CDS Exam Pattern

CDS Marking Scheme

While preparing for cds exam students must go through some of information which is very important for starting cds preparation. Knowing the cds exam pattern will be helpful to give students a brief idea on what they should study & from which subjects & topic the questions in cds exams are asked.

CDS Exam is a pen & paper based i.e. offline mode of exam in which MCQ – only Objected Type Questions are asked. There are 3 papers conducted in 3 shifts back to back on same day. The three papers are Math, English & GK Subjects from which the questions are asked. Those students who want to join IMA, INA & AFA have to clear all 3 papers with minimum qualifying marks & those who want to join OTA have to clear only 2 papers i.e. English & GK. Detailed cds exam pattern with no. of questions, full marks & total timing are given below.

• For IMA, INA & AFA

• For OTA

• Negative Marking Scheme: ⅓ of the marks will be deducted for each of the wrong answer.
• Question Paper Language: The question papers (Test Booklets) of General Knowledge and Elementary Mathematics will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English.
• Question Type: The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only.