CDS Exam Apply Online

I am waiting for official notification of CDS Exam 2015. Is there any one who can give tentative dates for this advertisement? Give me important instructions that I should remember when I will apply online for CDS Exam? Give official website of UPSC where I will fill online application form.

Please tell me dates to apply online for Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam, so that I can go through it easily along with further information of exam?

[shikha]

As you need to know details of Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam and will also tell you dates to apply online for exam.

Application fee
Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs.200/- either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI

Selection Procedure
The candidates will be provided admission to INA, IMA, Air Force Academy, and Officers Training Academy through Written Examination, Personality Test and Interview

The candidates will be placed in the order of merit on the basis of the total marks secured by them in the written examination and in the SSB tests.

The final selection will be made in order of merit subject to medical fitness and suitability in all other respects and number of vacancies available

Tentative dates
Important Dates for UPSC CDS 2018 Exam I
Date of Notification 2nd week November 2017
Last date to apply for UPSC CDS I Exam 1st week December 2017
Exam Date ( UPSC CDS I Exam) 1st week February 2018

Important Dates for UPSC CDS 2018 Exam II
Date of Notification 2nd week August 2018
The last date to apply for UPSC CDS II Exam 1st week September 2018
Exam Date ( UPSC CDS II Exam) 3rd week November 2018

Exam pattern


CDS 2018 Exam Pattern shall consist of
a) Written examination
b) Interview and personality test

CDS 2018 paper pattern:-
The subjects of the written examination and the time allowed and the maximum marks alloted to each subject is as follows

For Admission to Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy
Subject Duration Maximum Marks
English 2 Hours 100
General Knowledge 2 Hours 100
Elementary Mathematics 2 Hours 100

For Admission to Officers Training Academy
Subject Duration Maximum Marks
English 2 Hours 100
General Knowledge 2 Hours 100

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.