DETAILED ANALYSIS OF UPSC CDS 2 2022 EXAM

Updated On : 08 Sep, 2022

CDS EXAM ANALYSIS

CDS 2 2022 EXAM DETAILED ANALYSIS


On September 4, 2022, the Union Public Service Commission successfully conducted the exam for English UPSC CDS-2 2022. Numerous students appeared in the examination, and their reviews indicate that the level of the exam was moderate. Our team has visited the exam centres to gather feedback from the students about the exams and to collect the questions which have been asked in the examination.

CDS EXAM SCHEDULE

Firstly have a look at the exam schedule:-

Exam No.

Subject 

Timing

PAPER 1

English Language

9.00 am to 11.00 am

PAPER 2

General Knowledge

12.00 pm to 2.00 pm

PAPER 3

Elementary Mathematics (except for the post of OTA)

3.00 pm to 5.00 pm

CDS 2 EXAM PATTERN 2022

Before you head start to the UPSC CDS 2 2022 Exam Analysis, you should have a look at the CDS-2 Exam Pattern 2022 of the examination which will help you to understand the analysis more clearly;-

Exam No.

Subject 

No. of Ques

Duration

Max. marks

PAPER 1

English 

Language

120

2 hrs

100

PAPER 2

General Knowledge

120

2 hrs

100

PAPER 3

Elementary Mathematics

100

2 hrs

100

GOOD ATTEMPTS & DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Exam No.

Subject 

No. of Ques

Good Attempts

Difficulty Level

PAPER 1

English 

Language

120

90+Moderate

PAPER 2

General Knowledge

120

70+Moderate 

PAPER 3

Elementary Mathematics

100

60+Moderate 

UPSC CDS 2 ENGLISH PAPER ANALYSIS

As we know the English Language exam was easy to moderate and 120 questions were asked in this examination. Here we provide you with the UPSC CDS 2 English Paper Analysis in detail. 

Topics 

The questions have been asked in this section from the below-mentioned topics:-

TOPIC

No. of Questions

Level 

Reading Comprehension

16 (3*5) 

Moderate


Sentence Completion

10

Easy 

Fill in the Blanks 

10

Easy

Preposition + Determines

10

Easy

Homonyms Pairs

10

Moderate

Phrase Replacement 

5

Moderate

Synonyms

10

Easy

Part of Speech 

10

Easy

Cloze Test

10

Easy

Para-Jumble

10

Easy

Word Meaning (Correct Use) 

10

Moderate

TOTAL

120


UPSC CDS 2022 GS PAPER ANALYSIS

As per the reviews of the students, the overall difficulty level for the General Knowledge paper was Moderate to Hard Level and the candidates have to answer all 120 questions in 2 hrs.

Topics 

The questions have been asked in this section from the below-mentioned topics:-

Subject 

TOPIC

No. of Questions

Level of Questions

Science

Biology

10

moderate to hard 

Physics

10

Chemistry

9

History

Ancient

13

moderate to hard 

Medival

4

Modern

2

Geography

24

moderate to hard

Polity

13

easy to moderate 

Economics

12

easy to moderate 

Current Affairs 

21

easy to moderate 

Miscellaneous 

1

easy to moderate 

UPSC CDS 2 ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS PAPER ANALYSIS

The Elementary Mathematics paper was of easy to moderate difficulty level and the candidates were given 100 questions to solve in 2 hours.

Topics

The questions were asked in this paper from the below-mentioned topics:-

TOPIC

No. of Questions

Level 

Mensuration 3D

10

Moderate

Mensuration 2D

6

Easy to moderate 

Algebra

14

Moderate

Statistics

5

Easy

Lagorithm

2

Easy

Number System

11

Moderate

Data Interpretation

1

Easy

Geometry

20

Moderate

Compound Interest 

1

Easy

Average

1

Easy

LCM & HCF

5

Moderate

Trigonometry

11

Easy to moderate

Time and work

3

Easy

Mixture & Alligation

1

Easy

Ratio & Proportion 

3

Easy

To access the videos of the most tricky questions and answer keys of the questions which were asked in the particular exam is listed below:-

English Language Most Tricky Questions

UPSC CDS 2 2022 Answer Key

UPSC CDS 2 Important Questions

FAQS ON CDS PAPER ANALYSIS 2022

Hope you have found the above-mentioned article useful. Here we are providing you with the questions which are mostly asked by the students. These questions will clear all your doubts regarding the CDS Exam Analysis. Have a look:-


Q. What is the difficulty level of the CDS 2 Exam?

A. As per the student's review, the overall exam was easy to moderate. If we come to elaborate on each paper the CDS 2 2022 English Paper was Easy to moderate level, General Knowledge Paper was of moderate level and the paper of Elementary Mathematics was moderate to hard level.  


Q. How many questions were there from the current affairs?

A. In total 22 questions were asked from the previous 4-5 months' current affairs.


Q. How many seats are going to be filled through CDS 2 2022 Exam?

A. Through the UPSC CDS 2 2022 Exam, 339 seats are going to be filled this year.


Q. What is CDS 2022 Exam Analysis and what pointers does it contain?

A. Our CDS 2022 Exam Analysis gives you the detailed information about CDS 2 2022 Exam. You will be able to know the tricky questions of each paper which will help you understand the level of the question, the topics from which the most questions were asked and also the good attempts of each paper.


Q. How many questions must I attempt in order to get good marks?

A. A safe score in the CDS exam is estimated to be an attempt of 180–190 questions.


Q. How are CDS exam results determined?

A. The minimum qualifying marks for each subject and the minimum overall cut off will be prepared on the basis of number of candidates appeared and number of vacancies to be filled. This will be used to determine the CDS result for the written test. Based on the final suggested candidate's score, the CDS cut-off will be determined. Most importantly, each subject requires a minimum qualifying percentage of 20%.

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