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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 |
Last Date For Receipt of Applications: 06.06.2011
Important Links:
- Apply Online
- Website: www.upsc.gov.in
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