Combined Defence Services CDS (II) Exam Dates & Centres 2019-2020

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi conducts the Combined Defence Services (CDS) examination twice in a year. The usual pattern followed is:

• Notification of Examination: November & July
• Conduct of Examination: February & November

Combined Defence Services Exam (I) Dates 2019-2020

• Date of Notification: 30^th October, 2019
• Last date to fill online applications: 19^th November, 2019 (up till 11.59 p.m.)
• CDS (I) Examination Date: 2^nd February 2020

Combined Defence Services Exam (II) Dates 2020

• Date of Notification: 5^th August, 2020
  
• Last date to fill online applications: 25^th August, 2020 (up till 11.59 p.m.)
• CDS (I) Examination Date: 8^th November, 2020

Examination Centres

Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination held in following cities and towns:

• Agartala
• Ahmedabad
• Aizawl
• Allahabad
• Bangalore
• Bareilly
• Bhopal
• Calcutta
• Chandigarh
• Chennai
• Cochin
• Cuttack
• Delhi
• Dharwar
• Dispur (Guwahati)
• Gangtok
• Hyderabad
• Imphal
• Itanagar
• Jaipur
• Jammu
• Jorhat
• Kohima
• Lucknow
• Madurai
• Mumbai
• Nagpur
• Panaji (Goa)
• Patna
• Port Blair
• Raipur
• Sambalpur
• Shillong
• Shimla
• Srinagar
• Tirupati
• Trivandrum
• Udaipur  
• Vishakhapatnam

The centres and the date of holding the examination are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission.