How to start preparation for CDSE?

Hello guys my name is Shubham , I will tell you about CDSE , what is CDSE how to start your CDSE preparation and how can you score good marks in written examination.

WHAT IS CDSE?

CDSE ( COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICE EXAMINATION) is an exam through which you can join INDIAN ARMED FORCES as an officer. It is conducted by UPSC twice a year. It is one of the ways to become the part of elite organization ( INDIAN ARMED FORCES) and lead a respectful life having stars on your shoulder.

EXAM ELIGIBILITY

CDSE gives way to join any of the three services but having different eligibility for each service. 

Indian military academy/ Officer training academy- 

Age required- 19-24

Education qualification - Any degree.

Air force academy-

Age required- 19-24

Education qualification - Degree in Engineering.

Indian naval academy

Age required - 19-24

Education qualification- Degree (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.

Exam pattern-

• The exam further consists of three exam ENGLISH, GENERAL AWARENESS, MATHEMATICS.
• Max no. in English and GA is 100 and no. of ques is 120 (.833 for 1 ques)
• Max no. in Elementary mathematics is 100 and no. of ques is 100 
• There is also negative marking of 1/3 for each wrong answer
• The medium of paper will be Hindi and English.

How to prepare for the exam-

After knowing everything about CDSE let's talk about how to do preparation for CDSE.

ENGLISH- English paper will consist of three sets 

One will check your grammatical knowledge. Second will check your reading ability or comprehension skills and 3rd will check your vocabulary. 

 You should have a strong hold on your grammatical knowledge .You should cover all the parts of speech and most important Noun, Pronoun, Adjective and Articles, these four parts of speech have very weightage in the grammatical portion of the CDS exam. Apart from that you should have a good command on Active and Passive voice and Narration. 

For your  reading portion which will include Passage , Jumbled sentences , Sentence completion ,Rearranging and ordering of sentences, these types of questions can be solved only by prac

For vocabulary I just suggest you to learn daily 10 new Antonyms and synonyms and idioms and phrases. This will help you to create library of your own Vocabulary.

GENERAL AWARENESS-

 Talking about the other paper which is of general awareness include for the 6 subject including Science which will be divided into physics chemistry and biology , Indian Polity, Indian economic, Indian history, Indian geography  and current affairs. 

 First of all you should be in contact with current affairs. You should read newspaper on daily basis, if you can't read newspaper you can have the online YouTube  lectures on daily current affairs and you must make the notes of CA specially including defense current affair ,deal on any difference between India and any other country or any new weapon made by DRDO. For science Portion you can go with NCERT from 7th to 10th class this will surely cover you all science portion and even in the science biology is the most important subject you should have strong command over biology. Indian Polity with online YouTube lectures but I suggest you to have Laxmikant , this is panacea  of Indian polity. In the History subject  you should have focus more on the modern history because it covers a large number of  questions in the exam and Covering only modern History you can attempt a good number of portion And precisely The Gandhian Era from 1915 to 1947. In the geography portion first of all you should cover the static geography , you should cover the drainage system of our country ,important lakes ,natural vegetation of our country ,National Park and Biosphere Reserves. Covering all these topic the geography portion can be easily solved. For Indian Economics you can cover that topics which are related to the current affairs, I know those students who are not from economic background (including me) they prefer to avoid economics but I don't suggest you that option ,rather you should cover that topics which are currently related to our country  like the inflation and unemployment at the time of pandemic are very high so you should covered how inflation works what is inflation, what are the reasons of poverty , how it measured. Apart from that  micro and macro economics has a good weightage in the economic portion. So this much will be very enough for your G.A portion.

MATHEMATICS- 

Now we will move further to the deciding factor for the CDS (If you are an IMA cadet). In  mathematics there are a few chapters which cover the whole (almost) mathematics question paper. These include

1.number system 

2.Geometry (which include 2D and 3D geometry) 

3. Mensuration (which include area and the volume) 

4. Trigonometry

 If you cover the said chapters you can have a good command over the mathematics question paper. These 4 chapters are very crucial which will decide if you pass the Mathematics paper or not. Apart from that you can cover (After covering above chapters) profit and loss Si and CI work and time and speed distance and time. Even if you cover all the chapters you can easily crack the Mathematics paper.

Let me tell you the only key to crack any paper is practice. After completing the syllabus you have to give mock tests. Personally while preparing for CDS I gave more than 25 mock tests , so l also suggest you that you should at least give 15 mock tests, it will boost your confidence and when you will be sitting in the examination hall there will be no fear or nervousness in your mind regarding question paper because you are very much familiar to the question paper after giving mock tests. 

So all this information that is shared with you is pretty much enough for cracking the CDS exam and I will also suggest you some books for preparation in the upcoming blog study hard and keep motivated thank you.