Hi Arya,

As per the CDS eligibility criteria 2022, applicants wanting to appear for CDS 1 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. For CDS courses like Indian Military Academy and Indian Naval Academy, the age limit is 19 to 24 years. For Air Force Academy, it is 20 to 24 years. For Officers' Training Academy(women), it is 19 to 25 years.

For further details about the exam, you may refer to this link:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/cds/amp

Hope this helps.

Hello Aspirant ,

Yes , You will be eligible for Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam as the age limit for this exam requires for a student to be between 19 to 24 or 25 depending upon the  academy you choose but you will be eligible next year as a student should have completed its course or be in the fiinal year of your course.

You will not be eligible for  INA(Indian Naval Academy )  it needs a BTech degree( you will be eligbile also for Air Force Academy (AFA)  you need to have PCM in your class 11 and 12.

For more details visit : https://competition.careers360.com/exams/cds

Hope this helps.

Hello Aspirant,

Right now you are approx. 21 years old and according to your age you are eligible for all the CDS 2023 courses so you can appear for CDS 2023 because you will be completing your graduation in 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!!

Hi there,

CDS exam is conducted twice in a year for recruiting candidates at different post in Indian Defences services.

Eligibility criteria for CDS is following:

Candidates minimum age should be 19 years while maximum age can be 25 years.

Candiates should have completed their graduation from any disciple from a recognized university.

Candidates should be resident of India.

According to following criteria and information provided by you. You are eligible to appear in CDS.

For more details follow this link: https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

Hope it helps

Good luck!