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CDS 1 2014 Exam Pattern

Tashi Mishra
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Last updated: March 7, 2015
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CDS 1 2014 notification has been released by UPSC and registrations for the same are open. Many of you must have already registered and those of you who have not you should register as soon as possible. CDSE gives you a great opportunity for joining the forces i.e. Army, Navy or Airforce. A candidate can opt for IMA, OTA, NA or AFA; however women candidates can only apply for OTA. The exam pattern for OTA differs slightly from the exam pattern of IMA, NA and AFA.

CDS 1 2014 Exam Pattern

A candidate appearing in CDS 1 2014 has to give three papers, each of two hour duration. The papers are of English, General Awareness and Mathematics. After the written test the selected candidates are put through an interview which is more of a personality test conducted in two stages. The candidate who successfully clears stage I advances to stage two and those who clear stage II are sent for medicals. An all India Merit separately for IMA, NA, OTA (men and women separately) and AFA is released which comprises of marks of both written test and personality interview.
The written test of CDS 1 2014 for OTA candidates will consist of only two papers English and General Awareness and for IMA, NA and AFA candidates will consist of three papers English, General Awareness and Mathematics. Here is the pattern of CDS 1 2014 in a tabular form:

Written Pattern for IMA, NA and AFA

Paper

Subject

Duration

Maximum Marks

I

English

2 hours

100

II

General Knowledge

2 hours

100

III

Elementary Mathematics

2 hours

100

Total

300

Written Pattern for OTA

Paper

Subject

Duration

Maximum Marks

I

English

2 hours

100

II

General Knowledge

2 hours

100

Total

200

There is negative marking in CDS 1 2014 as well, so for each wrong answer the penalty would be 1/3rd of the marks which you’ll get on a single correct answer.
The successful candidates of written exam of CDS 1 2014 will be called for personality Tests or SSB. Each candidate has to go through SSB, irrespective of the service applied for. SSB consists of two stage procedure, Stage I comprising of PPDT and OIR Tests and Stage II of Psychological Tests, GT series and a Personal Interview. The candidates who clear the SSB are sent for medical examination. Final Merit list is made according to the marks in Written and SSB and successful candidates who appear in the merit according to the capacity of intake are inducted as officers.


CDS 2 2013 Written Test Result by UPSC



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She is a defense aspirant from Varanasi completed her BCA. She has attended SSB Interview at 1 AFSB Dehradoon and has more SSB coming up. She is confident about joining Defence Forces one day. Here, she is sharing her views and experience. Mail us to join our editorial team now.
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