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Mathurdas Mill Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg,
Lower Parel West, Mumbai 400-013, Maharashtra. India.
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Mathurdas Mill Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg,
Lower Parel West, Mumbai 400-013, Maharashtra. India.
Mobile: +91-9987046687 | Phone: +91-22-2490-4111 | Email: [email protected]
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created: 22nd Mar 2017 Last Modified: 22nd Mar 2017OTA entry (Non-technical)
You need to be between 19-25 years. Degree or equivalent is the required qualification at the time of joining the course.
Selection procedure
CDSE Written Exam - SSB interview---Medical Examination---Final merit List--OTA
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Combined Defence Service Exam (CDSE)
All unmarried male graduates are eligible to appear for IMA and OTA, whereas the qualification required for Naval Academy is B.Sc. with Physics and Mathematics or Bachelor of Engineering. For Air Force Academy a degree with Mathematics and Physics or equivalent is required.
The minimum age is 18 years at the time of taking the examination. The upper age limit, however, varies. It is 24 years for OTA, 23 years for IMA, 21 years for Naval Academy and 22 years for the Airforce Academy.
Subjects of Nepal, Bhutan or Tibetan refugees who immigrated before January 1, 1962, are also eligible subject to a certificate of eligibility from the Government of India. It is also pertinent to add that no reservations on the basis of caste and tribe are there there in Defence Services. Married candidates, if otherwise eligible, are allowed to take the examination only for OTA Madras.
The written examination is objective type in nature. The candidates are tested in the following three subjects for IMA, Naval Academy and Airforce Academy.
For OTA Madras, only first two papers are required to be qualified. Question papers are set only in English.
The English paper is designed to test the understanding of English language and the use of workman-like words. The syllabus is equivalent to the graduate level examination.
The General Knowledge paper includes questions on History of India, Geography, current affairs and the matters of day-to-day observation and the experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person without specific study of any subject.
The paper in Elementary Mathematics is of matriculation standard and includes questions on Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration and Basic statistics.
Advertisements are published in leading newspapers in the months of April & October.
Advertisements are published in leading newspapers in the months of April and October.