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I'm doing a BE E&TC from Pune university. I want to give CDS exam after my deegree. Could you tell me best book for CDS exam,please? Recommend me it.

CDS means "combined defense services".

The minimum eligibility to fill the applications form of CDS is graduations from any authorized university of India.

In CDS there are three sector/fields which are :

Military Academy,AIR Force Academy & Naval Academy

Education Qualification for the CDS :

Military Academy : Graduations Degree from a recognized University.
Air Force Academy : Graduations Degree with Physics and Mathematics as subjects from a recognized University.
Naval Academy :Graduations degree with Physics or Mathematics from a recognized University.
Officer Training Academy : Graduations Degree from a recognized University.

Best recommended books for the CDS exam are
1-Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning - R.S. Agarwal
2-English Proficiency books for Vocabulary.
3-Quantitative Aptitude book - R.S.Agarwal
4-Practice last year question paper of CDS- Arihant Publication
5-Current affairs- By Prtgya Darpan
6-Englsih grammar book- By Lucent publications

If you have smart phones then you can install an app named as Praksha ,This application is very good for the preparation of government exam.

Originally Posted by Sandip Nikam

I'm doing a BE E&TC from Pune university. I want to give CDS exam after my deegree. Could you tell me best book for CDS exam,please? Recommend me it.

UPSC conducts CDS (Combined Defence Services) Exam every year twice.

Recently, CDS (I) Exam of 2016 was conducted on 14 February.

Notifications along with Online Applications were released on 7 November 2015.

The last date to apply for CDS (I) was 4 December 2015.

If you wish to apply for CDS (II) Exam, then you must have a look at the important dates of this exam:
Release of Notifications along with Online Applications: 16 July 2016
Last Date to apply: 12 August 2016
Date of Commencement of Exam: 23 October 2016

Some of the decent books for the preparation of CDS Exam are:

Pathfinder CDS: Combined Defence Services Entrance Examination (English) (Paperback)
Author: Tripathi, Brijesh|Author; Rawat, Satyajeet|Author; Goyal, Neetika|Author;
Released: 2012
Publisher: Arihant Publications
Price: Rs. 495


Pathfinder Cds Examination Conducted By Upsc (English) 3 Edition (Paperback)
Released: 2015
Publisher: Arihant
Price: Rs.460


Handbook of Mathematics - A Multipurpose Quick Revision Resource {PB} (English) (Class 11th and 12th)
Author: Arihant Experts
Publisher: Arihant Publications(I) Pvt.Ltd - Meerut
Price: Rs.120

These are Books for CDS Exam -


Combined Defence Services Entrance Examination by Brijesh Tripathi, Satyajeet Rawat, Neetika Goyal

Combind Defence Services Solved Paper by Lal

Combined Defence Services Examination by Jain, Kishore

The Pearson Guide To English For The Combined Defence Services Examination
by Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe

Mathematics For C.D.S.Entrance Exam by R S Aggarwal

Originally Posted by Sandip Nikam

I'm doing a BE E&TC from Pune university. I want to give CDS exam after my deegree. Could you tell me best book for CDS exam,please? Recommend me it.

Best books for CDS exam:-

Pathfinder CDS: Combined Defence Services Entrance Examination
by Sanjeev Jain, Amit Rastogi, Atul Sharma, Digvijay Singh, Preeti Gupta, Prashant Kumar, Balmukud Singh
Publisher: Arihant Publications

CDS Combined Defence Services Examination: 10 Practice Sets
by Expert Compilations
Publisher: Arihant Publications

CDS Exam Guide: Combined Defence Services Exam
Author: Datason Rp
Publisher: New Light Publishers

Study Package for CDS 1st Edition
Author: Atul Bhardwaj
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education

CDS Exam Guide 1st Edition
Author: RPH Editorial Board
Publisher: Ramesh Publishing House

CDS stands for Combined Defence Services.

Some of the best recommended books for CDS exam is:

1. Pathfinder for CDS printed by Arihant Publications.

2. Lucent General Knowledge.

3. Word Power Made Easy for English Vocabulary.

4. CDS practice papers by Sachindanand Jha.

5. Mathematics and Aptitude by R.S Aggarwal.

6. Manorma Year book.

CDS is the Combined Defense Services examination which is the Defense services recruitment examination and this examination is for the recruitment of candidates under various defense services such as the

1. Indian Navy
2. Indian Air force
3. Indian Military
4. Officers training academy

There are certain eligibility criteria and examination process which is required to appear for the CDS examination are.

1. Should have attained 19 years of age limit and should not exceed 25 years of age limit
2. Should have done graduation in any discipline for the Military wings
3. Indian Navy and Air force Candidates should possess 12th with maths and physics branches and graduation in any of the respective engineering disciplines of study
4. OTA post required graduation in any discipline
5. Should belong to the citizen of India

These are the minimum requirements in order to appear for the recruitment

There are certain books to prefer for reading for the CDS recruitment such as

1. Arihat Pathfinder
2. G.K Publications
3. Gupta Publications
4. New Light Publications

These are the preferred publications books for the CDS recruitment

Best CDS Examination Books :


PAthfinder CDS exam conducted by UPSC 3 Edition

Chapter wise Section wise Solved Papers of CDS Maths/English/General ABility 5th Edition By Arithant Experts By Arihant Publications

CDS Exam Guide BY Datason RP

CDS Combined Defence Services Exam Practice Papers By Author Sachchida Nand Jha

Best recommended book for CDA exam

1.Mathematics and Aptitude by R.S Aggarwal
2.Pathfinder for CDS printed by Arihant Publications
3.Word Power Made Easy for English Vocabulary
4.Englsih grammar book By Lucent publications
5.Lucent General Knowledge
6.CDS practice papers by Sachindanand Jha.