CDS

Political Science and International Relations with regard to the syllabus for the examination conducted by the *Combined Defence Services (CDS)* and that for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) touch on one another but with a distinction in perspectives and scope. 1. *Common Topics*: Some similar topics included in the syllabus of these two examinations are:- Political theory (basic concepts, ideologies)- Indian polity (Constitution, political system, governance)- International relations, organizations2. Differences:- *CDS*: It confines itself more to the Introductory Political Science especially from its imperatives concerning the military and national security since from the study of political systems an introductory orientation will find itself relevant in understanding the world of international relations.- *IAS*: This has a frightfully comprehensive syllabus with exposure to things such as Indian governance, policy, comparative politics, political thinkers, and increasingly narrower topics and aspects on international relations. The *IAS syllabus* also covers *ethics* and *public administration* in its general studies papers, but the CDS syllabus has more defensively related topics and extensive political knowledge under the universality of study tion as there is overlap in subjects on political theory and Indian polity, while the broader and detailed IAS exam syllabus becomes CDS, which takes a more introductory orientation on politics and international relations relevance to defense.

Candidates must have taken the Combined Defence Services (CDS) admission test; the candidates must be an Indian citizen, not more than the age of 24 years and should have a bachelor's degree from any University recognised by the Indian government. The application normally occurs between October and November while the examination takes place in February and September. The application has to be made online through the Union Public Service Commission's website for which general category candidates are required to pay INR 200 as fee and there is no fee for SC/ST/OBC candidates. The exam consists of 3 papers: The English Examination is 60 marks, General Knowledge is 100 marks and Elementary Mathematics will be 140 marks in total.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is set to hold the CDS 2 exam for 2025 on April 13, 2025, at various locations nationwide. After the CDS 1 exam in 2025, the results will be made available on the official website. Candidates who participate in the CDS 1 exam will have the opportunity to view their results, which will be provided in PDF format listing the roll numbers of successful candidates and can be downloaded from the official website. The process for declaring the CDS results takes place in two phases: initially, the results of the written examination will be announced, followed by the final results that include the SSB Interview outcomes.