UPSC has concluded the CDS 2 2021 exam today and most of the candidates found the paper as moderately difficult. Check UPSC CDS maths paper analysis here along with the expected cutoff.
Piyush Chaudhary | November 14, 2021 | 05:10 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) concluded the UPSC CDS 2 2021 exam and in the second shift the Maths paper was held. The CDS 2 2021 mathematics paper concluded at 5 PM. Based on the feedback of candidates who appeared for the Combined Defence Services 2021 exam today, the difficulty level of the UPSC CDS maths question paper was moderate to difficult.
As per the CDS maths paper analysis the questions asked from geometry, algebra, mensuration, trigonometry, SI and CI, etc. were a bit hard. The overall CDS 2 2021 maths paper was between moderate to difficult. Candidates who attempted 67 to 74 questions correctly in the maths paper should be able to clear the CDS exam 2021 depending on their performance in other papers.
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The CDS 2 2021 exam for all the shifts was conducted in offline mode at various centres across the country.
Paper | No. of Good Attempts | Difficulty level |
Mathematics | 67-74 | Moderate to Difficult |
Topics | Difficulty level | No. of Questions |
Number system | Easy | 20 |
Geometry | Moderate to difficult | 20 |
Mensuration | Moderate to difficult | 14 |
Trigonometry | Moderate to difficult | 14 |
Time and Work | Moderate | 3 |
Clock | Easy | 2 |
Percentage | Easy | 2 |
Algebra | Moderate to difficult | 7 |
Time speed and Distance | Easy | 6 |
Set Theory | Moderate to difficult | 1 |
Mean-Median-Mode | Easy | 4 |
Simple Interest/ Compound interest | Moderate | 5 |
Mixture | Moderate | 1 |
Profit/ Loss | Moderate | 1 |
Applicants who appeared for the CDS 2 2021 exam can check the expected CDS cutoff for all the services in the table below.
Levels | Written Exam |
AFA | 132-135 |
IMA | 118-121 |
INA | 109-112 |
OTA (female) | 81-84 |
OTA (male) | 81-84 |
Also read: Check CDS 2 2021 GK paper analysis here
The Union Public Service Commission conducts the Combined Defence Services Examination to recruit eligible candidates for courses like IMA, AFA, INA and OTA. On competition of these candidates will be inducted as officers in the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.
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