Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS)
Women officers are inducted in the Indian Army through the Shot Service Commission (Non-Technical) scheme. Under this scheme, the female candidates aspiring to be part of Indian Army must appear for Combined Defence Services Examination. The CDS exam is conduced twice a year, in the months of July and November by UPSC.

Eligibility criteria
• Age Limit: The candidate must be in the age group of 19 to 25 years
• Academic Qualifications:  Candidate must be a graduate from a recognized university
• Marital Status: Un-Married
• Mental/Physical Fitness: The candidate must be mentally and physically fit and free from any diseases.
• Height: For female candidates, the minimum height must be 152 cms
• Weight: Weight must be in corroboration with the height
• Eye Sight: Eyesight should be 6/6 or 6/36 for Distant Vision, for spectacles corrected vision must be 6/9
• Myopia limit: Myopia limit for Indian Army is -3.75D

Hello Mannat,

No, you are not eligible for applying in CDS(Combined Defence Exam) as the eligibility criteria

for appearing is candidate should have passed Graduation degree or in final year.

The age limit is  between 20-24 years old.

You can also visit the careers360 regarding it-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-exam

Thank You.

Hope it helps.

Noo You cant apply to CDS exam..

As The CDS exam eligibility , candidates applying for the exam must be 20 to 24 years. Candidates who have passed graduation or appearing for their final year are eligible to apply for CDS exam provided they submit a relevant certificate of passing the examination at the time of commencement of course.