CDS 1 2025 exam Age limit

CDS 1 2025 exam, the CDS exam is conducted by the UPSC board. It held twice in a year. The age limit for the CDS exam is given below according to their respective wings-

AFA(Airforce Academy)- 20- 24 year. It means candidates must be born not earlier than 2 January 2002 and not later than 01 January 2006.

INA(Indian Naval Academy)-19 – 24 year. It means candidates must be born not earlier than 2 January 2002 and not later than 01 January 2007.

IMA(Indian military Academy)- 19 – 24 year. It means candidates must be born not earlier than 2 January 2002 and not later than 01 January 2007.

OTA(Officer Training Academy)- 19- 25 year. It means candidates must be born not earlier than 2 January 2001 and not later than 01 January 2007.

CDS 1 2025 Date

The Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) has announced the date of CDS 1 2025. CDS 1 2025 exam will be held on April 13, 2025.The official notification for the CDS 1 2025 exam, together with the application form will be released on December 11 2024.The deadline to apply for the exam is Dec 31,2024.

CDS 1 2025 Pattern

The CDS exam is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Board. It held twice in a year in offline mode. Question paper will be in both English and Hindi languages and question paper format will be in the multiple choice question. Negative marking will be applicable for each wrong answers. It means 0.33 marks deducted for each wrong answer.

CDS Exam is conducted in two phases-

Written exam
SSB Interview

Written exam consist of :-

AFA, INA and IMA(300 marks) – English, GK, Mathematics
OTA- English, GK(200 marks)
and for written exam consist of 2 paper.

1.English
Total question- 120
Total marks- 100
Duration- 2 hours

2.General Knowledge
Total question-120
Total marks- 100
Duration – 2 hours

3.Mathematics
Total question-100
Total marks- 100
Duration- 2 hours

SSB(Service Selection Board)Interview

SSB Interview is held after qualifying the written exam. SSB interview are of 5 days procedure :-

Day 1. Screening
OIR(Officer Intelligence Rating)
PP & DT(Picture Perception & Description Test)

Day 2.Psychology
TAT(Thematic Apperception Test)
WAT(Word association test)
SRT(Situation Reaction Test)
SDT(Self Description Test)

Day 3 & 4. GTO-( Group Testing Officer)
1.GD(Group Discussion)
2.PGT(Progressive Group Task)
3.Snake Race
4.Lecturette
5.HGT(Half Group Task)
6.Individual Task
7.Command Task
8.FGT(Final Group Task)

Day 5. Conference
Medical
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