for your reference the age criteria for different courses is mentioned below :-

>> Indian Military Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Indian Naval Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Air Force Academy - 20 to 24 years

>> Officers' Training Academy (Men) - 19 to 25 years

>> Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years

Apart from the age criteria there are some other parameters upon which your eligibility will be determined like your educational qualification which goes like :-

**Indian Military Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**Indian Naval Academy - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/ College

**Air Force Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor degree in engineering

**OTA (Men) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**OTA (Women - Non-Technical) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

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Hello, Hope you are doing well

UPSC CDS examination is conducted by UPSC twice a year to recruit young officers in indian armed forces Army,Navy & Air force.

Main eligibility for CDS is graduation in any stream and there is not any percentage bar as well. There is not any condition that graduation must be regular or distance So, you can apply for UPSC CDS Examination.

To know more about UPSC CDS exam syllabus,paper & exam pattern visit link given below

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiym72er835AhUHu5UCHQJbD5IQFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcompetition.careers360.com%2Farticles%2Fcds-notification&usg=AOvVaw1W3fh2FeyOFeeEBQjlfOQV

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Dear Aspirant,

CDS Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Commission twice a year in the month of april and december to select young boys and girls in indian armed forces as officers.

Medical standard of eyesight for CDS is as follows-

A candidate should be able to read in a distant vision chart 6/6 in better eye and 6/9 in worse eye with or without glasses. Myopia should not be more than 2.5 D and hypermetropia not more than 3.5 D including Astigmatism.

Glasses are allowed in CDS medicals

Medical standard of eyesight for CDS is given below:-

A candidate should be able to read in a distant vision chart 6/6 in better eye and 6/9 in worse eye with or without glasses. Myopia should not be more than 2.5 D and hypermetropia not more than 3.5 D including Astigmatism.

To know more about CDS medical standards you can visit the link given below

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjmi73Tq835AhUzuJUCHR2FAIQQFnoECAgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcompetition.careers360.com%2Fexams%2Fcds%2Fall-questions%3Fpage%3D47&usg=AOvVaw1BfUsDceco-VSLgGM97TG2

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Dear aspirant!

Hope you are doing well !

Here is the eligibility criteria for CDs OTA 2023 ;-

Your age in the year 2023 will be 25 years so you can only choose OTA but you must have born in between July 2, 1999 and July 1, 2005 . As your date of birth is earlier than July 2, 1999 you are not eligible to appear for CDS 2 2023.

Hence you will not be eligible for the next year cds exam .

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria/amp&ved=2ahUKEwir3tq3zcb5AhVJTmwGHfMnAqwQFnoECA4QBQ&usg=AOvVaw14kUrr6HUwo40TcS4-N6sc .

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Hello aspirant,

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Dear Aspirant,

Definitely YES, any degree obtained from an UGC approved University is enough to apply for CDSE exam conducted by UPSC wheather it is regular of distance it does not matter.

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Dear Aspirant,

Yes of course you can apply for UPSC CDS exam being an arts graduate with any graduation degree you are eligible for cds and upsc exam but there some posts and departments that need only specialized stream graduate like in cds Navy only B.Tech graduates are eligible etc.

Definitely YES, any degree obtained from an UGC approved University is enough to apply for CDSE exam conducted by UPSC wheather it is regular of distance it does not matter.

Hello Amar,

The official notification for CDS 1 exam which will be announced on December 21, 2022. It will be held on April 06, 2023 in 70 cities.

Since your query is regarding the age limit and your eligibility for the same, we need to look at the Age Criteria mentioned in the official criteria, that is -

Age Limit for Indian Military Academy\ Indian Navy Army\Officers’ Training Academy is - Male applicants must be unmarried and have a birthdate between January 1, 2004, and January 1, 1999, respectively.

Since your date of birth is 1/10/1998, you are unfortunately not eligible to appear for the CDS (OTA) 1 to be held in 2023 according to the guidelines.

yes completed graduation in ba open university so you can apply for cds exam exam.

Hello Aspirant,

See you will only be eligible for CDS 1 2023 examination if you would have got your marksheet of 5th sem. by the time of application and at the time of application you must be in your 6th semester which will be the last semester for your course and as per the current eligibility criteria, candidates studying in final year/semester are eligible to apply for CDS examination provided they don't have any active backlog till the date of application. And the degree program must get completed before admission because you will have to submit proof of passing the degree examination at the time of commencement of course to reach the IHQ of MoD (Army) .

However as per the tentative dates it is expected that application process for CDS 1 2023 would commence by December 2022 so by this time you must not have completed your 5th semester so you will not be eligible for CDS 1 2023.

Eligibility criteria for all the courses is described below along wth the age criteria :-

**Indian Military Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**Indian Naval Academy - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/ College

**Air Force Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor degree in engineering

**OTA (Men) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

**OTA (Women - Non-Technical) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognised University or equivalent institute

Age criteria :-

>> Indian Military Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Indian Naval Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Air Force Academy - 20 to 24 years

>> Officers' Training Academy (Men) - 19 to 25 years

>> Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!