If you are 19 now then you must be between 21 or 22 after the completion of your graduation. There is no restrictions in number of attempts you give in CDS exam however age is. A candidate can give the CDS exam in ages ranging from 19 to 25 for different branches.

For IMA, your age should be between 19-24 years. For NA, your age should be between 19-22 years. For AFA your age should be between 19-23 years. For OTA, your age should be between 19-25 years.

The CDS exam helds twice a year so you may give 6-9 attempts after completion of your graduation.

Dear aspirant !!

Hope you are doing great !! You will get the sufficient number of attempts to crack the exam . Please focus on your preparation and work hard . You need to 1 attempt to qualify the exam ,you know very well what I mean . So don't think about these things .

Eligibility of CDS exam is graduation . The minimum educational eligibility for apperaing for CDSE is Graduation. If you are 12th passed, and have age between 16.5yrs -19.5 yrs then you can go for NDA examination , to join defence forces as an officer.

For more information about cds ,visit the link ;-

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://competition.careers360.com/exams/cds/amp&ved=2ahUKEwji4vy3nbf4AhXexjgGHdX4DKcQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw16i9wNpQnvfE44GboBuQA7 .

Hope it helps you !

Thanks

Hello Aspirant,

By 2023 you will be of approx. 23 years old and according to your age you will be eligible for all the CDS 2023 courses including IMA so you can appear for CDS 2 2023 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.

Good Luck!!

Hello Aspirant,

As per the CDS eligibility criteria 2022, applicants wanting to appear for CDS exam 2022 should be graduates and between the age group of 19 to 25 years. No CDS age limit relaxation is given to reserved category candidates.

Please find attached the link below to know more about CDS examination.

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

Hope this helps!!

CDSE education criteria is bachelors degree from any recognized college.

so you can aplly for it

Hello aspirant,

Yes you will be eligible for CDS 2023 exam as the eligibility criteria for CDS says that candidates must be born between 2nd July 1999 and 1st July 2005. So according to this, you will be eligible for the CDS exam 2023.

Furthermore, the full eligibility criteria for cds exam is as follows:

Age limit: 19-25 years

Educational qualification: Graduation in any disciple form recognised university

Further to know more about the CDS exam - eligibility criteria, admissions, career, etc - you can follow below mentioned link to know more about it : https://www.google.com/amp/s/competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria/amp

I hope that this will help.

Hi there.

Yes, you indeed can apply for CDS 1 OTA in 2023 considering your age. Here I am listing the eligibility criteria for CDS OTA.

• Must be at least 19 years old before taking the test and cannot be more than 25 years old while taking it.

  The candidate must be single, widower, or divorced and have not remarried.

  Tattoos are only permitted on the inside elbow to the wrist area, as well as the back of the palm. Any other tattoo will result in disqualification.

  A minimum height of 148 cm is required for women.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria#:~:text=1%20Candidates%20who%20have%20settled%20in%20India%20permanently,must%20meet%20the%20physical%20standard%20specified%20by%20UPSC.

The age limit for the different services offered through CDS is different. Now as per your question, you are aspiring to appear for the CDS2 examination in 2023. Now different services the age limit is provided below:

As a result you are eligible for the CDS 2 2023 examination.

For more information regarding the CDS 2 2022 consider the link below:

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

I hope this helps. Wish you a great afternoon!

Hello kunal,

Hope you are doing great.

See looking as per your DOB as well as year of the completion of your graduation , you won't be eligible for  IMA , AFA OR INA. Because by the time you complete your graduation you will exceed  the maximum age criteria.

But yes you are eligible for OTA with only one attempt that is too in the  last year of your graduation. Because by the time you complete your graduation you will exceed the maximum age criteria which is of 25 years.

So overall it means you have only one attempt to give it a go for CDS.

Hope it might have helped.