CDS Exam Centres 2021 | List Of The Present CDS Centres Across Country

CDS Exam Centres 2021: Do you want to know the list of CDS Exam Centres? Do you know your nearest one? Don’t worry! Here you will get a detailed guide on CDS Exam Centres 2021. You should keep in mind that the exam will be organized in 41 different CDS exam centers across the country. You should select any three exam centers based on convenience while filling up the CDS application form. Out of these three, anyone exam center will be allocated to you.

CDS Exam Centres 2021

Here you can check the 41 CDS exam centers where UPSC is conducting CDS 2021 exam are tabulated below:

S.No.	City	State
1	Agartala	Tripura
2	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
3	Aizawl	Mizoram
4	Bengaluru	Karnataka
5	Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh
6	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
7	Chandigarh	Punjab and Haryana
8	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
9	Cuttack	Odisha
10	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
11	Delhi	Delhi
12	Dharwad	Karnataka
13	Dispur	Assam
14	Gangtok	Sikkim
15	Hyderabad	Telangana
16	Imphal	Manipur
17	Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh
18	Jaipur	Rajasthan
19	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
20	Jorhat	Assam
21	Kochi	Kerala
22	Kohima	Nagaland
23	Kolkata	West Bengal
24	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
25	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
26	Mumbai	Maharashtra
27	Nagpur	Maharashtra
28	Panaji	Goa
29	Patna	Bihar
30	Port Blair	Andaman and Nicobar
31	Prayagraj (Allahabad)	Uttar Pradesh
32	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
33	Ranchi	Jharkhand
34	Sambalpur	Odisha
35	Shillong	Meghalaya
36	Shimla	Himachal Pradesh
37	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir
38	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
39	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh
40	Udaipur	Rajasthan
41	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh

CDS Exam Centres 2021: Important Points

You should know the important points about CDS Exam Centers:

• Every exam center has limited seat capacity for students. After all, seats allocated, UPSC will no longer allocate seats to any candidate in the same center. So you should fill the CDS application form as soon as possible.
• If all the seats in a particular CDS exam center are allocated, UPSC will allocate the next exam center from your preference if the seats are not filled.
• You should know that the ceiling is not applicable for these exam centers: Chennai, Dispur, Kolkata, and Nagpur.
• You should keep in mind that UPSC has the right to change the center if the situation demands it.
• Your exam center will be mentioned in the CDS admit card. The CDS admit card will have the name of the exam center, date, and time of reporting at the exam center.
• You will not be allowed to change the exam center.

CDS Exam Centres Guidelines

You should know the important guidelines for CDS candidates:

• You should not carry mobile phones even if it is in switched off mode.
• You should not bring any electronic items like pager/electronic equipment/programmable device/storage media (pen drive or smartwatches, etc.)/camera/Bluetooth devices/any other equipment used as a communication device, is banned.
• If you bring the above devices, you have to keep it outside the exam hall.
• If you violate the rule, you will be ban from all future exams.
• No one will be responsible for the security of your items.
• You should keep in mind that the following items are permitted inside the exam hall are:
  • Clipboard or hardboard (on which nothing is written)
  • Good quality black ball pen for marking responses on the answer sheet
• You should know that the following items are not permitted inside the exam hall are:
  • Books
  • Notes
  • Loose sheets or rough sheets pertaining to the earlier session
  • Electronic or any other type of calculators,
  • Mathematical and drawing instruments,
  • Log tables, slide rules, test booklets
  • Mobile phones, Bluetooth devices, pagers, or any other communication devices.

Other Important Links:

UPSC CDS Exam Date

UPSC CDS Answer Key

UPSC CDS Eligibility Criteria

UPSC CDS Result and Score Card

UPSC CDS Books

UPSC CDS Cut Off

UPSC CDS Previous Year Papers

UPSC CDS Admit Card

UPSC CDS Salary and Job Profile

UPSC CDS Selection Process

UPSC CDS Analysis

UPSC CDS Preparation

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