Hello aspirants, so the much awaited CDSE 2 2013 is finally over! So much of hectic schedule during the paper, giving two-three back to back isn’t an easy task. Well those who have appeared, you must be curious about the cutoffs and those who are planning to appear must be eager to know about the kind of paper, or the difficulty level of the paper. Well to begin with I would like to tell you that UPSC exams are not easy, so you need a good preparation to score.
So here is an analysis of the paper for the OTA candidates, it means that this article covers only the analysis of English and GK.
 OTA English Paper
The English paper consisted of the promised number of questions i.e. 120 questions, all carrying equal marks and the maximum marks for this paper were 100. The questions were typical one’s ranging from synonyms, antonyms, error detections etc. in short the set pattern was repeated. The paper consisted of seven passages each having four-five questions based on them. The passages were easy, simple to understand and the questions were somewhat direct. The spotting error section had 19 questions; all demanded a good understanding of basic grammar. There were total 20 each of Antonyms & Synonyms, which were of an above average standard. The good part about Antonyms and synonyms in CDSE is that if you do a good number of previous year question papers you’ll find that words are repeated in some way or the other. There were 18 questions on ordering of sentences, all were simple, and then there were 16 questions on ordering of words in a sentence, again a simple exercise. Hence the English paper was average.
OTA General Knowledge Paper
General Knowledge comprises of the toughest part of CDSE or any UPSC exam for that matter. In this paper also General Knowledge was tough. Some questions were totally direct and some were in no way direct! There was a dominance of questions from Economy, commerce etc. (Thanks to the downfall of rupee!). There were questions asked from the recipients of major awards. Current affair questions included current affairs from the month of April 2013(Latest). There were very few (only two-three) questions asked from the sports section. There were a good amount of questions from Indian Polity. All the questions demanded a good understanding of the things. Hence merely thinking that memorizing history, geography or polity will sail you through in GK is not correct. This is so because there were ample amount of Assertion-Reasoning type questions.
The cutoff for OTA might remain the same as of past years; it may lie between 65-80. Hope for the best and keep your fingers crossed.
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 Tashi Mishra, Editorial TeamShe is a defense aspirant from Varanasi completed her BCA. She has attended SSB Interview at 1 AFSB Dehradoon and has more SSB coming up. She is confident about joining Defence Forces one day. Here, she is sharing her views and experience. Mail us to join our editorial team now.
