Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is likely to release the Combined Defence Services Examination II, 2017 admit card in the first week of November 2017. The last date to submit the online application for UPSC CDS Exam (II) 2017 has recently ended on September 8. According to a notification issued on the UPSC website, all the eligible candidates will be issued an admit card three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The UPSC CDS Admit Card 2017 will be made available on the UPSC website for downloading by candidates. Once released, it will be available for download at UPSC website –upsc.gov.in.
UPSC has said that no admit card will be sent via post to any candidates and all the candidates will have to download it from UPSC website. No Admit Card will be sent by post. All the applicants are required to provide valid and active e-mail while filling up online application, same should be used to download the UPSC CDS Admit Card 2017 , said UPSC. The UPSC CDS Exam (II) 2017 is scheduled to be held on November 19. This examination is being conducted for admission into course work and fulfilling the vacancies in Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, and Officers' Training Academy, Chennai for both male and female candidates.
The UPSC CDS Exam 2017 comprises – written examination and Interview for intelligence and personality test. Only candidates who qualify in the written test would be called for interview. The maximum marks allotted to the written examination and to the interviews will be equal for each course. It will be 300 and 200 each 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.
There will be negative marking for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers. For both writing and marking answers in the OMR sheet candidates must use black ball pen only. Pens with any other colour are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen.
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 |
Admission to Officers' Training Academy
| Subject
|
Duration
|
Maximum Marks |
| 1. English | 2 Hours | 100 |
| 2. General Knowledge | 2 Hours | 100 |
Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2017 Important Dates
| Date of Notification | 09/08/2017 |
| Date of Commencement of Examination | 19/11/2017 |
| Last Date for Receipt of Applications | 08/09/2017 – 6:00pm |
| Date of Upload | 09/08/2017 |
| Date of Admit Card Release | Three Week Before Exam |
