SC CDS Exam Analysis 2023: The Union Public Service Commission has conducted the UPSC CDS 2 2023 exam today September 03, 2023. The UPSC CDS 2023 prelims exam has been conducted at 75+ exam centres across the country. As per the reports, more than 5 lakh candidates have appeared in the exam for 349 posts.
Various sources have said that the UPSC CDS 2023 exam is comparatively tough compared to the previous year. Overall, the written exam of UPSC CDS was moderate to difficult regarding difficulty level. Candidates who have appeared in the exam can check the UPSC CDS Analysis 2023 to get an insight into the exam trend like difficulty level topics, subtopics, good attempts, and many more.
UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2023
In this article, we have shared today’s UPSC CDS exam analysis to provide detailed insights into the reasonable attempts, difficulty levels of topics, and subtopics.
The UPSC CDS exam 2023 was conducted with an exam duration of 2 hours in pen and paper mode. The previous 5-year analysis shows that the overall difficulty level has been reported to be moderate to difficult.
The UPSC CDS 2 2023 Paper had 100 Objective Multiple-Choice Questions each from English, GK and Elementary Mathematics. Candidates will be selected for admission to IMA, INA, AFA, and OTA through the CDS exam. The time for the CDS exam of English is from 9 am to 11 am, GK is from 12 pm to 2 pm, and Elementary Mathematics is from 3 pm to 5 pm.
UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2023: Subject Wise Difficulty Level
As per the reports, the difficulty level of the exam varies from subject to subject. Difficulty also varies from student to student. Below we have tabulated the difficulty level and number of questions asked from each subject
Subject |
Number of Questions Asked |
Difficulty Level |
English |
120 |
Moderate |
General Knowledge |
100 |
Moderate to Difficult |
Elementary Mathematics |
To be Updated Soon |
To be Updated Soon |
Note: Based on the feedback received, this is the preliminary analysis we do not claim that this is the actual number of questions asked and difficulty level.
UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2023: Good Attempts
Below on the basis of feedback received from students we have tabulated the good attempts from each paper
Subject |
Good Attempts |
English |
73-78 |
General Knowledge |
77-81 |
Elementary Mathematics |
To be Updated Soon |
UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2023: Question Paper
UPSC CDS Question Paper 2023 has been released, we have uploaded the UPSC CDS paper you can check here the question paper PDF of all sets
UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2023: Previous Year Question Paper
Previous year papers greatly help when preparing for any competitive examination. For UPSC CDS, students must check UPSC CDS Previous Year Question Papers to identify the weightage and level of topics coming in previous years. Download the previous question paper pdf from the link given below and solve them in the environment as if you were taking the actual test. UPSC CDS Notification 2023 has been issued in order to select qualified applicants for 349 positions. Read the article here to get insight into previous years’ questions and download UPSC CDS previous question papers – UPSC CDS Previous Year Question paper
UPSC CDS Exam Analysis 2023: Expected Cut off
UPSC CDS Written Paper 2023 was on a moderate difficulty level as per the experience shared by candidates. Based on exam analysis a team of experts have prepared the expected cut-off for UPSC CDS 2023 for each category
Category |
Expected Cut-Off Marks |
General |
To be updated soon |
OBC |
To be updated soon |
SC |
To be updated soon |
ST |
To be updated soon |
EWS |
To be updated soon |
Check the previous year cut off marks as released by UPSC – UPSC CDS Cut Off Marks
UPSC CDS 2 Exam Analysis 2023
The UPSC CDS 2 examination which was conducted on April 16, 2023 was easy to moderate in nature. The English were easy to moderate in nature whereas General Knowledge and Mathematics were moderate in nature and the good attempts for English were 72 -78, General Knowledge was 78- 83 and for Elementary Mathematics was 63- 68 questions.