UPSC CDS 1, NDA 1 Registration 2025
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The UPSC CDS 1 exam 2025 aims to fill a total of 457 vacancies in the organisation through the recruitment drive. The NDA 1 2025 aims to fill up a total of 406 vacancies. Out of the total 406 vacancies, 27 are for women. Vacancies are provisional and may be changed depending on the availability of training capacity of the National Defence Academy and Indian Naval Academy.
The UPSC CDS 1 exam 2025 and UPSC NDA 1 2025 exam is scheduled to be conducted on 13 April 2025, at various examination centres across the country. The candidates may note that after closing the application window, the application correction window will be opened from 1 to 7 January 2025. The candidates will be allowed to make changes to their application forms if required.
The candidates have to pay an application fee of Rs 200 to register for the UPSC CDS 2025 exam. According to the official notification,“All female candidates and candidates belonging to scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST) are exempted from paying any fee.” The deadline to pay the application fees is also 31 December 2024.
UPSC CDS 1 Registration 2025: Exam pattern
(a) For Admission to Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), and Air Force Academy (AFA)
Subject | Code | Duration | Maximum Marks |
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English | 11 | 2 Hours | 100 |
General Knowledge | 12 | 2 Hours | 100 |
Elementary Mathematics | 13 | 2 Hours | 100 |
(b) For Admission to Officers’ Training Academy (OTA)
Subject | Code | Duration | Maximum Marks |
---|---|---|---|
English | 11 | 2 Hours | 100 |
General Knowledge | 12 | 2 Hours | 100 |
The written examination and the interview for each course carry equal weight in terms of maximum marks. Specifically, both the written exam and interview are assigned 300 marks each for admission to the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), and Air Force Academy (AFA), while for the Officers’ Training Academy (OTA), the maximum marks for each are 200.
Additionally, all subjects in the examination will comprise objective-type questions. The question papers for General Knowledge and Elementary Mathematics will be provided in both Hindi and English.
The UPSC NDA 1 exam 2025 will be conducted in offline mode. The NDA 1 paper will have two papers- mathematics and the General Ability Test (GAT). The duration of each paper in the NDA 1 2025 exam is 2 hours 30 minutes. The NDA 1 GAT paper will be conducted from 10 am to 12: 30 pm.
The NDA 1 2025 mathematics paper will be held from 2 pm to 4:30 pm. The medium of the NDA 1 exam 2025 is English and Hindi. The NDA 1 mathematics exam will include 120 questions and carry 300 marks. The UPSC NDA 1 GAT paper 2025 will include a total of 150 questions and carry 600 marks in total.
UPSC CDS 1, NDA 1 Registration 2025: How to register?
- Firstly, candidates need to visit the official website i.e. upsconline.gov.in.
- Then click on the application link available on the home page.
- Register yourself and fill out the application form.
- Pay the required fees and submit the form.
- Save the confirmation page and take a printout for future reference.
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