SYLLABUS FOR CDSE (COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICE EXAM)
MATHEMATICS (100 Question)
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GENERAL ENGLISH (120 Questions)
OTHERS
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General Studies (120 Questions)
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Exam Conducted – Twice in a Year April (CDS Ist) September (CDS IInd)
Age | IMA, INA AFA OTA | 19 TO 24 YEARS (MALE CANDIDATES ONLY) 20 TO 24 YEARS (MALE CANDIDATES ONLY) 19 TO 25 YEARS (MALE & FEMALE) |
Qualification | IMA & OTA | For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai — Degree of a recognised University or equivalent. |
INA | For Indian Naval Academy— Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/Institution | |
AFA | For Air Force Academy—Degree of a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering |
CDSE : EXAM PATTERN | |||||
Paper’s | Subject | Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration | Negative Marking |
Paper-1 | ENGLISH | 120 | 100 | 2 hours | 0.27 |
Paper-2 | GK | 120 | 100 | 2 hours | 0.27 |
Paper-3 | Mathematics | 100 | 100 | 2 hours | 0.33 |
340 | 300 | 6 hours | - |
SSB INTERVIEW | 5 Days | Stage-1: Screening Test- (1) Verbal & non-verbal tests (2) PPDT (Picture Perception and Discussion Test) Stage-2: Psychological Test- (1) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) (2) Word Association Test (WAT) (3) Situation Reaction Test (SRT) (4) Self Description Test (SD) Group Testing Officers Test- (1)GD (Group Disscussion) (2) GPE (Group Planning Exercise) (3) PGT (Progressive Group Task) (4) HGT (Half Group Task) (5) IOT (Individual Obstacle Task) (6) Command Task (7) Snake race/Group Obstacle Race (8) Individual lecture (9) FGT (Final Group Task) Personal InterviewConference |
6 to 10 Day | Document Verification & Medical |