CDS Exam Syllabus

The UPSC conducts a written exam called CDS Examination for the recruitment of
the applicable aspirants. The CDS Exam Syllabus is very important to be read out for
passing the exam. The exam comprises three basic subjects English, General
Knowledge and Mathematics. These three subjects include various topics. The
CDS Exam Syllabus Details will give the detailed information regarding the subjects
as given below

CDS Exam Syllabus Details:

Paper 1: English
The objective type question paper is designed to examine the understanding of
English of the applicants. English question paper of CDS Exam includes passage for
answering few questions related to that passage.
Paper 2: General Knowledge
General Knowledge question paper in CDS examination includes knowledge of
current topics and of matters which are observing every day. The aspirants must be
able to answer scientific aspects without any particular scientific study. They should
have knowledge of History of India and Geographical issues without any specific
study. The applicants must be able to answer these general knowledge questions to
pass this test.
Paper 3: Elementary Mathematics
The objective type question paper includes various topics of elementary
mathematics. Candidates should have posses knowledge about these topics. There
are lots of topics to cover which are as following:
Arithmetic: Aspirants need to perform well in arithmetic which includes
Number System, Fundamental Operations, Unitary Methods, and Elementary
Number Theorems etc.

 Algebra: The applicants should able to solve basic operations, Remainder

Theorem, Quadratic Equations, Linear equations and practical problems etc.
Geometry: The candidates should able to answer geometric questions which
contain Lines and angles, plane and plane figures and their related questions.
Trigonometry: The applicants need to know the values of Sine x, cosine x
and tangent x.
Menstruation: The all candidates applying for the test should have
knowledge of calculating areas of squares, rectangles, triangles, circles and
parallelograms etc.
Statistics: Everyone needs to know the collection and tabulation of data,
histograms, pie and bar charts etc.
All these above mentioned fields have been included in the mathematics question
paper so the aspirants must have good knowledge in elementary mathematics. The
candidates need to be good in calculation and more basic operations so that they can
perform well in the examination.