CDS 2 2015 Notification and Exam Date. Aspirants, in this article you will get to know few important dates and things regarding the upcoming CDS 2 2015 Exam of 2015. CDSE 2 2015 is the biggest exam for induction of officers into the three forces i.e. Army, Navy and Air force. While the female candidates can apply for only SSC Non Tech in Army, male candidates can apply for Army, Airforce (Flying) and Navy. Here are few important dates related to the upcoming CDS 2 2015 exam:
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CDS 2 2015 Notification and Exam Date
- CDS 2 2015 Notification Date: The notification for CDS II 2015 will be released on 18th July 2015. The candidates can read the details of eligibility and age criteria, details about the exam, and other things in the advertisement. They can start filling up the forms then only. The advertisement will be released in the major newspapers (Employment News) and website of UPSC. Candidates can fill up the forms online on the official website of UPSC www.upsc.gov.in.
- Last Date of Receipt of Applications: Candidates have to apply before 14th August 2015.
- CDS 2 2015 Exam Date: The exam of CDSE II 2015 will be conducted on 1st November 2015.
CDS 2 2015 Notification Details
CDS 2 2015 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. A candidate appearing in CDSE 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 CDSE for OTA candidates consists of only two papers English and General Awareness and for IMA, NA and AFA candidates it consists of three papers English, General Awareness and Mathematics.
Written Pattern for IMA, NA and AFA:
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Paper
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Subject
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Duration
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Maximum Marks
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I
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English
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2 hours
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100
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II
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General Knowledge
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2 hours
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100
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III
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Elementary Mathematics
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2 hours
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100
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Total
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300
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Written Pattern for OTA:
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Paper
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Subject
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Duration
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Maximum Marks
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I
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English
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2 hours
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100
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II
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General Knowledge
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2 hours
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100
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Total
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200
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There is negative marking 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 II 2015 are called for personality Tests or SSB. Each candidate has to go through SSB, irrespective of the service applied for.
