Which the best CDS or Afcat

 

Airforce Common Admission Test means Afcat and Combined Defense Service Examination means CDSe Both are written exams which are followed by a SSB so as to pick suitable young boys and girls for the Defense forces of India. Both of those exams differ from one another during a batch and given below are the main differences between the 2 exams. To qualify this exam in first attempt Gurukul Career Group best Afcat coaching in Chandigarh going to discuss Difference between CDS and Afcat exam.

 

Type of Force: because the name clearly suggests AFCAT which suggests Air Force Common Admission Test may be a test which is taken to pick young boys and girls for Airforce only whereas CDS exam is common exam for recruitment of officers in three major wings of Indian defence forces Which are Army, Navy and Airforce.

Conducting Body: CDS exam is conducted twice in a year by UPSC union public service commission and AFCAT exam is also conducted twice a year by Airforce.

Time of notification and Exam: For AFCAT 1 notification comes in December month whereas for CDS exam notification releases in November month. If you want to apply for Afcat 2 then notification will release in June month and CDS 2 exam notification comes in May months for CDS 2 exam. Usually AFCAT 1 is conducted by Air Force within the last week of February and AFCAT 2 is conducted within the last week of August whereas CDS 1 exam is held by UPSC just in the beginning of the month of February and CDS 2 is conducted in the beginning of the month of September

Time of declaration of results: Generally AFCAT results are declared within a month of conduction of exam after which the qualified candidates are called for SSB’s. The results for the written of CDS exam took one to two months after which qualified students called for 5 days SSB.

Eligibility: For both you want to be a graduate a minimum of (BA, , B.Tech etc.) further qualification depends on the sort of service you would like to hitch . there's also a difference in Age for both exams.

For AFCAT the age depends on the course you would like to hitch . regulation is:

Flying: 19-23 years

Technical: 18-28 years.

Ground Duties: For graduate students it is 21-24 yrs.

For CDSE the regulation differs for the various forces:

Indian Army – 19-24 years

Indian Air force – 19-23 years

Indian Navy – 19-22 years

Courses Offered: AFCAT makes the women and boys to join the Indian Airforce in Flying, Technical or Ground Duty course. Whereas in CDS young boys can go for Flying branch and girls go for only OTA.

Exam Pattern: The exam pattern differs for the 2 exams during a batch . AFCAT exam comprises of four subjects objective paper which consists maths, general intelligence, General knowledge,and english subject which student has to attempt in 120 minutes which is quite sufficient. CDSE exam consists of three papers English, GA and arithmetic (optional for OTA candidates). In each paper students have to attempt 120 question in just 2 hours only.

Level of Difficulty: the extent of difficulty varies for every subject in both exams. Hence allow us to see now what the difference in levels of both the exams is:

 

Apart from this reasoning in AFCAT is straightforward . because the level and standard of questions in AFCAT is seen to be rising with every exam hence it's advisable for you to figure hard for AFCAT also however generally the quality of questions are a small bit low thereto of CDSE.

 

Strategy for preparation: As we all know everything demands endless amount of diligence hence to crack both these exams you would like to focus and prepare in well advance. Since we've a thought of the time when this exam is conducted and also of the syllabus hence you'll steel oneself against both these exams in well advance. you would like to be clear with the fundamentals first, because generally the questions asked in these exams are a test to see how well you've got understood the concepts.