Cracking Combined Defense Services (CDS) Exam is not a cake walk. Aspirants need correct strategy and an appropriate amount of preparations to cook up the marks in CDS. The position on merit list matters a lot in case of CDS. Such candidates who just clear the Service Selection Interview with a few inches far to the cut off line. For them, the position in merit totally depends on the marks obtained in the written examination. After doing a thorough analysis on exam pattern and question paper of CDS over the years, we just have prepared the mock test series for the aspirants of CDS. All you need to do is to just pull up your suck and ready to run with the Mock Test of CDS 2018.
CDS Mock Test 2018
The all-new mock test series of CDS is here. for CDS from here. The free mock test of CDS will help the candidates to analyze their preparations, sharpen up their skills and bush up the concepts. So why to having any second thought just jump for the test from below.
| Subject | Mock Test | Number of question | Duration of Test |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Start | 120 | 02 Hours |
| Elementary Mathematics | Start | 120 | 02 Hours |
| General Knowledge | Start | 120 | 02 Hours |
You can also download the admit card of Combined Defense Services 02/2018 Admit Card.
CDS Syllabus
In CDS there are four academies i.e. Indian Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, and Officers Traning Academy which participate and recruit candidates. So UPSC has defined different exam patterns for the academies, For IA, INA, and AFA the candidates have to attempt the examination which consists of all three subjects mentioned above, and for OTA the candidates ahve to attempt only two subjects paper English and General Knowledge.
#English
The question paper will be designed to test the candidates’ understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.
#General Knowledge
The question paper of GK will judge the candidates knowledge without a specific knowledge on any subject. Questions can be asked from the current Affairs, daily science, History of India and Geography of nature. The candidates are expected to answer all the questions without special study.
#Elementary Mathematics
Here is some fight for the candidates who are not so good with the subject, the question in this paper will cover the areas of mathematics
- Arithmetic
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Geometry
- Mensuration
- Statistics
The candidates can click here to check the detailed syllabus of CDS.
Preparation Tips for CDS
For any exam, the candidates should make the proper strategy to crack the exam. In the case of CDS, the candidates may have many doubts about how to prepare for it in very less time. So follow the tips to sharpen up the skills.
- At first, grab the exam pattern an entire syllabus.
- Analyze the syllabus thouroughly. Now, just sieve out your skills from weaknesses.
- Thereafter prepare a proper plan to sharpen the skills or points wherein you are strong. And to remove weakness try to find the problem.
- Please stick to the plan. If time is too less then instead of working on the weakness, try to be an expert on the topics in which you are confident.
- There is the negative marking (Negative Marking of 0.33 Marks) in the examination pattern hence it’s a good idea not to attempt those questions which you are confused.
- Calculators are not allowed in the examination, so try to do all the calculations manually. Brush up the basic to calculate faster.
Previous Year Question Paper of CDS
Here is some question paper link, the question papers form the exam held in past few years. To look the exam question paper from the nearest try to attempt all the question papers once.
| 2018 | Click Here for UPSC CDS 2018 Question Papers |
| 2017 | Click Here for UPSC CDS 2017 Question Papers |
| 2016 | Click Here for UPSC CDS 2016 Question Papers |
| 2015 | Click Here for UPSC CDS 2015 Question Papers |
| 2014 | Click Here for UPSC CDS 2015 Question Papers |
About CDS 2018
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the Combined Defense Services examination, twice in a year. Through this recruitment, UPSC aspirants get an entry in Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Indian Air Force Academy. This time the second exam of the CDS 2018 is falling on November 18, 2018. The hall ticket is being issued until the day of the exam.
After the examination, the UPSC will release the answer key and result of the written examination. Then candidates who will qualify the exam have to appear in the Service Selection Board Interview process. At last the Commission will prepare the final merit list based on the marks achieved in written exam and SSB.
