Age, Marital Status and Sex: All unmarried male candidates age should be born between 2nd January 2002 to 1st January 2007 for Indian Military Academy and Naval Academy
All unmarried male candidates age should be born between 2nd January 2002 to 1st January 2006 for Air Force Academy.
All unmarried or married male candidates age should be born between 2nd January 2000 to 1st January 2006 for Officers Training Academy - SSC course for Men
All unmarried or issue less divorcees or issue less widows who have not remarried female candidates age should be born between 2nd January 2001 to 1st January 2007 for Officers Training Academy - SSC non-technical course for Women
Qualification: All candidates should have 12th Class of 10+2 system of Education/ Equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University with Physics and Math's for Air Force Academy.
All candidates should have Degree in prescribed format from a recognized University/ Institution for Indian Military Academy and Officers Training Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy.
All Candidates who are studying in the final year degree course and yet to pass the final year degree examination or equivalent examination can also apply for the exam, but they will be required to submit a proof of passing the degree examination or equivalent examination by the specified dates.
Physical Standard: All candidates must be physically fit according to the physical standards for admission to the Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS) (I), 2025 as prescribed in the detailed advertisement on the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) website.
Note: To join the Combined Defence Services (CDS), a candidate must appear in the Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination (I) 2025 which is being conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi, Delhi, India.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi, Delhi, India, is solely responsible for issuing guidelines for the selection and the final conduct of the Combined Defence Services (CDS) Entrance Examination (I) 2025.
Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS): The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold the Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS) (I), 2025 on 13th April 2025 for admission into Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Naval, Academy, Ezihimala, Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, and Officers Training Academy, Chennai for the courses (Men and Women) for recruitment of following various 457 Government or Sarkari Naukri, Jobs, Posts, Vacancies of Officers in Navy, Army, and Indian Air Force.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC): Book and Reference Guidebooks for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS) are available to purchase. There are many free study material and previous year question papers that are also available. Use them to your benefit and get ready to be selected for UPSC Combined Defence Services Examination (I) 2025.
Note: All selected candidates will undergo a training of 3 years duration at National Defence Academy (NDA) and 1 Year at IMA (for Army cadets/ 3 years duration at National Defence Academy (NDA) and 1 Year Naval Academy (NA) (for Naval cadets) and 3 years duration at National Defence Academy (NDA) and 1 and 1/2 years at AFA Hyderabad (For AF cadets) after getting selected through National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) Exam (I) 2025.