UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018

November 9th, 2017 - Thursday

UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018 – Find UPSC CDS vacancy, UPSC CDS apply online procedure, and other details.

UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018

Union Public Sevice Commission has just released the notification for Combined Defence Services Examination 2018. If you are interested, you can start applying. The last date for applying is 4th December 2017 till 6:00 P.M.

You can find all the important details regarding the notification below.

UPSC CDS Vacancies – UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018

There is a total number of 414 vacancies.


Name of the Course	No. of Vacancies
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun - 146th (DE) Course commencing in January, 2019	100
Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala - Course commencing in January, 2019	45
Air Force Academy, Hyderabad—(Pre-Flying) Training Course commencing in February, 2019	32
Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) - 109th SSC (Men) Course (NT) commencing in April, 2019	225
Officers Training Academy, Chennai—23rd Women (Non-Technical) Course commencing in April, 2019.	12

UPSC CDS Eligibility Criteria – UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018

You should be an unmarried male candidate (unmarried female candidates in case of the 5th institute).


Institute	Age Limit	Educational Qualifications
IMA	You should be born between 2nd January 1995 and 1st January 2000.	Degree of a recognised University or equivalent.
Indian Naval Academy	You should be born between 2nd January 1995 and 1st January 2000.	Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/Institution.
Air Force Academy	You should be born between 2nd January 1995 and 1st January 1999.	Degree of a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.
Officers' Training Academy (SSC Course for men)	You should be born between 2nd January 1994 and 1st January 2000.	-
Officers' Training Academy (SSC Women Non-Technical Course)	You should be born between 2nd January 1994 and 1st January 2000.	-

UPSC CDS Exam Pattern – UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018

There are two phases of the exam – written test and Intelligence and Personality test.

Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
English	2 hours	100
General Knowledge	2 hours	100
Elementary Mathematics	2 hours	100

For admission to Officer’s Training Academy, the Elementary Mathematics paper is not there.Furthermore, all the questions are of objective nature. And you have to sit for the exam in offline mode.

Elementary Mathematics questions will be of the 10th Standard level. And for the other subjects, questions will be such as may be expected from a graduate of an Indian University

How to Apply Online for UPSC CDS Exam – UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018

Visit their official website or click on the direct link given above.
Click on Part I Registration.
Then, fill in the details correctly and completely.
After that, in part 2, you need to make the application fee payment. Also, you have to upload scanned copies of your photograph and signature.
Furthermore, you also need to select the examination center.
Finally, submit the form

Do note that you can not make any changes once you submit.

UPSC CDS Application Fee – UPSC CDS Recruitment Notification 2018

You have to pay Rs.200 as application fee. But if you are a woman or belong to SC/ST category, you don’t have to pay any fee.

UPSC CDS Examination Centers

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun,

Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur, and Visakhapatnam.

UPSC CDS Pay Scale

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Nandha 1 Months ago

part time engineering degree is eligible for cds