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sir I am doing bca from distance education can I apply for cds exam am I eligible?


pawansamal119 26th Nov, 2021
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pdwords Student Expert 26th Nov, 2021

Hello,

If you are pursuing graduation in distance mode from a recognized university, then your degree is valid, and you can definitely appear for CDS exam provided you meet other criteria as well as follows-

Indian Military Academy:

  • Passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized university
  • Age limit to be between 19 to 24 years along with unmarried status

Air Force Academy:

  • Passed bachelor's degree in engineering  or bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university with physics and mathematics at 10+2 level
  • Age limit to be between 19 to 24 years along with unmarried status.

Indian Naval Academy:

  • Passed bachelor's degree in engineering from any recognized university
  • Age limit to be between 19 to 24 years along with unmarried status.

Officer's Training Academy(Men):

  • Candidates need to pass graduation in any discipline from a recognized university,
  • Age limit to be between 19 to 25 years along with unmarried status.

Candidates in their final year of graduation too are eligible to apply provisionally provided there are no backlogs and they can show the proof of the qualifying examination within the prescribed time frame,

hence with BCA you are eligible for IMA/OTA and in case you had studied mathematics at 10+2 level then only for Air Force Academy,

Indian Navy Academy isn't possible as its eligibility criteria is BTech.

to know more details regarding this, visit our page at https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 26th Nov, 2021

Hi

Yes, you are definitely eligible for CDS examination even if you are pursuing BCA from distance education provided your University is recognised by UGC or AICTE in case of technical Institution.

For your reference,

CDS eligibility criteria is given below:-


-------------------) Educational qualifications

CDS Courses

CDS Educational Qualification

***** Indian Military Academy

---------) A bachelor's degree from a recognised Institution /university  in any discipline like BA/BCOM/BSC/Btech or any other graduation degree .

***** Indian Naval Academy

---------) You need Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

***** Air Force Academy

---------)Bachelor degree in engineering

OR

---------)Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with Physics and Mathematics in your 10+2 level


***** OTA (Men)

---------) Bachelor's Degree from a recognised institution/university in any discipline

***** OTA (Women - Non-Technical)

---------) Bachelor's Degree from a recognised institution/university any discipline



-------------------) Age limit & Marital status:-

CDS Courses

CDS Age Limit

Marital Status

***** Indian Military Academy

19 to 24 years

Unmarried

***** Indian Naval Academy

19 to 24 years

Unmarried

***** Air Force Academy

20 to 24 years

Unmarried

***** OTA (Men)

19 to 25 years

Unmarried & Married

***** OTA (Women, Non-Technical)

19 to 25 years

Unmarried, Widow & Divorcee


-------------) Nationality



NATIONALITY

You should be citizen of India

Or should be citizen of

-----) Nepal

-----) Bhutan

-----) or you need to be a  Tibetan refugee, who came before 1st January  1962 to permanently settle here in India

or you should be Indian origin person  migrated to permanently settle in India from :

------) Burma

-----)Pakistan

-----)Sri Lanka

-----) East African countries i. e

  • Uganda

  • Kenya

  • Tanzania

  • Malawi

  • Zambia

  • Zaire

  • Ethiopia

  • Vietnam.


To get the complete eligibility criteria go through the link given below:-


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


Thank you





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