CDSE WRITTEN EXAM SYLLABUS

CDSE provide all graduates a chance to join any of three defence services as an officer after completion of their graduation. It is a very lucrative career and attracts the attention of lots of students all across the country. However to get a selection in it, you first need to clear the written exam and then the successful candidates are called for ssb in their respective boards. Then a final merit list is created and then candidates are commissioned in their respective forces.

With the help of this post I will try to explain to you the syllabus and pattern of CDSE paper.
Written test is the main for the selection of candidates in CDSE. As per syllabus each paper carries 100 marks. CDSE contains a total 3 papers in which first 2 are compulsory while those appearing for Short Service Commission have a choice to not give paper 3. and so careful study is necessary in each branch and more practice is required. For this, candidates should completely understand the examination procedure. After that they should prepare a plan according the examination date. They should prepare dividing the syllabus systematically.

1: ENGLISH

How far the candidate can understand the English language and the vocabulary is the objective of this paper. Questions are given on important issues like Prepositions, Tenses, Articles, synonyms, Antonyms, Vocabulary,  Idioms and phrases, Fill in the blanks, Spelling correction, sentence improvement, Finding errors, Sentence correction, One word substitution and Re-arrangement of jumbled words etc.

PREPARATION:

To gain command over English, ‘listening, speaking, reading & writing’ are the ways to be followed. Regular practice is required to understand the passage quickly. Meanings of the words should be learnt to have clear understanding of the synonyms and antonyms. Command in grammar is required for sentence correction. If you know the grammar, sentence formation will be easy for you and more marks can be scored in sentence correction.

2:  General knowledge: Subjects and syllabus in this branch are –

History, geography, Science and Indian constitution.

Changes took place at state, national and international level, new governments, new ministry, financial condition, financial survey, bank interest rates, credit policies etc.
Development in science and technology
Nobel prizes, state, national, international awards, Gyanpeeth awards, other awards and rewards in republic day, science, cinema etc.
Recent popular books and authors.
Awards and trophies in national and international sports and games.

PREPARATION

This paper is an important one for the success of the candidate selection in UPSC CDS Written Test.  So the candidate has to acquire thorough knowledge on General Knowledge. The fundamental aspects on History, Indian constitution, Economics have to be covered basically by the candidate. Current affairs should be collected from Daily News papers (English and vernacular languages) and get prepared, keeping the examination in view. He / she should prepare notes for current affairs which come in handy at the revision time.

3:ELIMENTARY MATHEMATICS -

Topics like Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Mensuration, and Statistics are covered under this head.

ARITHMETIC

:- Number system- Natural Numbers, Rational and Real Numbers, Addition, subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Decimal, Fractions, unitary methods, time and Distance, Percentages, Profit and loss, Ratio and proportion.

ALGEBRA

:- Basic operations, simple factors, Reminder theorem, HCF, LCM, Theory of Polynomials, Graphical Solutions, Linear Equations.

TRIGONOMETRY

:- Use of Trigonometric Tables, Sine X, Cos X, Tangent.

GEOMETRY

:- Line and Angles, Similar Triangles, Properties of Angles.

MENSURATION

:- Areas of Square, Rectangles, Triangle and circle.

STATISTICS

:- Graphical Representation, Histograms, Bar charts.

PREPARATION

In Elementary mathematics, the syllabus of 5^th to 10^th class is to be covered by the candidate.
The candidate has to perform regular practice of mathematics for at least 3 hrs a day.
The exercise part of the Mathematics Text books should be practices. The basic principles are to be by hearted, so that they can be remembered easily and solve without wasting the time in examination.  The Standard books, Model papers are to be regularly solved for better results.
 

SYSTEMATIC PREPARATON

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CDSE is a National level Examination, which will be entirely in English language and the competition is very high.  So the candidate has to keep the Examination Date in mind and has to prepare accordingly, by distributing the syllabus as per the time in hand.
The marks wise distribution of previous year question paper is given in the tabulated form.

Subject	Question Type	2012 Sep	2012 Feb	2011 Sep	2011 Feb	2010 Sep	2010 Feb
English	Comprehension	15	15	29	29	27	27
Sentence Rearrangement	20	20	20	20	20	20
Synonyms Antonyms	20+20	20+20	20+20	20+20	20+20	20+20
Spotting Error	25	25	17	17	19	19
Sentence Ordering	22	22	14	14	14	14
General Knowledge	Current Affairs	30	30	35	35	33	33
Indian History	19	19	14	14	14	14
Geography	18	18	18	18	20	20
Politics	15	15	15	15	15	15
Economy	08	08	08	08	04	04
General Science	30	30	30	30	34	34
Elementary Mathematics	Algebra	10	10	10	10	10	10
Arithmetic	25	25	28	28	26	26
Mensuration	19	19	16	16	18	18
Geometry	15	15	16	16	17	17
Trigonometry	18	18	17	17	16	16
Logarithm	05	05	05	05	02	02
Statistics	8	8	8	8	11	11

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