Hello,

The age limit for CDS exam is that the candidate must be from 19 years to 25 years, the education qualification required to appear for the same is that the candidate must have completed their graduation in any stream from any recognised university.


The CDS age limit for UR candidates is as follows:

For Indian military academy, 19 to 24 years, martial status should be unmarried


For Indian Naval academy, 19 to 24 years, martial status should be unmarried


For Air Force Academy, 20 to 24 years, martial status should be unmarried



For Officer's Training academy (Men), 19 to 25 years, martial status could be married or unmarried



For Officers Training academy (women, Non- technical), 19 to 25 years, martial status could be either unmarried, widow or Divorcee


For more relevant information, you may visit here;
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria




Hope this helps, all the best.

Hello aspirant,

Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Commission Candidates. It is a offline exam. It is conducted twice every year.

Candidates must be between 19 year's to 25 years and must be unmarried. You are now 23 years old and by 2022 you'll be 24 years. So, you'll be eligible to write CDS 1 and 2 in 2022. The candidates must have completed their graduation.

The age limit is different for various CDS courses and C DS age limit for Unreserved candidates is given below.

For Indian Naval Academy

Age Limit : 19 year's  to 24 years

Martial status :  Unmarried

For Indian Military Academy

Age limit : 19 year's too 24 years

Martial status: Unmarried

For Air Force Academy

Age limit: 20 year's to 24 years

Marital status: Unmarried

For Officer's Training Academy (Men)

Age limit: 19 year's  to 25 years

Martial status: Married/ Unmarried

For Officers Training academy (women, Non- technical)

Age limit: 19 years to 25 years

Marital status: U nmarried/ Divorcee/ Widow

To get more information about CDS eligibility criteria, qualifications etc go through below mentioned link.

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

I hope this information was useful to you.

Good Luck!!

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