COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION (II),(CDS) 2015

COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION (II), 2015

No. 8/1/2015-E.I(B)- A Combined Defence Services Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 1November, 2015 for admission to the under mentioned courses:-

Name of the Course and Approximate                                                                              No. of Vacancies.

1. Indian Military Academy, Dehradun 141 Course com-mencing in July, 2016           200

[including vacancies reserved for NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing) hold-ers].

2. Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala-Course commencing in July, 2016                         45

Executive (Hydro/General Service) (including 06 vacancies reserved

for NCC ‘C’ Certificate holders (Naval Wing).

3. Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course commencing                32

in July, 2016 i.e. No. 200/16 F/PC Course.

4. Officers Training Academy, Chennai, 104th SSC Course (for Men)                              175

commencing in October, 2016.

5. Officers Training Academy,Chennai 18th SSC Women (Non-Technical)                       11

Course commencing in October, 2016

Note i :

The date of holding the exami-nation as mentioned above is liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission

Note ii : The number of vacancies given above is tentative and may be changed at any stage by Services H.Q.

N.B. (I) (a) :A candidate is required to specify clearly in respective column of the Online Application the Services for which he/she wishes to be considered in the order of his/her preference. A male candi- date is advised to indicate as many pref-erences as he wishes to, subject to the condition given at paras (b) and (c) below, so that having regard to his rank in theorder of merit due consideration can be given to his preferences when making appointment

IMPORTANT

1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:

The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all eli-gibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely Provisional subject to satisfying the pre-scribed eligibility conditions.

Mere issue of Admission Certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission.

Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents will be taken up only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

2. How to Apply

Candidates are required to apply online only, by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in.

Detailed instructions are available on the abovemen-tioned website. Brief instructions for filling up the Online Application Form have been given in the Appendix II.

3. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:

The Online Applications can be filled upto 14th August, 2015 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled

4. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No e – Admit Card will be sent by post. All the applicants are required to provide valid & active e-mail i.d. while filling up Online applica-tion form as the Commission may use electronic mode for contacting them.
5. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS :

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.

6. For both writing and marking answers in the OMR sheet [Answer Sheet], can-didates must use black ball pen only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited.Do not use Pencil or Inkpen. Candidates should note that any omission/mis-take/discrepancy in encoding/filling of details in the OMR answer sheet, especial-ly with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code, will render the

answer sheet liable for rejection. Candidates are further advised to read carefully the “Special Instructions” contained in Appendix-III of the Notice.

Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status :

(i) For IMA-Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 1992 and not later than 1st July, 1997 only are eligible.

(ii) For Indian Naval Academy-Unmarried male candidates born not ear-lier than 2nd July, 1992 and not later than1st July, 1997 only are eligible.

(iii) For Air Force Academy

Age : 20 to 24 Years as on 1st July, 2016 i.e. born not earlier than 02 July, 1992 and not later than 01 July, 1996 (Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and cur-rent Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable upto 26 Yrs. i.e.born not earlier than 02 July, 1990 and not later than 01 July 1996) only are eligible.

Note : Candidate below 25 years of age must be unmarried. Marriage is not per-mitted during training. Married candidates above 25 years of age are eligible to apply but during training period they will neither be provided married accommodation nor can they live out with family.

(iv) For Officers’ Training Academy-(SSC Course for Men) :Male candidates (married or unmarried) born not earlier than 2nd July, 1991 and not later than 1^st July, 1997 only are eligible.

(v) For Officers, Training Academy -(SSC Women Non-Technical Course)Unmarried Women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees (in possession of divorce docu-ments) who have not remarried are eligi-ble. They should have been born not ear-lier than 2nd July, 1991 and not later than 1st July, 1997.

NOTE: Male divorcee/widower candi-dates cannot be treated as unmarried male for the purpose of their admission in IMA/INA/AFA courses and accordingly they are not eligible for these courses.

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract

from a Register of Matriculates main-tained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

These certificates are required to be sub- mitted only after the declaration of the result of the written part of the examina-tion. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted. The expression Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes th alternative certificates mentioned above.

Sometimes the Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate does not show the date of birth, or only shows the age by completed years or completed years and months. In such cases a candi-date must send in addition to the self attested/certified copy of Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate a self attested/certified copy of a certifi-cate from the Headmaster/Principal of the Institution from where he/she passsed the Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination showing the date of his/her birth or exact age as recorded in the Admission Register of the Institution.

NOTE 1 :Candidates should note that only the Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of submission of applications will be accepted by the Commission and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.

NOTE 2 : Candidates should also note that once a Date of Birth has been claimed by them and entered in the

records of the Commission for the pur- pose of admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently or at a subsequent examination on any ground whatsoever.

NOTE 3 : The candidates should exercise due care while entering their date of birth.

If on verification at any subsequent stage any variation is found in their date of birth from the one entered in their Matriculation or equivalent examination certificate, dis-ciplinary action will be taken against them by the Commission under the Rules.

(c) Educational Qualifications :(i) For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training Academy- Degree of a recognized University or equivalent.

(ii) For Indian Naval Academy :Degree in Engineering from a recognized University/ Institution

(iii) For Air Force Academy : Degree of a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.

Graduates with first choice as Army/Navy/Air Force are to submit proof of graduation provisional certificates on the date of commencement of the SSB Interview at the SSB.

Candidates who are studying in the final year/semester Degree course and have yet to pass the final year degree exami-nation can also apply provided candidate should not have any present backlog upto the last semester/Year for which results have been declared upto the time of sub-mission of application and they will be required to submit proof of passing the degree examination at the time of SSB to reach the Army. HQ/Rtg. CDSE Entry,

West Block III, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 in case of IMA/SSC first choice candidates and Naval HQ “DMPR”, (OI & R Section) Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 in case of Navy first choice candidates and PO3(A)/Air Headquarters,‘J’ Block, Room No. 17, Opp. Vayu Bhawan, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 in case of Air Force first choice candidates by the fol-lowing dates failing which their candida-ture will stand cancelled :

(i) For admission to IMA, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy on or before 13th May, 2016.

(ii) For admission to Officer’s Training Academy, Chennai on or before 1^st August, 2016.Candidates possessing professional andtechnical qualifications which are recog-nised by government as equivalent to pro-fessional and technical degrees would also be eligible for admission to the exam-ination.In exceptional cases the Commission may treat a candidate, who does not possess any of the qualifications prescribed in this rule as educationally qualified provided that he/she possesses qualifications, the standard of which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies his/her admission to the examination

 FEE :

Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST candidates who are exempted from pay-ment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred Only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card.

  Syllabus

1. Scheme of examination
2. The competitive examination comprises.
3. Written examination as shown in para 2 below.
4. Interview for intelligence and personality test(vide Part ‘B’ of this Appendix) of such candidates as may be called for interview at one of the service selection centres.
5. The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follow.

Subject	Duration	Maximum marks
English	2 hours	100
General knowledge	2 hours	100
Elementary mathematics	2 hours	100

(b) for admission to officers training Academy

Subject	Duration	Maximum marks
English	2 hours	100
General knowledge	2 hours	100

English Syllabus

The question paper is designed to test your understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.

Questions in English are from Synonyms, Antonyms, Reading Comprehension, Para Jumbles, Error Spotting, Jumbled Sentences, Sentence Correction and Fill in the Blanks.

General Knowledge Syllabus

General Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The paper also includes questions on History of India and Geography of a nature.

Elementary Mathematics Syllabus

Arithmetic

Number System – Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and Real numbers. Fundamental operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Square roots, Decimal fractions.

Unitary method – time and distance, time and work, percentages, applications to simple and compound interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, variation.

Elementary Number Theory – Division algorithm. Prime and composite numbers. Tests of divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11. Multiples and factors. Factorisation Theorem. H.C.F. and L.C.M. Euclidean algorithm, Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.

Algebra

Basic Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M. Theory of polynomials, solutions of quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real roots to be considered). Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns-analytical and graphical solutions. Simultaneous linear equations in two variables and their solutions. Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or inequations in two variables or quadratic equations in one variable & their solutions. Set language and set notation, Rational expressions and conditional identities, Laws of indices.

Trigonometry

Sine x, cosine x, Tangent x when 0 < x < 90 degrees, Values of sin x, cos x and tan x, for x = 0, 30, 45, 60 and 90 degrees, Simple trigonometric identities, Use of trigonometric tables, simple cases of heights and distances.

Geometry

Lines and angles, Plane and plane figures, Theorems on (i) Properties of angles at a point (ii) Parallel lines, (iii) Sides and angles of a triangle, (iv) Congruency of triangles, (v) Similar triangles, (vi) Concurrence of medians and altitudes, (vii) Properties of angles, sides and diagonals of a parallelogram, rectangle and square (viii) Circles and its properties including tangents and normals, (ix) Loci.

Mensuration

Areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangle and circle. Areas of figures which can be split up into these figures (Field Book), Surface area and volume of cuboids, lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and cylinders, surface area and volume of spheres.

Statistics

Collection and tabulation of statistical data, Graphical representation frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts, etc. Measures of central tendency.

Intelligence and Personality Test

In addition to the interview the candidates will be put to Intelligence Tests both verbal and non-verbal, designed to assess their basic intelligence. They will also be put to Group Tests such as group discussions, group planning, outdoor group tasks, and asked to give brief lectures on specified subjects. All these tests are intended to judge the mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also his social traits and interests in current affairs.

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