CDS Paper Analysis 2019: CDS (I) Subject-wise Exam Review

Topic

Details

Synonyms

• 10 Questions were asked from this topic.
• A word was underlined in the given sentence and the students were required to identify the word/ group of words most similar in meaning to the underlined word from the given options
  For instance:
  (a) A provocative message had been doing rounds on social media to instigate the mob against migrants. (dexterous/inflammatory/valiant/prudent)
• (b) He is suffering from a terminal disease. (sublunary/terrific/chronic/incurable)

Ordering of Words in a Sentence

• There were 10 questions from this topic.
• A sentence was divided into 4 different parts (consisting of a set of words) and these parts were presented in a jumbled form.
• The students had to arrange these jumbled parts to form a meaningful sentence.
  For instance:
  the prize money (P), for refusing her (Q), Pepsico was ordered (R), to compensate the woman (S)
  (a) RSQP
  (b) SPQR
  (c) RPSQ
  (d) QRSP

Fill in the Blanks

• 10 Questions were asked from this topic.
• A sentence was given with a single blank and the students were required to identify the correct words (s) from the given options, which would fill the given blank appropriately.
  For instance:
  ________ it was raining, he went out without a raincoat.(Even/Since/Unless/Although)

Antonyms

• 10 questions were asked from this topic.
• Like Synonyms, a word was underlined in a sentence and the students had to pick the word most opposite in meaning to the given word from the options.
  For instance:
  His religious views are rather fanatical. (bigoted/ rabid/ moderate/ militant)

Ordering of Sentences

• There were 10 questions asked from Ordering of sentences.
• The first and last sentences of a passage were fixed and the remaining 4 sentences were jumbled up.
• Students were required to arrange these sentences in the order, in order to form a logical passage.

Comprehension

• 4 short passages were asked under the Comprehension questions, each containing 5 questions (i.e. total 20 questions were asked from Comprehension section).
• Following were the themes of the passages asked in the exam:
  (a) Passage-1: History of Indian textile Industry
  (b) Passage-2: Zimbabwe's Political Crisis
  (c) Passage-3: Over-eating and its effects
  (d) Passage-4: Peace and Harmony
• Direct questions were asked based on the given passage, which could be easily answered after carefully reading the passage.

Spotting Errors

• 20 Questions were asked from Spotting errors.
• A sentence was divided into 3 different parts and the students had to identify the part of the sentence which contained any error.
• In case the sentence was correct, the students had to mark option (d), i.e., No Error.
  For instance:
  Except for a few days (a) in a year during the monsoon (b) the river cannot flow on its own (c) No Error (d)

Cloze Comprehension

• 2 Cloze comprehension questions were asked in the exam, one containing 10 questions and the other containing 5 questions.
• There were single blanks in the given passage and the students were required to pick the correct word from the given options, which could be used to fill those blank to form a logical sentence and maintain the flow of the passage.

Idioms and Phrases

• 15 Questions were asked from Idioms and Phrases.
• An Idiom/ Phrase was given in the question, and the students had to pick the option which correctly described the meaning of the given idiom.
  For instance:
  Verbal Diarrhoea
  (a) To be sick
  (b) To talk too much
  (c) To be in a difficult situation
  (d) To be a good orator

Name of the Sub-Section

No. of Questions asked

History

18

Geography

17

Polity

13

Economy

14

Physics

8

Chemistry

10

Biology

9

Miscellaneous (Current Affairs, Defence-related questions etc)

31

Name of the Topic

No. of Questions asked

Number System, Indices, Surds

20

Geometry

11

Mensuration

15

Trigonometry, Heights & Distances

12

Statistics

8

Polynomial Equations (Linear, Quadratic etc)

10

Percentages, Profit Loss, Partnership

7

Average

2

DI

3

Simple & Compound Interest

2

Ratio and Proportions

2

Time & Work, Time & Distance

7

Logarithm

1

Expected Cut Off

CDS (I) 2019

Official Cut Off

CDS (II) 2017

Official Cut Off

CDS (I) 2017

Official Cut Off

CDS (II) 2016

Official Cut Off

CDS (I) 2016

Indian Military Academy (IMA)

105-120

120

125

105

72

Indian Naval Academy (INA)

104-112

111

118

90

63

Air Force Academy (AFA)

127-135

135

144

135

123

Officers Training Academy (OTA)

78-85

86

82

72

68