Combined Defence Services Exam Preparation

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Preparation tips:
One can refer to basic grammar books to clear the concepts

Try to improve the way you can influence people through logical arguments

Try to learn a couple of new words on a daily basis. By doing this, you will
soon find that you are developing a good hold over the language

Develop a cooperative and responsible attitude, which will help in
successfully carrying out team work

Train yourself to respect your seniors and juniors

Improve your communication skills

Try to have a very strong hold over English

Refer to past question papers and see the pattern of occurrence of the
questions. That will give you an idea as to which topics to concentrate on.

Improve your general awareness regarding national and international issues

Revise all the topics thoroughly

First, pick up the topics that you are strong at and practice thoroughly. Later
move on the difficult ones and try to practice as much as possible

Read newspapers regularly and watch television for the latest happenings in and around the world.

Paper pattern:
Objective
Subject Type Marks Duration
English Objective type 100 2 hours
General Knowledge Objective type 100 50 marks
Elementary Mathematics Objective type 100 2 hours
Total marks 300

Books to refer:
Pathfinder CDS: Combined Defence Services Entrance Examination 1st Edition
CDS Chapterwise - Sectionwise Solved Papers 1st Edition
Arihant CDS Entrance Examination (Self Study Guide) written by Dr. Satyajeet Rawat, Brijesh Tripathi & Neetika Goyal
Combined Defence Services Exam Guide written by R.P. Datason