Combined Defence Services CDS- Syllabus
Combined Defence Services
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SYLLABUS FOR COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAINATION |
Exam Pattern:
1. For Admission to Indian Military Academy,
Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy:
S.NO
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SUBJECTS
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QUESTIONS
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MARKS
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1.
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English
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120
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100
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2.
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General Knowledge
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120
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100
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3.
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Elementary Mathematics
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100
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100
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Total
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340
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300
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2. For Admission to Officers’
Training Academy (OTA):
S.NO
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SUBJECTS
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QUESTIONS
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MARKS
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1.
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English
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120
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100
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2.
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General Knowledge
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120
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100
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Total
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240
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200
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NOTE: The "Combined
Defence Services" (CDS) Examination is conducted twice a year by the
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the recruitment of candidates into
the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy
and Indian Air Force Academy.
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English
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1.
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The question paper will be designed to
test the candidates’ understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.
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General
Knowledge
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1.
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General
Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of
everyday
observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an
educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject.
The paper will also include questions on History of India and Geography of a
nature which candidate should be able to answer without special study
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Elementary
Mathematics
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ARITHMETIC
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Number System-
Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and Real numbers.
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Fundamental
operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Square roots,
Decimal fractions.
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Unitary method,
time and distance, time and work, percentages,
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Applications to
simple and compound interest, profit and loss,
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Ratio and
proportion, variation.
Elementary
Number Theory-Division algorithm.
Prime and composite numbers. Tests of divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11.
Multiples and factors. Factorisation Theorem. H.C.F. and L.C.M. Euclidean
algorithm. Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic
tables.
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ALGEBRA
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· Basic
Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M.,
· Theory of
polynomials,
· solutions of
quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real
roots to be considered).
· Simultaneous
linear equations in two unknowns—analytical and graphical solutions.
· Simultaneous
linear inequations in two variables and their solutions. Practical problems
leading to two simultaneous linear equations or inequations in two variables
or quadratic equations in one variable & their solutions.
· Set language
and set notation, Rational expressions and conditional identities, Laws of
indices.
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TRIGONOMETRY
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Sine ×, cosine ×, Tangent × when 0°
< × < 90° Values of sin ×, cos × and tan ×, for × = 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°
and 90° Simple trigonometric identities.
Use of trigonometric tables.
Simple cases of heights and distances.
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GEOMETRY
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Lines and angles, Plane and plane
figures, Theorems on
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Properties of
angles at a point,
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Parallel lines,
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Sides and
angles of a triangle,
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Congruency of
triangles,
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Similar
triangles,
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Concurrence of
medians and altitudes,
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Properties of
angles, sides and diagonals of a parallelogram, rectangle and square,
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Circles and its
properties including tangents and normals,
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Loci.
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MENSURATION
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Areas of
squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangle and circle.
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Areas of
figures which can be split up into these figures (Field Book),
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Surface area
and volume of cuboids, lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and
cylinders, surface area and volume of spheres
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STATISTICS
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Collection and
tabulation of statistical data,
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Graphical
representation frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts etc.
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Measures of
central tendency.
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Note: Please
Download The Previous Year Question Paper From www.armyofficials.in to Know The Exact Exam Pattern &
Level Of The Questions.
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