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CDS Mock Test 2024 | CDS 1 Exam Overview
Combined Defence Services (CDS) is an organized exam conducted yearly by UPSC for various posts under Indian Air Force Academy, Officer Training Academy, India Military Academy & Indian Naval Academy. The selection for the above-mentioned posts is done on the basis of a written exam and Interview followed by the medical examination & document verification.
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CDS Test Series Schedule
Date | CDS Mock Test | No. of Questions |
7th September 2023 | CDS 1 2024 Mock Test 1 | 50 |
28th September 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 2 | 50 |
19th October 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 3 | 50 |
23rd November 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 4 | 50 |
21st December 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 5 | 50 |
18th January 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 6 | 50 |
1st February 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 7 | 50 |
22nd February 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 8 | 50 |
15th March 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 9 | 50 |
5th April 2023 | CDS 1 2023 Mock Test 10 | 50 |
CDS Sectional Mock Tests
CDS Sectional Mocks | Date | No. of Questions |
Polity Sectional I | 14th September 2023 | 50 |
Geography Sectional I | 28th September 2023 | 50 |
History Sectional I | 12th October 2023 | 50 |
Maths Sectional I | 26th October 2023 | 50 |
English Sectional I | 9th November 2023 | 50 |
Physics Sectional I | 16th November 2023 | 50 |
Chemistry Sectional I | 7th December 2023 | 50 |
Current Affairs I | 14th December 2023 | 50 |
Biology Sectional I | 28th December 2023 | 50 |
Polity Sectional II | 11th January 2024 | 50 |
Geography Sectional II | 8th February 2024 | 50 |
History Sectional II | 8th March 2024 | 50 |
Maths Sectional II | 29th March 2024 | 50 |
Current Affairs II | 6th April 2024 | 50 |
English Sectional II | 12th April 2024 | 50 |
CDS Previous Year Papers
Previous Year Paper | Date |
CDS 2017 (1) | 15th September 2022 |
CDS 2017 (2) | 13th October 2022 |
CDS 2018 (1) | 27th October 2022 |
CDS 2018 (2) | 10th November 2022 |
CDS 2019 (1) | 24th November 2022 |
CDS 2019 (2) | 8th December 2022 |
CDS 2020 (1) | 22th December 2022 |
CDS 2020 (2) | 12th January 2023 |
CDS 2021 (1) | 27th January 2023 |
CDS 2021 (2) | 16th February 2023 |
CDS 2022 (1) | 16th March 2023 |
CDS 2022 (2) | 30th March 2023 |
CDS 1 Mock Test Series 2024 Key Features
- A set of 30 full-length mock tests.
- CDS Mock solutions to every question is available only in the English language.
- Subject-wise (English, Maths & GK) Mock test available.
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CDS 2024 Exam Highlights
Name of exam | Combined Defence Services Examination |
Conducted by | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
Exam level | National |
Exam frequency | Twice a year |
Exam mode | Online |
Exam mode | Two hours |
Language of question paper | English and Hindi |
Exam Fees | INR 200 |
Exam purpose | To select candidates as Commissioned Officers in Indian Army, Navy and Air Force |
CDS vacancies | - CDS 1: To be announced
- CDS 2: To be announced
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No of the test cities | 41 |
Official website | upsc.gov.in |
CDS Syllabus 2024
English Syllabus for CDS Exam
The aim of this section is to test the understanding of English as well as word usage by the candidates. Questions in this section will be asked from the following topics:
- Fill in the blanks
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary (Synonyms/ Antonyms/ Phrases)
- Sentence Rearrangement (Jumbled sentences)
- Spotting Error
- Sentence Improvement/ Correction
General Knowledge Syllabus for CDS Exam
This section aims to check how well the candidates keep up with the current events and how well they understand their surroundings, especially in reference to their scientific aspects.
Topic | Description |
Current Affairs | Cover news of important international and national summits/ conferences, awards, sports-related news, books, and authors, etc. |
Political Science | Important facts of the Indian constitution, fundamental rights, and directive principles, powers of the president and prime minister, constitutional bodies, Indian judiciary, etc. |
Indian History | Questions may be asked from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India. |
Indian Polity | Prepare important facts of Indian as well as world geography. |
Economics | Prepare topics like Budget, Five-year plan, foreign trade, etc. |
General Science | - In Physics, focus on topics like optics, motion, force, units, heat, electricity, temperature, etc.
- In Chemistry, prepare important topics of organic, inorganic, physical, and general chemistry.
- In Biology, focus on the topics of important diseases, botany, zoology as well as human biology.
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Defence Related News | Questions in this section may be asked from important defence related topics like Army Day, Navy Day, recent developments, etc. |
Elementary Mathematics Syllabus for CDS Exam
Questions in the mathematics section will be asked from Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Mensuration, and Statistics. Here are the details of the topics which will be covered under these sub-sections:
Topic | Description |
Arithmetic | - Number System (natural, integers, rational & real numbers)
- Fundamental operations (subtraction, addition, division, multiplication)
- Unitary method
- Percentages
- Time & Work
- Simple & Compound Interest
- Time & distance
- Ratio & proportion
- Profit & loss
- Elementary number theory
- Composite & prime numbers
- Divisibility tests
- Theorem of factorisation
- Factors & Multiples
- Euclidean algorithm
- laws of algorithm & algorithmic tables
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Algebra | - Basic operations
- Remainder theorem
- L.C.M. & H.C.F.
- Polynomial theories
- Quadratic equations (relation between roots & its coefficients)
- Linear equations in 2 variables
- Set language and set notation
- Laws of indices
- Conditional identities
- Rational Expressions
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Trigonometry | - All about Sine a, Cos a, Tan a when 0° < a < 90°, Sin, Cos and Tan values of important angles like 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°
- Simple trigonometric identities
- Trigonometric tables
- Heights and distance
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Geometry | - Plane & plane figures
- Lines, and angles
- Important theorems (like angle property based)
- Parallel lines
- Congruency of triangles
- Medians & Altitudes
- Similar triangles
- Parallelogram
- Circles
- Rectangle
- Square
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Mensuration | - Areas of circles
- Triangles
- Rectangles
- Squares
- Parallelograms
- Volume
- Surface area of cuboids
- Cones
- Cylinders
- Spheres
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Statistics | - Tabulation of statistical data
- Graphical representation of frequency polygons
- Bar graphs
- Histograms
- Pie charts
- Measures of central tendency
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CDS 2024: Exam Pattern
NAVY/ ARMY/ AIR FORCE | Officer Training Academy (OTA) |
Subjects | Marks | Duration | Subjects | Marks | Duration |
English | 100 | 2 hours | English | 100 | 2 hours |
General Knowledge | General Knowledge |
Elementary Mathematics | - |
CDS 1 2024 Exam: Important Dates
Events | Important Dates |
CDS 1 2023 Notification Date | 21 December 2022 |
CDS 1 online application starts from | 21 December 2022 |
Last date to apply for CDS 1 exam | 10 January 2023 |
CDS 1 2023 Exam Date | 16 April 2023 |
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