The Indian Army is likely to restart its recruitment process after a two-year freeze triggered by Covid-19 restrictions even as a new recruitment policy called “tour of duty” to induct soldiers for short-term service is being finalised, officials familiar with the matter said on Friday, asking not to be named.
While the recruitment schedule is still being worked out, the recruitment rallies are expected to be conducted across the country from August to December, the officials said.
The army was beginning to feel the strain of a manpower crunch stemming from the freeze on recruitment even though officials said the shortage had not blunted the army’s operational readiness and units were performing optimally.
Necessary preparations for recruitment are being made in view of the impending announcement of the new recruitment policy, said one of the officials cited above. The “tour of duty” model envisages the recruitment of personnel below officer (PBOR) rank for four years, including six months of training, the officials said.
These soldiers are likely to be given a severance package running into a few lakhs at the time of their release, it is learnt. Some of them could also be retained in service after the completion of four years of service after another round of screening but those details are not known yet.
Soldiers recruited through the normal process serve for about 20 years before they retire in their late 30s with a pension.
The army is currently short of around 125,000 soldiers in the PBOR cadre, with the deficiency growing at the rate of more than 5,000 men every month. It has an authorised strength of 1.2 million soldiers.
It’s good that the army will be restarting recruitment soon as the shortage of manpower was affecting operational readiness of units, especially those deployed in the forward areas, said former Northern Army commander Lieutenant General DS Hooda (retd). “As far as the “tour of duty” model goes, I feel it needs to be thought through a little more before its implementation,” Hooda added.
The freeze on recruitment was not rolled back by the government despite the Covid situation stabilising and normalcy returning in several areas.
The army conducted up to 100 recruitment rallies every year in the pre-Covid era, with each covering six to eight districts. Before Covid struck, the army recruited 80,572 candidates in 2019-20 and 53,431 candidates in 2018-19. To be sure, the pandemic did not affect the officer intake in the army.
Hundreds of thousands of army aspirants across the country have been demanding that recruitment be restarted at the earliest and that the age eligibility be relaxed by at least two years to accommodate those who have become overage because of the hold on recruitment. Candidates must be between seventeen-and-a-half and 21 years of age to get recruited as general duty soldiers in the army.
The rare freeze on recruitment dashed the hopes of an entire generation of young men across the country for whom army was the only career option, as previously reported by HT.
The officials said with the sustained infusion of technology in the army in the recent years, fewer men are capable of carrying out the same operational tasks now, and several military reforms are underway to improve the army’s tooth-to-tail ratio.
The tooth-to-tail ratio means the number of personnel (tail) required to support a combat soldier (tooth). In 2018, the army said it was looking at cutting more than 150,000 troops over the following five years under an overarching cadre review to sharpen the force’s effectiveness and prepare it for future wars.
In a moment of pride, Rekha Singh, wife of Naik Deepak Singh who was killed in a skirmish with Chinese soldiers in June 2020, has fulfilled her husband’s dream of becoming a lieutenant in the Indian Army. Rekha Singh gave up her teaching career to become an officer in the Army.
Rekha Singh mentioned that she will start her training in Chennai on May 28. Rekha Singh was married to Naik Deepak Singh of the 16th Battalion of Bihar Regiment. He was killed while fighting Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley on June 15, 2020. Deepak Singh was posthumously awarded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind for his bravery.
It was just 15 months into their marriage when Rekha received the devastating news of her husband’s death. But her patriotism toward her country led her to join the Army. Pursuing her husband’s dream, she strived hard to make it to the Indian Army.
Passing Out Parade of Spring Term-22 will be held at INA Ezhimala on 28 May 2022. Trainees from 102 INAC, 102 Ex-NDA, 32 NOC (Extended), 34 NOC (Regular), 34 NOC (Coast Guard) and 35 NOC (Regular) will graduate after successful completion of their training at INA. Admiral R Hari Kumar, CNS will be the Chief Guest and the Reviewing officer. Live Streaming of the POP, Spring Term-22 will commence at 0715h onwards on 28 May 2022 on Indian Navy YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.
About Indian Naval Academy
The principal role of the Indian Naval Academy is to impart basic and orientation training to all officer entrants of the Navy and Coast Guard, other than Special Duties List officers. The aim is to develop the trainees morally, mentally, physically and to imbibe in them the high ideals of loyalty, valour and patriotism in order to provide the service with officers who are dedicated to a career of Naval Service and have potential for future development to assume the highest responsibility of leadership. The Indian Naval Academy has been developed as a national prestigious project and is the ‘Cradle for Leadership’ in the Indian Navy. It is unique in concept and design which stands out as an outstanding monument. The ab-initio training imparted at the Academy will ensure that every officer who passes out through its portals will be leaders worthy of trust and confidence that the nation has reposed in them. It will also establish bridges of friendship across the ocean by training personnel from friendly foreign countries.
The aim of the Indian Naval Academy is to prepare young men and women to be a professional officer in the navy by providing them sound education supplemented with the required professional naval training. It is intended that all officers joining the Navy will pass through this academy so that the entire officer cadre is suitably initiated into the naval way of life starting with a common controlled foundation. The academic curriculum is tailored to keep pace with the demands of modern technology. In addition, the Academy will condition the young men and women who have chosen the navy as a career with the mental and physical attributes to be able to exercise self-discipline, to perform efficiently under stress, to think and react quickly.
7 Indian Army soldiers lost their lives so far in a vehicle accident in Turtuk sector (Ladakh), grievous injuries to others too. Efforts on to ensure best medical care for injured, incl requisition of air effort from IAF to shift more serious ones to Western Command: Army Sources
Leh:A party of 26 soldiers was moving from the Transit Camp in Partapur to a forward location in Sub Sector Hanif. At approx 0900h, around 25km from Thoise, the vehicle skidded off the road and fell in Shyok river resulting in injuries to all occupants.
The vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and fell into a gorge, resulting in injuries to all of them, the officials said.
The rescue operation was carried out swiftly and all the soldiers were evacuated to a field hospital in Partapur, they said Seven of them succumbed to injuries, the officials said, adding much other personnel have also suffered grievous injuries and are undergoing treatment.
All 26 individuals have been evacuated to 403 Field Hospital at Partapur and Surgical teams from Leh have moved to Partapur. Seven individuals have been declared Fatal so far. There are grievous injuries to others as well.
This is the second in a series where I would be discussing the essential qualities one needs to show in GD (Group Discussion). As already told there might be many qualities that could be judged in a GD, so try to prove all in one go only.
Apart from good communication skills a person should be a good listener also as he should know what he has in him and what others want to say so that a whole set of data could be collected and told to the whole group if a conclusion is desired.
Such a quality can be helpful in times when you don’t have much knowledge about the provided topic and you have to perform at a place. Assembling others’ points and mixing your own views on it can also help in getting success sometimes.
The following advantages a good listener would always get:
A good listener would always be accepted as a part of the group and unlike a person who always want to speak himself; a good listener has the power of accumulating points of group members.
This quality of accumulating can also help enrich the discussion
Also the group members may always feel that a person who listens other people should always be given chance, hence there is more probability of acceptance by the group and getting chance automatically.
It has already been mentioned that never go for quantity of speaking and then blame the system that you were not selected. Always go for the quality of matter that you add to the discussion and the knowledge building of the group. So look how can you add value rather than waiting for more number of turns.
If everyone waits for more number of turns then only the fish market situation arises in a GD. This needs to be avoided as it has been seen that in many such cases whole group can be rejected and it affects the performance of everyone.
Remember to supplement your points with an example which can clear the understanding of group which may lead to your acceptance. This is why you are there to prove your worth. Imagine a similar situation when you will face as an officer where your group accepts your idea and you also provide opportunity to everyone for speaking their ideas based on their expertise.
The SSB is just the simulation of real life scenarios that might occur during the service. Body language is very important and I would deal it in a separate article.
Check the AFCAT 2 2021 and CDS final merit list for Air Force Academy July 2022 course. Indian Air Force has published the Merit list of Air Force Academy for the course commencing from July 2022. The list has 394 recommended candidates from AFCAT, NCC Entry, Service Entry Commission, and Metrology.
The Merit list in order of Merit, and entry wise for courses commencing at Air Force Academy on July 22 is placed below. The Merit List is without the Medical status and is to be used to see the relative position of all candidates recommended by AFSBs.
This Merit list does not convey that you have been selected to join AFA. A separate merit list of candidates who are selected to join AFA would be published depending upon the order of Merit, medical fitness, choice of branch of the candidate, and vacancies available in each branch.
If you are preparing for the AFCAT 2 2022 written exam and SSB interview, you can check SSBCrackExams online courses and mock tests.
Captain Abhilasha Barak became the first woman combat aviator in the Army Aviation Corps. In the passing out ceremony of the Army Aviation Corps today at Combat Army Aviation School (CATS) at Gandhinagar, she passed out with flying colors along with 36 Indian Army Pilots. Captain Abhilasha hails from Panchkula, Haryana and she has cleared SSB interviews 4 times, later she joined the OTA Chennai for her training and got commissioned into AAD. She opted for Army Aviation Corps later and today she has become the first woman combat aviator of the Indian Army.
Golden Letter Day in the history of Indian Army Aviation. Captain Abhilasha Barak becomes the First Woman Officer to join Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator after successful completion of training. Captain Abhilasha Barak has been awarded the Coveted Wings along with 36 Army Pilots by Director General & Colonel Commandant Army Aviation. Young Aviators are now ready to spread their wings in Combat Aviation Squadrons.
UPDATE: CDS 2 2021 OTA SSB Interview Dates selection links are open from 24th May 2022. Candidates can book their SSB interview dates now.
UPDATE: SSC (NT)-116 (OCT 2022) COURSE: DATE SELECTION LINK FOR SSC (NT)-116 (OCT 2022) COURSE IS OPEN. THE CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED TO SELECT SSB DATE FROM DATE SELECTION LINK FROM THEIR PROFILE. DATE SELECTION LINK WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL 1600 HRS ON 31 MAY 2022
UPDATE: SSCW (NT)-30 (OCT 2022) COURSE: DATE SELECTION LINK FOR SSCW (NT)-30 (OCT 2022) COURSE IS OPEN. THE CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED TO SELECT SSB DATE FROM DATE SELECTION LINK FROM THEIR PROFILE. DATE SELECTION WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL 1500 HRS ON 30 MAY 2022.
As many aspirants who have cleared the CDS 2 2021 written exam for the Officers Training Academy OTA course are waiting for their OTA SSB interview dates, the result for CDS 2 2021 was declared in December and aspirants who have cleared the CDS 2 2021 written exam for OTA Chennai were waiting for their SSB interview dates for OTA SSC (NT)-116 (OCT 2022) COURSE and SSCW (NT)-30 (OCT 2022) COURSE. Candidates can now select their OTA SSB interview dates on the official Indian army website. If you are prepare for the OTA SSB Interview, do not forget to enroll in our Online SSB Interview Course today.
CDS 2 2021 OTA SSB Interviews will be conducted at
SSB Allahabad
SSB Bhopal
SSB Bangalore
SSB Kapurthala
SSB Interview books for the CDS 2 2021 SSB Interview
A Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2021 will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 14th November, 2021 for admission to the under mentioned courses : Name of the Course and Approximate No. of Vacancies:
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun – 153rd (DE) Course commencing in July, 2022 [including 13 vacancies reserved for NCC `C’ Certificate (Army Wing) holders] – 100 vacancies
Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala – Course commencing in July, 2022 Executive Branch (General Service)/Hydro [including 03 vacancies for NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Naval Wing through NCC Special Entry ) holders ]. – 22 vacancies
Air Force Academy, Hyderabad—(Pre-Flying) Training Course commencing in July, 2022 i.e. No. 212 F(P) Course. [including 03 vacancies are reserved for NCC `C’ Certificate (Air Wing) holders through NCC Spl. Entry] – 32 vacancies
Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) – 116th SSC (Men) (NT) (UPSC) Course commencing in October, 2022 – 169 vacancies
Officers Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) 30th SSC Women (NT) (UPSC) Course commencing in October, 2022. – 16 vacancies
Total 339 Vacancies
What is the SSB Interview process?
In private sector or other competitive sector human resources depends on the philosophy of ‘Best Fit’ whereas in Indian Armed Forces selection is based on the philosophy of ‘Right Fit’. There are three major ways of testing candidates as per SSBs prerequisite standards:
Physiological test
Interview test
Group test
Detail about these tests is discussed in the below sections.
What is SSB Interview dates?
A candidate whether he/she has qualified any armed forces entrance exam or made in the merit list of candidates based on academic records for any particular type of entry, to get called up for SSB interview candidates are first allotted with a roll number and sequenced in a list as per their roll numbers. This list is then published online by the selection board for the candidates to see. List contains detail like Name with respective roll numbers along with DOB with the date of reporting for SSB interview.
The Selection board provides a candidate with two kinds of SSB interview dates one is Regular SSB interview date on which the candidate is expected to arrive at the SSB interview center and the second is Absentee SSB interview date, if a candidate due to unforeseen reasons is not been able to attend his/her SSB interview on as appointed regular SSB interview date then the candidate can attempt the same interview on absentee SSB interview date given the list or call letter provided the candidate have to mail in advance mentioning the reason for failure to attempt SSB on a regular date to the respective selection board.
What is the SSB Interview call letter?
SSB Interview call letter is an official invitation sent by the selection board to the candidates on their respective mailing address or generated online, inviting candidates to attend their respective SSB interviews for recruitment in Indian Armed Forces. Generally, SSB interview call letters consist of candidates’ personal details such as name, address, individually appointed roll number, identity photo, venue for SSB interview, and instruction to reach the venue along with other information that a candidate should know before leaving for his/her SSB interview.
What is the SSB Interview venue or what is the SSB interview center?
SSB interview venue or centers are the service selection board official station where all the SSB interview related process takes place. Candidates are called from all over the country and formed in batches for the process. Below given is a list of venues of service selection board where SSB interview takes place for different kinds of entry for Indian Armed Forces.
Below given are some basic instructions to be followed by a candidate going to attempt an SSB interview:
Candidates are provided with SSB venues when called for SSB interview along with the pickup address and time, generally candidates are picked up by selection board at the railway station on the on the appointed date at pre-informed time. It will be wise for candidates to follow the same otherwise there are chances that he/she might get disqualify to attend the interview.
It is advised to candidates to attend the interview on regular dates instead of absente date, two things are there one on regular dates candidates appearing are less as compare to absente batch hence less completion and second administration and management become easier and this will make the process more fair and justifiable.
SSB interview is divide in two stages first is screening test and second is 5 day process containing psychological and group test and personal interview.
Free boarding and lodging will be provided to you for the period of your stay at the Selection Centre.
A candidate is needed to bring his/her call letter at the SSB cater along with other important items such as: academic document, shoes – formal and sports, clothes-formal (for interview) and sportswear well advised are white T shirts and Half pants for physical activities, etc.
Candidates are entitled to get traveling allowance in case they are coming to SSB for the first time for the entry.
A candidate should be physically fit and free from ailment or any health problem which may hamper his/her performance in the physical test/interview.
Candidate will not visit testing areas after testing hours. The conduct of the candidates both in the Selection Centre as well as when visiting outside areas should be correct and gentleman like.
Any contravention of above orders or any act of indiscipline will invite immediate cancellation of candidature on disciplinary grounds.
Cases of serious breach of discipline and conduct will be handed over to civil police and FIR registered accordingly.
Candidates are not permitted to use mobile phones during the conduct of tests.
What is SSB interview Screening Test?
Day 1 of the SSB interview is a devoted screening procedure, hundreds of candidates arrive at day 1 of the SSB interview out of which only 40 to 50 candidates are screened in.
Screening Test consists of:
Officer’s Intelligence Rating Test (OIR) – Verbal and Non verbal
Picture Perception and Description Test(PPDT)– picture story writing, individual picture story brief description and group discussion on the Story
What is Officer’s Intelligence Rating Test(OIR)?
After entering the SSB premises on day 1 candidates have to attempt first to go through the OIR test. The Intelligence Test comprises of two tests — Verbal and Non-verbal tests. These tests have 54-55 questions and determine the Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) of the candidate. They consist of simple linguistic, logical, analytical, and mathematical questions to test basic common sense.
The verbal section in the OIR test consists of questions based on topics such as Relationships, Jumbled words, Coding/Decoding, Multiple choice questions, Antonym and synonym, reconstruction of the sentence, one-word substitution, Odd one out, common sense and alphabet test, Arithmetic questions.
The non-verbal section in the OIR test consists of questions based on topics such as: Which figure is different from the other, Completion of series, Locate the concealed figure, Fill in the correct figure.
What is Picture Perception and Description Test(PPDT)?
After writing the OIR test candidates have to simultaneously attempt the PPDT test. In this test, a picture will be shown for about 30 seconds to candidates and one minute is given to determine the age, sex, mood of the person and to write the action. The next 4 minutes are given to write a story on the same. After that, a group of aspirants is made to sit in front of the assessors for the discussion test which is the second part of the PPDT.
Group Discussion in SSB Interview?
In general, in group communication, a discussion meets the traits like disagreement, conflicts, dissatisfaction, disapproval, and emotional disorder. In these cases, a skilled person knows how to react to such contradictions. In the group discussion, how is everyone’s competitive mood is the plot of interest for the assessors? Whether are you able to be emotionally stable? Or are you able to maintain the degree of patient listening?
Differences are and bound to happen and one should have the emotional stability to resolve the emotional disturbances and emotional disorders.
Tips on Group discussion:
Tame your words, tone and gesture when in discussion.
Taking into consideration of others interest and reciprocating in a very acceptable manner / humble-disagreement show the skill of management of contradiction.
Positive body language is required it shows mental acuity and intentions of the person, aggression without hard facts and impressive words will cause harmful effects.
Story should be presented it with an example of valour, brain (strategies and tactics) and humanity, no need to show that you know it all imposing your smartness over others make bad impression on the assessors.
The only thing is to make a simple nice story – articulate it well – listen to others – present your point nicely with nice gestures to everybody – don’t let discussion distract from the topic – be a good team player.
What is SSB interview Psychological Test?
Candidates who have cleared the day screening test are thus forward formed into groups of 8 to 10, generally, one SSB interview batch consists of 5-6 groups each group having 8 to 10 candidates.
SSB interview Psychological Test
Psychological Tests are conducted to check the response of the candidates on the usual conditions which they face in day-to-day life. It helps in recognizing the candidate’s various emotional and behavioral reactions to different degrees.
Sections ofPsychological Test
1. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT): TAT consists of a set of ambiguous pictures that will be shown to the candidate, while looking at these pictures candidates must create a theme like a story that requires a hero and a challenge, how the hero will overcome the crisis and succeed.
In TAT a candidate will be asked to write a story from his own based on the images shown. A candidate shouldn’t just use his memory blocks and start preparing a story, he/she needs to see that every third or fourth line there is different meanings are coming, try interpretation and analyze those meaning as the third person because that meaning shows candidate’s state of mind.
Tips onThematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Consider these points while attempting TAT
What has led up to the situation.
What the characters are feeling and thinking.
What is happening at the moment.
What is the final outcome of the story.
2.Word Association Test WAT: To simply put this test observe candidates’ imagination and evaluate his/her qualities of individual ideas. In this test, the candidate will be shown a word and he/she is required to form a meaningful sentence using that word. On seeing a word there might be different ideas in the candidate’s mind related to that word but he/must write the first spontaneous reaction in your answer sheet.
Tips on WAT
Evaluation is one of the major tools of mind, in WAT sentence made by candidates also show his/her evaluation strength. So, a candidate must work on his evaluation skills on day-to-day happenings it will help him/her to get in in required gear.
Information of routine day-to-day life happening varies from person to person. A candidate must see how information is best framed to be acceptable by lot of people.
Be Logical and a keen observer these traits are easily apprehended by psychologists by the candidate’s performance in WAT.
3. Situation Reaction Test (SRT): Situation Reaction Test (SRT) is another test at Service Selection Boards in Psychologist series, this is a test of candidate’s common sense, he/she will be given some situations that occur in daily life and their answer will help the Psychologist to judge candidate’s mentality.
Candidate’s will be given a booklet containing 60 situations which he/she has to answer in 30 minutes, this time limit has been intentionally shortened as to ensure that the candidate gives the first reaction which comes to his mind without thinking much over it.
The answer to the SRT will therefore reflect the aspirant’s power of understanding, practical ability, initiative, temperament, imagination, resoluteness, social behaviour, consistency, stability under stress in varying conditions.
The psychologist is mainly interested to observe, whether the aspirant reveals a co-operative attitude or a negative or obstructive behaviour, whether he places the group before self-interest.
Carefully ensure that choices are and the answer reveals candidate’s attitude.
4. Self-Description Test (SD): SD is the last test in the Psychologist test series at Service Selection Boards. It may be the last test but as important as the first one, this test con s the finding of Psychologist about a particular candidate which he makes by the previous tests like TAT, WAT, and SRT.
This test gives an idea to the Psychologist regarding how deep the candidate has knowledge about him, whether he knows his Qualities and Shortcomings or not.
In this test, the candidate is required to write 5 paragraphs on What his Parents, Teacher/Employer, Classmates/Friends, Candidate’s own opinion about himself, and what qualities he would like to develop for the future.
What is SSB Interview Group Task (GTO)?
GTO Tasks is the second set of tasks that is conducted after the psychological tests.
The GTO tasks are designed to test the sociability speaking skills of a candidate. An officer has to perform his duties along with his colleagues
Domains of GTO:
Group discussion: In GD, there is usually two rounds of discussion. In the first round, the GTO announces three sets of topics and the candidates can select any one from among them. This test is designed to check the general speaking skills of a candidate.
Group lecture: The candidates are made to sit in a circle and every candidate is given a topic and he/she has to speak on it. The time allotted is three minutes.
Progressive Group Task PGT: PGT is about set of obstacles in ground in a specified area in that team members should cross each obstacle defined by set of rules. To cross those obstacles, some helping materials are given by the G.T.O. i.e. Balli (wooden log), Plank, and rope to tie these. The difficulty of the task increases from one obstacle to another in a progressive manner. So it is named as Progressive Group Task.
Half Group Task H.G.T: HGT is similar to PGT, but the difference is that the group is divided into two sets. Like this the GTO will see the performance of the candidates in close. The rules are same for this like PGT.
Command Task (CT): The aim of this task is to find the commanding capability of the candidate. The candidates are allowed to choose two members from the group. The candidate should have to cross an obstacle with the allotted men and the resources available within allotted time.
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In a brief reply “What is the SSB Interview process” we can say SSB interview or service selection board interview is a recruitment process under which a candidate’s skills are tested intellectually, physically, psychologically, and through group activities. There are mainly two ways a candidate can get qualify for an SSB interview: First, he/she has cleared the written exam based on a particular type of entry; Second, a candidate can be selected on the merit list prepared on the basis of candidates academic records. Below discus are the types of entries to get recruited in the Indian Armed Force as a commissioned officer.
Hello Warriors, In this article, we going to look into some important information related to CDS 2 2022 Exam English Topic Wise Analysis, Best Strategy, and Score Maximum Mark. The Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination is conducted twice a year by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment into the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy. CDS Written exam consists of three papers: Maths, English and General Knowledge.
Union Public Service Commission UPSC published the CDS 2 2022 Notificationon 18 May 2022. Lakhs of female and male CDS aspirants are applying for the COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION (II), 2022. In this article, we going to look into some important information related to CDS 2 2022 notification, if you are a CDS aspirant and looking forward to applying and writing this exam, these information will be useful for you.
CDS 2 2022 Exam Date is on 4th September 2022., Candidates who are looking forward to joining Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Indian Air Force Academy Courses commencing from July, 2023 and Officers Training Academy (Men & Women) Courses commencing from October, 2023.
So finally the CDS 2 2022 exam is on top of our heads and many aspirants, especially those candidates who are going to appear for the first time in the CDS exam. English Paper in the CDS exam includes 120 questions and a total of 100 marks with .83 mark being awarded for each correct answer and 0.27 marks deducted for each incorrect one. The paper duration is of 2 hours and English the syllabus as follows.
Spotting of Errors
Antonyms
Synonyms
Vocabulary (Idioms & Phrases)
Sentence Improvement
Sentence Completion (Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test)
Ordering of Words & Sentences
Comprehension
Active – Passive Voice
Direct – Indirect Speech or Reported Speech
Word Substitution
Parts of Speech
Spelling
Transformation of Sentences
Prepositions & Determiners
Completion of Sentences
CDS 2 2022 Exam English Previous Years Analysis And Study Plan [100 Days]
Strategy To Ace CDS 2 2022 Exam English Section
Rules of each Parts of Speech need to be studied thoroughly and in depth.
Learn 10 to 15 new words along with their respective antonyms and synonyms daily.
Make it a fun activity to learn Idioms & Phrases easily by knowing their origin stories.
Read good English newspapers (daily), books, journals, magazines, blogs.
Refer to good English Grammar and Vocabulary books and Thesaurus for better knowledge and understanding.
Try to stick to the schedule as strictly as possible.
Revise and practice English grammar and vocabulary regularly.
Hello Warriors, In this article, we going to look into some important information related to CDS 2 2022 Exam GK Topic Wise Analysis, Best Strategy, and Score Maximum Mark. The Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination is conducted twice a year by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment into the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy. CDS Written Exam consists of three papers: Maths, English and General Knowledge.
Union Public Service Commission UPSC published the CDS 2 2022 notificationon 18 May 2022. Lakhs of female and male CDS aspirants are applying for the COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION (II), 2022. In this article, we going to look into some important information related to CDS 2 2022 notification, if you are a CDS aspirant and looking forward to applying and writing this exam, these information will be useful for you.
CDS 2 2022 Exam Date is on 4th September 2022., Candidates who are looking forward to joining Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Indian Air Force Academy Courses commencing from July, 2023 and Officers Training Academy (Men & Women) Courses commencing from October, 2023.
So finally the CDS 2 2022 exam is on top of our heads and many aspirants, especially those candidates who are going to appear for the first time in the CDS exam. GK Paper in the CDS exam includes 120 questions and a total of 100 marks with .83 mark being awarded for each correct answer and 0.27 marks deducted for each incorrect one. The paper duration is of 2 hours and GK the syllabus as follows.
Science-Related
Humanities-Related
GK-Related
Physics Chemistry Biology
Geography History Polity Economics
Static GK Current Affairs Defence Specific
CDS 2 2022 Exam GK Previous Years Analysis And Study Plan [100 Days]
Strategy To Ace CDS 2 2022 Exam GK Section
Understand the number of questions you must attempt:
Out of 340 questions from all the 3 papers, the number of questions that you must accurately answer, as a bare minimum to clear the cut-off is 140-155 marks.
To be more specific, you must answer a minimum of 55 (or 50 as a round figure) questions accurately in every paper, and this too should be shielded from any negative marking.
The proper procedure to follow to learn Science subjects:
Basic way of learning Physics is that do not always spend time in solving numericals. Learn the concepts as much properly as possible.
Chemistry includes mostly Inorganic Chemistry and little concepts of Physical Chemistry. Organic chemistry is a tricky one where you should focus on named equations.
Biology needs practice and focus. To know the topics that guide you to victory, take our CDS Online Course.
The proper procedure to follow to learn Humanities subjects:
Apart from the Indian Geography that most students focus very much, try to learn World Geography too. Particularly try to learn about various Bays, Straits, Mountain Ranges, Ridges, Biodiversity hotspots, Heritage sites, capitals of the countries and their currencies, mineral deposits in our country, top producing countries of various agricultural and mineral products.
Regarding History, CDS exam focuses on the candidate’s effective intelligence, not the bookish intelligence. Before spending hours and hours of time in completing History, remember this. Try to focus on the years and the chronology of the events. Never omit History preparation.
Regarding Indian Polity, questions might be asked upon the articles, schedules, amendments, powers of the posts in Executive, application and implementation of the judiciary, fundamental rights, fundamental duties, panchayats, municipalities, constitutional and non-constitutional bodies.
While learning about Economy, try to focus on the schemes and amendments that are economically related to our country and are passed in the last 5 years.
The proper procedure to follow to learn GK-related subjects:
CDS Online Course of SSBCrackExams has extensive month-wise PDFs in different formats (one-liners, MCQs, etc.) that are precious for exams. Make a habit to go through them daily at least for 30 – 45 minutes.
Miscellaneous Rules that you must follow for better study:
Dedicated notes writing for each section in brief.
Dedicated Revision Day every week.
Use of charts and outline maps while learning Geography.
Maintaining List of Important Articles of Constitution.
Maintaining List of important wars and the years they happened.
Constant interaction with parents and peers and maintaining a positive attitude.
Compulsory 7 hours of sleep and rest and rigorous exercise.
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