UPSC CDS 2 2021 Exam Analysis English; Questions moderately difficult, check expected cutoff
Prabakaran K | November 14, 2021 | 11:02 AM IST | 1 min read
UPSC has concluded the CDS 2 English exam today at 11 pm. Overall the question paper was moderately difficult for the CDS 2 2021 English paper.
New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has conducted the CDS 2 2021 exam for the English paper today and candidates who appeared in the examination found the questions as moderately difficult. Though some of them found the questions as easy.
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There was a mixed reaction from the candidates who appeared in the UPSC CDS 2 English exam 2021. Some said it was moderate, many said it was easy and no one felt it was hard. Candidates who are having a good command of English will be able to score more than 70 marks easily.
UPSC CDS 2 exam analysis 2021: English
The UPSC CDS 2 2021 questions were asked about identifying the part of the sentence i.e. whether the underlying word, verb, noun, pronoun, adverb, adjective etc. Also, questions were asked about identifying the correct spelling. Apart from that, the exam pattern of the CDS 2 English paper was the same.
UPSC CDS 2 2021 paper analysis for English
|
CDS 2 paper |
Good attempts |
Difficulty level |
|
English |
85-95 |
Easy to moderate |
UPSC CDS 2 paper analysis 2021: English (Topic-asked)
The followings were the topics and number of questions asked in the UPSC CDS 2 examination.
-
Spotting Errors - 10 questions
-
Sentence arrangement
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Synonyms - 10 questions
-
Antonyms - 10 questions
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Selecting words - 10 questions
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Ordering of sentence - 10 10 questions
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Comprehension - 10 questions
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Ordering of words in a sentence
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Fill in the blanks - 10 questions
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Idioms and phrases - 10 questions, etc.
UPSC CDS 2 cutoff 2021 (expected)
|
Levels |
Written exam cutoff |
CDS final cutoff |
|
AFA |
135 marks |
253 |
|
IMA |
121 marks |
242 |
|
INA |
112 marks |
228 |
|
OTA (female) |
84 marks |
162 |
|
OTA (male) |
84 marks |
163 |
The CDS 2 2021 exam is conducted to recruit candidates for defense services in IMA/ INA/ AFA/ OTA. UPSC CDS 2 GK paper will be held today from 12 noon to 2 pm and mathematics paper will be conducted from 3 pm to 5 pm. The CDS 2 2021 result is expected to be declared in the 1st week of December 2021.
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