UPSC CDS 1 2023 exam pattern consists of objective type questions only. The question papers of General Knowledge and Elementary Mathematics will be set in Hindi as well as in English.
UPSC CDS 1 2023: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) CDS 1 2023 on 16 April 2023 for a total of 341 vacancies for admission to Indian Military Academy (IMA), Officers Training Academy (OTA), Indian Naval Academy (INA) and Air Force Academy (AFA) Will conduct the exam. Candidates who are going to appear in the exam, know here in detail, the syllabus and pattern of the exam.
Know- Exam Pattern
UPSC CDS 1 2023 exam pattern consists of objective type questions only. The question papers of General Knowledge and Elementary Mathematics will be set in Hindi as well as in English. Candidates will have to write the paper in their own hand. Use of calculator is not permitted for answering objective type questions.
Let the candidates know, there will be negative marking for choosing a wrong answer on the objective type question. For both writing and marking the answers in the OMR sheet, candidates have to use black ball pen only. Use of pencil or any other colored pen is prohibited.
Know Here- CDS Exam Pattern for OTA
General Knowledge- A total of 100 questions will be asked, which will be solved in 2 hours.
English- A total of 100 questions will be asked, which will be solved in 2 hours.
UPSC CDS Exam Pattern for INA, IMA and AFA
The exam will be conducted for 300 marks. To solve which 2 hours will be given. Let us tell you that there are 100 marks for each subject. The subject is as follows.
Elementary Mathematics
general knowledge
English
ssb interview
Candidates who qualify the written test will be called to appear in the SSB Interview round for Intelligence & Personality Test.
UPSC CDS Syllabus 2023
Candidates going to write UPSC CDS exam are advised to go through the official syllabus carefully. Let us know about the subject wise syllabus here.
English section
reading comprehension
spotting error
sentence rearrangement
items and para
ordering sentence
Cloze Test (Fill in the blanks)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Grammar
vocabulary
General knowledge
History
Geography
Politics
economics
Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
current affair
Static GK
Elementary Mathematics
arithmetic
algebra
trigonometry
geometry
mensuration
statics
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