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CDS 2026 (I & II)

Combined Defence Services Examination

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About the exam

Recruitment to IMA, INA, AFA and Officers Training Academy for short and permanent commission.

Eligibility

Graduate (engineering for some). Age 19–25 years.

Syllabus & exam pattern

English

  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

General Knowledge

  • History
  • Polity
  • Geography
  • Current Affairs

Elementary Mathematics

  • Arithmetic
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Mensuration
  • Statistics

Previous cut-offs

YearGeneralOBCSCST
2024 (I) IMA115115115115

Important questions

  1. Q1. Headquarters of the Indian Army?
    Answer: New Delhi
  2. Q2. Operation Vijay was related to?
    Answer: Kargil War, 1999