CDS 2025 Recent Notification: Latest Updates on Combined Defense Services Exam
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CDS EXAM DETAILS OVERVIEW 2025
UPSC COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES (I) EXAM 2025-
UPSC-CDS (I) 2025 Exam applications can only be submitted online.
For office student recruitment in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the UPSC-CDS exam is conducted twice a year.
The Service Selection Board conducts interviews with candidates who pass the CDS written test, and if they are ultimately chosen, according on their merit score and list ranking, they then get assigned to one of the following institutes for orientation training:
- Indian Military Academy, Dehradun
- Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala
- Air Force Academy, Hyderabad
- Officers Training Academy, Chennai (Madras)
- Officers Training Academy, Chennai SSC Women (Non-Technical)
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Particulars |
Details |
Organization |
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
Exam Name |
Combined Defence Services Examination(II)2023 |
Exam Level |
National |
Exam frequency |
Twice a year |
CDS 1 Vacancy |
457 |
Mode of Application |
Online |
Mode of Examination |
Offline |
Time duration of Exam |
Two hours |
Language of question paper |
English and Hindi |
Application Fee |
INR 200/- |
Exam Purpose |
To select candidates as Commissioned Officers in the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force |
Types of Question |
Multiple choice questions |
Marking Scheme |
1/3 for each incorrect answer |
No of the test cities |
41 |
Official Website |
Women candidates are eligible for CDS OTA (Officers Training Academy, Chennai)
The first three institutes will offer permanent commission to those who register. Officers Training Academy graduates will receive a short service commission. When completing the online application forms, all applicants have to confirm their choices.
CDS 1 Vacancies 2025
Along with the official CDS 1 Notification 2025, fresh vacancies that will be filled through the CDS-I 2025 test for the course starting in 2025 will be released. 457 openings for the Indian Air Force, Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Officer's Training Academy have been made public this year through CDS 1 Notification. Look at the distribution of vacancies.
CDS 1 2025 Vacancy |
|
Name of the academy |
Number of Vacancies |
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun |
100 |
Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala |
32 |
Air Force Academy, Hyderabad |
32 |
Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) SSC Men |
275 |
Officers Training Academy, Chennai SSC Women |
18 |
Total Vacancies |
457 |
Note- Commission may decide to change the examination's date, which is stated above.
The number of vacancies shown above is descriptive and subject to change by Services H. Q. at any time.
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CDS 1 EXAMINATION SCHEME 2025
The CDS 1 Competitive examination comprises:
(a) CDS Written examination
(b) CDS Interview for intelligence and personality test of such candidates as may be called for interview at one of the Services Selection Centres.
The subjects of the CDS written examination as follows:
For Admission to CDS Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy:—
1. English
2. General Knowledge
3. Elementary Mathematics
For Admission to CDS Officers Training Academy:-
2. General Knowledge
HOW TO APPLY FOR CDS 1 2025
Candidates must use the website to submit their online CDS application forms.
Detailed instructions are available on the above-mentioned UPSC website
A CDS application cannot be submitted in any other way.
CDS Application Fee 2025
You can pay the application fees both offline and online.
The exam fee may be paid in cash at any SBI branch, online through the bank's net banking service, or with any VISA, Mastercard, credit card, or debit card.
Category |
Fees (In INR) |
General/OBC |
200 |
SC/ST/Sons of JCOs, NCOs, ORs |
Nil |
CDS EXAMINATION CENTERS 2025
More than 70 places offer the CDS exam. Choosing a desired exam city is a requirement for candidates when filling out the application. Candidates are assigned exam locations according to the first-to-apply rule. Below is a list of the cities hosting CDS exam.
Agartala |
Ghaziabad |
Panaji (Goa) |
Agra |
Gorakhpur |
Patna |
Ajmer |
Gurgaon |
Port Blair |
Ahmedabad |
Gwalior |
Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
Aizawl |
Hyderabad |
Puducherry |
Aligarh |
Imphal |
Pune |
Almora (Uttarakhand) |
Indore |
Raipur |
Anantpur (Andhra Pradesh) |
Itanagar |
Rajkot |
Aurangabad |
Jabalpur |
Ranchi |
Bengaluru |
Jaipur |
Sambalpur |
Bareilly |
Jammu |
Shillong |
Bhopal |
Jodhpur |
Shimla |
Bilaspur |
Jorhat |
Siligudi |
Chandigarh |
Kochi |
Srinagar |
Chennai |
Kohima |
Srinagar (Uttarakhand) |
Coimbatore |
Kolkata |
Thane |
Cuttack |
Kozhikode (Calicut) |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Dehradun |
Leh |
Tiruchirapalli |
Delhi |
Lucknow |
Tirupati |
Dharwad |
Ludhiana |
Udaipur |
Dispur |
Madurai |
Varanasi |
Faridabad |
Mumbai |
Vellore |
Gangtok |
Mysore |
Vijayawada |
Gaya |
Nagpur |
Vishakhapatnam |
Gautam Buddh Nagar |
Navi Mumbai |
Warangal |
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