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(CDS 2011) Combined Defence Services Examination (II) 2011

Union Public Service Commission

Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2011

Examination Notice No. 09/2011-CDS-II

No. 8/1/2011-E.I(B)- A Combined Defence Services Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 18th September, 2011 for admission to the undermentioned courses.

Important

1. Candidates To Ensure Their Eligibility For The Examination:

The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. Mere issue of Admission Certificate to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

2. How to Apply

a) Candidates are required to apply online only, by using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the abovementioned website. However candidates residing in certain remote areas specified in Para 6 of this Notice, may also apply through offline mode, by using the Common Application Form (Form-E) devised for examinations conducted by the Commission. This Form can be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix-III of the Notice) throughout the country against cash payment of Rs.30/- (Rupees Thirty Only). Each such Form can be used only once and only for one examination. In case of any difficulty in obtaining Application Forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned Post Master or UPSC’s “FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL” over Telephone No. 011-23389366/FAX No. 011-23387310. It may be noted that offline applications, if any, received from candidates residing in normal areas/ abroad, shall be summarily rejected by the Commission. The option of offline application is available only to candidates residing in specified remote areas. (b) Candidates are advised to read carefully the instructions for filling up the Online Application Form given in Appendix-II (A) and instructions for offline Applications given in Appendix-II (B) of this Notice.
(a) Candidates are required to apply Online
using the link http://www.upsconline.
nic.in Detailed instructions for filling up
Online Applications are available on the
above mentioned website.
(b) Candidates residing in certain Remote
Areas specified in Para 6 of this Notice can
exercise the option of applying through
Offline mode also by using the Common
Application Form (Form-E) being used for

3. Last Date of Receipt of Applications:

(A) Online (From all candidates)
The Online Applications can be filled upto 6th June, 2011 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled.
(B) Offline (From candidates residing in specified remote areas only). All Offline
Applications from candidates residing in Remote Areas only specified in para 6 of this Notice must reach the “Controller of Examinations, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069 by Post/Speed Post only by 13th June, 2011. Candidates should note that no application will be received by Hand or by Courier.

4. 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.

5. Facilitation Counter For Guidance Of Candidates :

In case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC’s Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of its campus in person or over Telephone No.011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs. and 17.00 hrs.

6. Mobile Phones Banned:

(a) Mobiles phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations. (b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as arrangements for
safekeeping cannot be assured.

Name of the Course and Approximate No. of Vacancies.

1. Indian Military Academy, 250

Number of Vacancies: 250

2. Indian Naval Academy

Number of Vacancies: 40

3. Air Force Academy, Hyderabad

Number of Vacancies: 32

4. Officers Training Academy

Number of Vacancies: 175

5. Officers Training Academy

Number of Vacancies: 25

Qualification:

For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training Academy-Degree of a recognised University or equivalent.
For Indian Naval Academy : Degree in Engineering.
For Air Force Academy : Degree of a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.

Age:

For IMA-Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 1988 and not later than 1st July, 1993 only are eligible.
For Indian Naval Academy-Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 1990 (2nd July, 1988 in case of NCC Naval Wing ‘C’ Certificate holders) and not later than 1st July, 1993 only are eligible.
For Air Force Academy-Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 1989 and not later than 1st July, 1993 only are eligible.
For Officers' Training Academy- (SSC Course for Men) : Male candidates (married or unmarried) born not earlier than 2nd July, 1987 and not later than 1st July, 1993 only are eligible.
For Officers Training Academy - (SSC Women Non-Technical Course) Unmarried Women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees (in possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried are eligible. They should have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1987 and not later than 1st July, 1993.

The scheme, standard and syllabus of the examination:

A. Scheme of Examination

1. The Competitive examination comprises:
(a) Written examination as shown in para 2 below.
(b) 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 Services Selection Centres.
2. The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follows:
(a) For Admission to Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy.

Subject Duration Maximum Marks
1. English 2 Hours 100
2. General Knowledge 2 Hours 100
3. Elementary Mathematics 2 Hours 100
(b) For Admission to Officers’ Training Academy

Subject Duration Maximum Marks
1. English 2 Hrs. 100
2. General Knowledge 2 Hrs. 100
The maximum marks allotted to the written examination and to the interviews will be equal for each course i.e. the maximum marks allotted to the written examination and to the interviews will be 300, 300, 300 and 200 each for admission to the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Officers’ Training Academy respectively.
The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers (Test Booklets) of General Knowledge and Elementary Mathematics will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English.
In the question papers, wherever necessary, questions involving the metric system of Weights and Measures only will be set.
Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write answers for them.
The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.
The candidates are not permitted to use calculator for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall.

Examination Centre Codes:

Choose the correct Examination Centre code from the list given below where you wish to appear in Combined Defence Services Examination(II) 2011 and then darken the appropriate circles.

List of Centres for Combined Defence Services Examination(II) and their Codes

Centre	Code	Centre	Code	Centre	Code
Agartala	45	Gangtok	42	Panaji (Goa)	36
Ahmedabad	01	Hyderabad	10	Patna	15
Aizwal	47	Imphal	44	Port Blair	37
Allahabad	02	Itanagar	48	Raipur	49
Bangalore	03	Jaipur	11	Ranchi	41
Bareilly	54	Jammu	34	Sambalpur	53
Bhopal	04	Jorhat	46	Shillong	16
Chandigarh	35	Kochi	24	Shimla	17
Chennai	12	Kohima	43	Srinagar	18
Cuttack	07	Kolkata	06	Thiruvananthapuram	19
Dehradun	14	Lucknow	26	Tirupati	50
Delhi	08	Madurai	40	Udaipur	52
Dharwar	39	Mumbai	05	Vishakhapatnam	51
Dispur	09	Nagpur	13