03-February 2024

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the marks of candidates for CDS-1 2023. Union Public Service Commission published notification for the CDS-1 2023 on 21st December 2022. UPSC had released notification for the 224 vacancies under the CDS-1 2023 exam for the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Indian Airforce Academy, and Officers Training Academy. The CDS-1 2023 exam was conducted on 16th April 2023. Successful candidates are selected for the training program at this training academy and upon completion of training, cadets are commissioned in rank Lieutenant or equivalent ranks.

CDS-1 2023 Final Cut Off

CDS (1) 2023 Cut Off
Services	Written Exam Cut-Off	Final Cut Off
OTA (Men)	101	181
OTA (Women)	101	184
IMA	132	257
AFA	142	266
INA	122	247
Minimum Cut Off	20% for each paper

Important Details for CDS (1) 2023 Exam

Important Details for CDS(1) 2023	Details
UPSC CDS Notification Date	21/12/2022
UPSC CDS Application Starting Date	21/12/2022
Total Vacancies	OTA- 170
	IMA- 100
	AFA- 32
	INA- 22
Date of Exam of CDS	16/04/2023
Declaration of Result by UPSC	Click Here
Declaration of written marks	Check PDF

CDS-1 2023 for IMA (Indian Military Academy)

Top Ten Selected Candidates in CDS-1 2023 for IMA
Name	Written Exam Marks	Interview Marks	Total Marks
ARPIT AGGARWAL	200	129	329
AMAN SOMRA	164	159	323
RAHUL SINGH TANWAR	168	151	319
TUSHAR	166	153	319
INDERPREET SINGH	161	145	306
LOKESH SINGH BHINDWAR	155	150	305
VIMAL PANDEY	153	148	301
GAURAV UPADHYAY	172	128	300
GAGAN DEEP BHARTI	163	135	298

CDS-1 2023 for AFA (Air Force Academy)

Top Ten Selected Candidates in CDS-1 2023 for AFA
Name	Written Exam Marks	SSB Interview Marks	Final Marks
VIMAL PANDEY	153	148	301
KARTIK SHARMA	148	147	295
SHUBHAM THAKUR	151	142	293
AROHI BALODA	165	126	291
AMOGH SINGH PATHANIA	164	126	290
CHETAN BHAL	146	143	289
PRIKSHIT DAHIYA	133	153	286
VARUN LALJI PANDEY	154	132	286
AALOK BHANOT	142	143	285
MAYANK KUMAR TRIPATHI	157	126	283

CDS-1 2023 for INA (Indian Naval Academy)

Top Ten Selected Candidates in CDS-1 2023 for INA
Name	Written Exam Marks	SSB Interview Marks	Final Marks
AJAY SINGH RAJPUT	167	128	295
NIKHIL KAPRI	167	126	293
AROHI BALODA	165	126	291
AMOGH SINGH PATHANIA	164	126	290
VARUN LALJI PANDEY	154	132	286
AALOK BHANOT	142	143	285
MAYANK KUMAR TRIPATHI	157	126	283
B ADITYA	149	129	278
AYUSH RAJ	157	121	278
GOKUL GIRISH	156	121	277

Top Ten Selected Candidates in CDS-1 2023 for OTA (Men)
Name	Written Exam Marks	SSB Interview Marks	Final Marks
AMAN SOMRA	137	106	243
RAHUL SINGH TANWAR	125	100	225
ARPIT AGGARWAL	139	86	225
SUDHANSHU	140	84	224
ROSHAN CHIRAG SINGH DHALIWAL	127	92	219
MADHAV SHARMA	117	101	218
TUSHAR	115	102	217
DIGVIJAY DHAYAL	118	99	217
HARSHIT MATHUR	129	87	216
VISHAL SHAHI	116	100	216

Top Ten Selected Candidates in CDS-1 2023 for OTA (Women)
Name	Written Exam Marks	SSB Interview Marks	Final Marks
PUNAM KUMARI	116	117	233
SHRUTI SINGH	127	105	232
KANCHAN SHERAWAT	117	114	231
ADITI MISHRA	130	98	228
ANUSHREE GOPALAKRISHNAN	113	114	227
ANSHU SOM	119	105	224
TUSHITA SINGH	121	103	224
ANKITA BISHNOI	116	108	224
DEEPIKA KANWAR	121	102	223
ANJALI GILL	128	94	222

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