The General Knowledge paper for CDS I, 2020 can be categorized as easy to moderate level when it comes to the difficulty scale. General Sciences had 30 questions with most of them falling in the easy category. 12 questions were asked from Chemistry whereas 9 questions were asked from Biology and Physics each. The questions from General Sciences required very basic knowledge of the subject. Coming to General Studies, history was on the moderate side. Considerable number of questions were from Modern History as expected, but medieval history had a good share in this installment.
A few questions were also asked from ancient history. Although most of the General studies was easy to moderate but the same was not true for Geography. The questions from Geography was high on the difficulty scale. Most of the questions were from Indian and Physical geography. The questions from Economy were of moderate level with a few direct questions. The polity section had question of moderate difficulty. It needed in-depth understanding of concepts and knowledge of relevant facts. The current affairs were direct, and knowledge of past one-year current affair would have sufficed.
CDS 1 2020 English paper consists of 12 sections with 10 questions devoted to each section, therefore equally distributing 100 marks in totality. The paper this year has been set with quite an advance intensive level of difficulty & needed an overall depth of thorough grammatical knowledge in the subject to score good marks. The paper is mostly focused on the English grammar & its technicalities & therefore it would have been quite a herculean task for those who had taken the grammar lightly & have just grazed the surface of it. The passages from the Comprehension section in this paper are lesser in number but the candidate needs a good reading habit to ace the word play infused with tricky ideas & complex views of the author, to answer the questions. My recommendation would have been to approach this section at the very end of the paper to devote quite an amount of time to comprehend & answer the questions. Majority of the questions from Spotting Errors section came from the tense & Subject-Verb agreement errors, though the candidate had to have quite a careful eye to detect wrong usage of words in a couple of questions. Ordering of Wordsin a Sentence would have been an easier section to solve, while the Idioms &Phrases section needed an average knowledge of the candidate’s vocabulary & reading practice. Surprisingly, Ordering of Sentences was a piece of cake for those who knew to connect the dots easily & logically & certainly, for those who knew the shortcut tricks to answer this section! Fill in the Blanks questions needed a good knowledge of the use of certain noun & verb phrases, while the questions from Synonyms & Antonyms were easier to solve provided they were given in the form of sentences, which are quite easier to guess than single words! What changed the game this year were the questions from Parts of Speech & Transformation of Sentences sections. The pattern of the questions are quite different & harder than the previous years’. The Parts of Speech questions required a greater knowledge of what is what in English grammar & the Transformation of Sentences is needed framing & contracting different kinds of sentences into suitable ones. Spelling section asked the candidates to point out words with easy to average level of spelling mistakes which would have been a simple job for those who are in the reading habit. Questions from Reported Speech section followed the general pattern & standard level of difficulty & would be a scoring section for the candidates who practiced the question patterns well. Overall, the CDS 1 2020 paper on English was a hard nut to crack for it requires an expert level of knowledge & thorough conceptual understanding of Grammatical technicalities of the candidate to ace good marks in this paper.
CDS 1 2020 paper for Mathematics was difficult in terms of difficulty level. The questions asked in the exam were tricky and lengthy. The CDS Mathematics paper carries a total of 100 questions from topics like Number systems, Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Mensuration, Simplification, Simple and Compound interest, Ratio & Proportion, Speed, Distance and Time, Work and Time, Set theory etc. The topic-wise analysis of questions is shown as below:
The
paper consisted of maximum question from mensuration topic. Trigonometry
maintains its number of questions in the usual range every year. But the
different thing in CDS 2020 was geometry! 15 questions came from geometry
segment this year.
So, basically the students who have prepared well for Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration and Number system were in advantage. However, the questions from other topics were lesser in number and easier to solve. Also, this year’s paper is quiet lengthy which implies that the student who can judge, which question should be attempted first, will make it through. One should be more focused to solve the questions using the given options rather than the traditional methods as per our advice in a paper like CDS 1 2020 !
CDS 1 2020 cut off marks will be published here by SSBCrack. CDS 1 2020 written exam is being conducted on 02 Feb 2020 by UPSC. Many aspirants who are waiting for the CDS 1 2020 cut off marks can check the CDS exam cut off marks trend to get the expected cut off marks and sectional cut off marks for CDS 1 2020. Official cut off marks will be published by UPSC only after the CDS 1 2020 results, though even after the results, it takes few months for the official cut off marks to come out. Most probably, the CDS 1 2020 official cut off marks will be published once the Final result of CDS 1 2020 is out. Meanwhile, you can read the CDS 1 2020 expected cut off marks below. CDS 1 2020 Answer Keys.
There is a total of 3 paper for the CDS 1 2020 Examination (IMA, INA, AFA, ) i.e Mathematics, General Knowledge and English, for but for OTA students there is only two paper i.e English and General Knowledge. The detailed Marking scheme and Exam Pattern is given below.
SECTION
No.of questions
Marks
1. English
120
100
2. General Knowledge
120
100
3. Elementary Mathematics
100
100
Total marks 300
For OTA (Officer Training Academy), there is no mathematics.
SECTION
No. of questions
Marks
1. English
120
100
2. General knowledge
120
100
Total marks 200
CDS 1 2020 Cut Off Marks [Expected]
S.No
Academy
Expected Cut Off
1
OTA (Women)
85-99
2
OTA (Men)
85-99
3
IMA
110-115
4
INA
100-110
5
IAF
125 – 135
Let’s Look at the previous years CDS cut off marks declared officially
CDS 1 2019 Cut Off Marks [Official]
CDS 2 2018 Cut Off Marks [Official]
CDS 1 2018 Cut Off Marks [Official]
CDS 2 2017 Cut Off Marks: The cutoff of CDS 2 2017 exam has not been released by UPSC yet. Aspirants who appeared for CDS 2 2017 written exam can check the expected cut off below:
CDS 1 2017 Cut Off Marks: The cutoff of CDS 1 2017 exam has not been released by UPSC yet. Aspirants who appeared for CDS 1 2017 written exam can check the expected cut off below:
CDS 2 2016 Cutoff Official: These are the official cut off marks of CDS 2 2016 exam published by UPSC
Now Look at how many aspirants applied for CDS 2016 and 2017 and cleared it based on the official data
CDS 1 2016
Number of candidates applied: 2,50,000+
Roll number of last written qualified candidate: 0239701
Total number of candidates cleared CDS 1 2016 written exam: 8411
Total number of candidates cleared SSB interview: 325
IMA: 92
INA: 31
AFA: 3
OTA: (153 Men + 46 Women)
CDS 2 2016
Number of candidates applied: 2,80,000+
Roll number of last written qualified candidate: 0279910
Total number of candidates cleared CDS 1 2016 written exam: 8563
Total number of candidates cleared SSB interview: 593
IMA: 168
INA: 81
AFA: 16
OTA: (258 Men + 70 Women)
CDS 1 2017
Number of candidates applied: 1,85,000+
Roll number of last written qualified candidate: 0183972
Total number of candidates cleared CDS 1 2016 written exam: 8548
Total number of candidates cleared SSB interview: 300 +
IMA: 124
INA: 75
AFA: 10
OTA: 181 Male (including IMA candidates) + 51 Female
By checking the previous CDS cut off marks you can get a clear idea as to how many questions you need to attempt correctly. This will give you a clear idea as to how much one must score to clear the CDS Exam. CDS 2 2019 official cut off marks will be published only after the final results of CDS 2 2019 which might take a lot of time, let us discuss the CDS 22019 expected cut off marks based on today’s question papers.
As per the notice announced that the result of CDS 2 2019 will be declared in Nov- Dec 2019 and it will be shown on an official website of UPSC. You can check it on the online on SSBCrack.com too, UPSC will not send any type of letter to invite that you are selected or not, so you can check the official website daily and keep visiting SSBCrack.
CDS 1 2020 written exam is being conducted by UPSC on 02 Feb 2020, Sunday for defense aspirants who want to join the IMA, OTA, AFA and INA. Around lakhs of Indian defence aspirants attended the CDS 1 2020 written exam to join Indian Army (IMA/OTA), Navy(NA) and Air Force (AFA) as an officer. Many readers of SSBCrack will submit their question papers and with time SSBCrack will publish all the question papers from CDS 1 2020 i.e. English, Maths and GK. Also, check CDS 1 2020 answer keys here.
Paper Analysis CDS 1 2020 Mathematics
CDS
1 2020 paper for Mathematics was difficult in terms of difficulty level. The
questions asked in the exam were tricky and lengthy. The CDS Mathematics paper
carries a total of 100 questions from topics like Number systems, Algebra,
Trigonometry, Geometry, Mensuration, Simplification, Simple and Compound
interest, Ratio & Proportion, Speed, Distance and Time, Work and Time, Set
theory etc. The topic-wise analysis of questions is shown as below:
Name
of the Topic
Number
of Questions
Number
Systems
12
HCF
and LCM
2
Square
roots and Cube roots
3
Speed,
Distance and Time
3
Work
and Time
2
Percentage
2
Simple
and Compound interest
1
Ratio
and Proportions
4
Logarithms
2
Algebraic
Operations
4
Rational
Expressions
1
Linear
Equations
1
Quadratic
equations and Inequalities
6
Set
theory
2
Trigonometry
14
Geometry
15
Mensuration
19
Statistics
7
The
paper consisted of maximum question from mensuration topic. Trigonometry
maintains its number of questions in the usual range every year. But the
different thing in CDS 2020 was geometry! 15 questions came from geometry
segment this year.
So, basically the students who have prepared well for Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration and Number system were in advantage. However, the questions from other topics were lesser in number and easier to solve. Also, this year’s paper is quiet lengthy which implies that the student who can judge, which question should be attempted first, will make it through. One should be more focused to solve the questions using the given options rather than the traditional methods as per our advice in a paper like CDS 1 2020 !
The General Knowledge paper for CDS I, 2020 can be categorized as easy to moderate level when it comes to the difficulty scale. General Sciences had 30 questions with most of them falling in the easy category. 12 questions were asked from Chemistry whereas 9 questions were asked from Biology and Physics each. The questions from General Sciences required very basic knowledge of the subject. Coming to General Studies, history was on the moderate side. Considerable number of questions were from Modern History as expected, but medieval history had a good share in this installment. A few questions were also asked from ancient history. Although most of the General studies was easy to moderate but the same was not true for Geography. The questions from Geography was high on difficulty scale. Most of the questions were from Indian and Physical geography. The questions from Economy were of moderate level with a few direct questions. The polity section had question of moderate difficulty. It needed in-depth understanding of concepts and knowledge of relevant facts. The current affairs were direct and knowledge of past one-year current affair would have sufficed.
Subject
Questions
Level
Physics
9
Easy to Moderate
Chemistry
12
Easy to Moderate
Biology
9
Easy to Moderate
History
21
Moderate
Geography
17
Moderate to difficult
Economy
8
Easy to Moderate
Polity
12
Moderate
Current Affairs
32
Easy to Moderate
CDS 1 2020 English
Question Paper Analysis
SECTIONS
No. of QUESTIONS
Comprehension
2
Passages (5 each)
Spotting Errors
10
Ordering of Words in a
Sentence
10
Idioms & Phrases
10
Ordering of Sentences
10
Fill in the Blanks
10
Synonyms
10
Antonyms
10
Parts of Speech
10
Spelling Mistakes
10
Transformation of Sentences
10
Reported Speech
10
CDS 1 2020 English paper consists of 12 sections with 10 questions devoted to each section, therefore equally distributing 100 marks in totality. . The paper this year has been set with quite an advance intensive level of difficulty & needed an overall depth of thorough grammatical knowledge in the subject to score good marks. The paper is mostly focused on the English grammar & its technicalities & therefore it would have been quite a herculean task for those who had taken the grammar lightly & have just grazed the surface of it. The passages from the Comprehension section in this paper are lesser in number but the candidate needs a good reading habit to ace the word play infused with tricky ideas & complex views of the author, to answer the questions. My recommendation would have been to approach this section at the very end of the paper to devote quite an amount of time to comprehend & answer the questions. Majority of the questions from Spotting Errors section came from the tense & Subject-Verb agreement errors, though the candidate had to have quite a careful eye to detect wrong usage of words in a couple of questions. Ordering of Wordsin a Sentence would have been an easier section to solve, while the Idioms &Phrases section needed an average knowledge of the candidate’s vocabulary & reading practice. Surprisingly, Ordering of Sentences was a piece of cake for those who knew to connect the dots easily & logically & certainly, for those who knew the shortcut tricks to answer this section! Fill in the Blanks questions needed a good knowledge of the use of certain noun & verb phrases, while the questions from Synonyms & Antonyms were easier to solve provided they were given in the form of sentences, which are quite easier to guess than single words! What changed the game this year were the questions from Parts of Speech & Transformation of Sentences sections. The pattern of the questions are quite different & harder than the previous years’. The Parts of Speech questions required a greater knowledge of what is what in English grammar & the Transformation of Sentences is needed framing & contracting different kinds of sentences into suitable ones. Spelling section asked the candidates to point out words with easy to average level of spelling mistakes which would have been a simple job for those who are in the reading habit. Questions from Reported Speech section followed the general pattern & standard level of difficulty & would be a scoring section for the candidates who practiced the question patterns well. Overall, the CDS 1 2020 paper on English was a hard nut to crack for it requires an expert level of knowledge & thorough conceptual understanding of Grammatical technicalities of the candidate to ace good marks in this paper.
CDS 2020 Online Course – CDS 1 2020 answer keys will be updated by SSBCrack here. On 2nd Feb 2020, CDS 1 2020 written exam was conducted by the UPSC across the country, candidates who are waiting for the CDS 1 2020 answer keys for Maths, GK and English can look this post for more updates. The written exam of CDS-1-2020 is being conducted by UPSC on 02 Feb 2020. Candidates who attempted the written exam of CDSE 1 2020 are waiting for CDS 1 2020 answer keys and cut off marks. Through CDS 1 2020 exam, candidates will join the course commencing in Jan 2021 at IMA, AFA, NA, and OTA for admission to the Army, Air Force wings and Navy. Courses like IMA 150 Course, SSC 113th, 25tj OTA, 209th Flying Course, and Naval Academy. Candidates looking for CDS 1 2020 Key and cut off marks, Paper solution sheet, CDS key 2020, CDS 1 2020 Cut Off Marks/ answer sheet of CDS-1 2020 can check it on SSBCrack. Aspirants can look at the answer keys for their CDS written exam, here of paper-1st and paper-2nd with set-a, set-b, set-c, set-d. We are going to publish the CDS 1 2020 answer keys from the reputed academies like Minerva, Baalnoi, Cavalier etc. Candidates are advised not to check the answer keys which are released soon after the examination as most of them are wrong. In case you have doubts in CDS 1 2020 answer keys, do double-check it from other sources.
CDSE 1 2020 includes three different papers i.e English, Maths and General Knowledge for IMA, AFA, and NA. For OTA candidates, there were only two papers i.e. English and General Knowledge. CDSE is conducted by UPSC twice every year. If you are sure about clearing CDS 1 2020, then this is the right time for you to start the SSB interview preparations with full speed, SSB is more than just clearing a written exam, so the more time you put in building your personality for the CDS SSB interview, it will be much easier for you to clear it. For candidates who think they have not done their best, do not feel low about it, life is full of opportunities and you must prepare for what is next in front of you, also wait for the results. SSBCrack is updating the CDS 1 2020 answer keys, we request aspirants to bookmark the page and visit it back in a few hours.
Paper Analysis CDS 1 2020 Mathematics
CDS
1 2020 paper for Mathematics was difficult in terms of difficulty level. The
questions asked in the exam were tricky and lengthy. The CDS Mathematics paper
carries a total of 100 questions from topics like Number systems, Algebra,
Trigonometry, Geometry, Mensuration, Simplification, Simple and Compound
interest, Ratio & Proportion, Speed, Distance and Time, Work and Time, Set
theory etc. The topic-wise analysis of questions is shown as below:
Name
of the Topic
Number
of Questions
Number
Systems
12
HCF
and LCM
2
Square
roots and Cube roots
3
Speed,
Distance and Time
3
Work
and Time
2
Percentage
2
Simple
and Compound interest
1
Ratio
and Proportions
4
Logarithms
2
Algebraic
Operations
4
Rational
Expressions
1
Linear
Equations
1
Quadratic
equations and Inequalities
6
Set
theory
2
Trigonometry
14
Geometry
15
Mensuration
19
Statistics
7
The
paper consisted of maximum question from mensuration topic. Trigonometry
maintains its number of questions in the usual range every year. But the
different thing in CDS 2020 was geometry! 15 questions came from geometry
segment this year.
So, basically the students who have prepared well for Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration and Number system were in advantage. However, the questions from other topics were lesser in number and easier to solve. Also, this year’s paper is quiet lengthy which implies that the student who can judge, which question should be attempted first, will make it through. One should be more focused to solve the questions using the given options rather than the traditional methods as per our advice in a paper like CDS 1 2020 !
Paper Analysis CDS 1 2020 General Knowledge
The General Knowledge paper for CDS I, 2020 can be categorized as easy to moderate level when it comes to the difficulty scale. General Sciences had 30 questions with most of them falling in the easy category. 12 questions were asked from Chemistry whereas 9 questions were asked from Biology and Physics each. The questions from General Sciences required very basic knowledge of the subject. Coming to General Studies, history was on the moderate side. Considerable number of questions were from Modern History as expected, but medieval history had a good share in this installment. A few questions were also asked from ancient history. Although most of the General studies was easy to moderate but the same was not true for Geography. The questions from Geography was high on difficulty scale. Most of the questions were from Indian and Physical geography. The questions from Economy were of moderate level with a few direct questions. The polity section had question of moderate difficulty. It needed in-depth understanding of concepts and knowledge of relevant facts. The current affairs were direct and knowledge of past one-year current affair would have sufficed.
CDS 1 2020 English paper consists of 12 sections with 10 questions devoted to each section, therefore equally distributing 100 marks in totality. The paper this year has been set with quite an advance intensive level of difficulty & needed an overall depth of thorough grammatical knowledge in the subject to score good marks. The paper is mostly focused on the English grammar & its technicalities & therefore it would have been quite a herculean task for those who had taken the grammar lightly & have just grazed the surface of it. The passages from the Comprehension section in this paper are lesser in number but the candidate needs a good reading habit to ace the word play infused with tricky ideas & complex views of the author, to answer the questions. My recommendation would have been to approach this section at the very end of the paper to devote quite an amount of time to comprehend & answer the questions. Majority of the questions from Spotting Errors section came from the tense & Subject-Verb agreement errors, though the candidate had to have quite a careful eye to detect wrong usage of words in a couple of questions. Ordering of Wordsin a Sentence would have been an easier section to solve, while the Idioms &Phrases section needed an average knowledge of the candidate’s vocabulary & reading practice. Surprisingly, Ordering of Sentences was a piece of cake for those who knew to connect the dots easily & logically & certainly, for those who knew the shortcut tricks to answer this section! Fill in the Blanks questions needed a good knowledge of the use of certain noun & verb phrases, while the questions from Synonyms & Antonyms were easier to solve provided they were given in the form of sentences, which are quite easier to guess than single words! What changed the game this year were the questions from Parts of Speech & Transformation of Sentences sections. The pattern of the questions are quite different & harder than the previous years’. The Parts of Speech questions required a greater knowledge of what is what in English grammar & the Transformation of Sentences is needed framing & contracting different kinds of sentences into suitable ones. Spelling section asked the candidates to point out words with easy to average level of spelling mistakes which would have been a simple job for those who are in the reading habit. Questions from Reported Speech section followed the general pattern & standard level of difficulty & would be a scoring section for the candidates who practiced the question patterns well. Overall, the CDS 1 2020 paper on English was a hard nut to crack for it requires an expert level of knowledge & thorough conceptual understanding of Grammatical technicalities of the candidate to ace good marks in this paper.
For Admission to Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy:
Lieutenant GeneralJSNegi today took over as the Commandant of the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, today. Till now he was working for the Strategic Forces Command as Dy Commander-in-Chief Strategic Forces Command.
On the morning of February 13, 2018, CRPF Assistant Commandant Naresh Kumar landed at Srinagar airport and went straight to the officer handling airport security. He handed the officer, Assistant Commandant Sheetal Rawat, a nicely wrapped gift with a bouquet and told her that if he didn’t return by the evening, she should consider it an early Valentine’s Day present. Kumar, the head of CRPF’s crack commando unit Quick Action Team (QAT) in Kashmir, had been called from Delhi to meet an emergency.
Two days after the Sunjuwan camp attack, where six soldiers had been killed, the CRPF’s Karan Nagar camp had come under attack. The terrorists were holed up in an abandoned building and the operation had raged on for 24 hours. Kumar knew his life was on the line. Rawat, his wife, did not bat an eyelid and sent him off. In a short operational career of four years, Kumar has won six police medals for gallantry (PMG), the sixth one awarded this Republic Day.
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In the Karan Nagar encounter, when hours of gunfight did not yield results, Kumar formed a six-member team and stormed the building, killing the lone surviving militant inside.
I wasn’t sure I should be writing about my experiences on a public blog but whenever I read about the experiences of various aspirants on SSBCRACK one part of my heart says that I should. So at last after finishing 2.5 yrs of my service I decided that I should share my experiences hoping that it might motivate my brothers out there. It all started way back in 2009 after I finished my class 12 and after seven years I could finally make in services in 2016. I wanted to be a fighter pilot but too much of studies in class XII resulted in my poor eyesight and I had to use spectacles with an initial power of -1.0. Dreams were shattered but still, hope of joining armed forces was alive deep inside me.
First Attempt Navy TES
Conference Out: This was right after class XII in 2009 with just a view to
roam Banglore and have fun. Purchased a book on the way to Board to read
something about SSB and to get in screened in. Couldn’t clear the SSB due
to lack of preparation and got conferenced out.
Second Attempt Navy
TES Conference Out: A fresh attempt with a Repeaters Tag (The group had people
ranging from 4-7 attempts and I was just at One) and some preparation by doing
self-study, reading books and meeting officers from Armed Forces. This time was
better than the last time but still got conference out. No correction to
mistakes done at previous SSB and no revision which was purely a mistake on my
end.
Third Attempt AFCAT
Conference Out: After reaching the final year of engineering and having being
placed in two companies I thought of making one more attempt. This time the
preparation was thorough and a lot of efforts were put in for physicals as
well. Lots and lots of revision and focus of current affairs but still for Conferenced
out. The results were shattering so took Coaching at Cavalier academy in
Banglore before my next attempt.
Fourth Attempt AFCAT
Conference Out: The preparation was hard again this time. More practice was
done on various SSB groups available on Facebook. Like every repeaters tell I
was also called by 04 people in command task in a group of 09 people which is a
very good sign of recommendation. Plus my conference was long and was asked
some many questions which I couldn’t reply in Interview. I was hoping to make
through but the whole group got washed out.
I started taking SSB seriously and spending more time on preparations by meeting random recommended people on Facebook. Anybody who gets recommended and writes his blog on SSBCRACK, I used to personally search them on FB and get their opinion. In all this searches I found Anoop Shukla. You can read his blog at https://www.ssbcrack.com/2013/09/recommended-from-2-afsb-mysore.html. I met him personally at Hyderabad and once again started my preparation under his guidance. We used to meet on regular basis for a brief talk on SSBs.
Fifth Attempt and
Sixth Attempt CDS IMA Screened Out: With much difficulty I could clear CDS as in
the first attempt I had failed. I had gone for two SSBs at Banglore and got
Screened Out. To my surprise this was the last thing I had ever expected in
this journey. I think I had prepared a little too much on these attempts. Also
I was so confident to get screened in that I had not booked my tickets if I get
screened out.
Seventh Attempt CDS
IMA Recommended: I had got Allahabad as the Center this time. The board was
famous at that time as rejection board. I prepared hard and gave my best. I
used to daily speak to Anoop and discuss my strategy for the next day. I was in
a group with 7 people from Haryana out of 10. My conference was as long as 35
minutes as I could just do 29 SRTs and I was asked one SRT by the President Maj
Gen Bakshi with lot of stress level in it. The result was good and I was
recommended. I had tears in my eyes when the results were announced my Maj
Arti. I couldn’t believe this. Being called on the dias in front of the whole
group is the best feeling I ever had. But I never thought there is another
battle going to start. I was declared Medically Unfit at MH Allahabad for which
I appeared till R&R but I was unlucky and couldn’t be declared be fit and
missed the attempt.
Eight Attempt AFCAT
Recommended.
I again made one attempt knowing that the medical issue I was having is not
curable and I might be medically unfit again still I went again. This is time
you realise that getting into forces is the only thing you want :D. This
attempt is also special as you always have a doubt in your head whether first
recommendation was by fluke or not. Even though I got myself injured while
doing the Individual obstacles and could clear only nine altogether. I was
immediately sent to SMC and they told that I have to for a surgery but I
requested the medical assistant I have to just clear Final Group Task so I
requested to go back. I cleared the FGT and was immediately operated and got
six stitches in my hand.
During my Conference
the IO asked about my injury for which I told is just a minor cut although he
was aware that I have been operated on this. I got recommended and after this
met my IO in the corridors who smiled at me and told ,”I am sure you can fill
up all the forms”. Again during medicals I was declared unfit but this time for
some other reason for which I was fit in the last time.
Ninth Attempt CDS OTA
Recommended .
This was the most confident one. After having a tag of two recommendations I
was sure I will get recommended but I never stopped my preparations. I revised
all my notes and wrote my SD Blank stories almost five times so that I am
through with them. I couldn’t finish the Command Task fully and I took the help
of my subordinates in a polite manner to clear it. I was recommended again and
this time medically fit to. I got selected in the merit list with AIR 87 and
joined the prestigious OTA Chennai.
I had left my job and
was sitting idle at home so I appeared for one more AFSB at Mysore.
Tenth Attempt AFCAT Recommended. Again I revised all my notes and checked the recent SSB activities at SSBCRACK. I prepared hard and gave this final attempt. This time I also wanted to enjoy because I knew this might be the last time I am attending SSB. I enjoyed that charm of being a three time Recommended candidate. While doing my Individual obstacles I didn’t do Balancing beam on which I was injured earlier and had stitches. I did 09 obstacles and with almost 30 secs remaining I went back. The GTO called me again and asked my to do the remaining obstacles for which I politely refused and explained the reasons, that I am just Waiting for my OTA merit list. He still insisted and gave me extra two mins to do it slowly and I stood by to my decision and refused to do it. I was sure the GTO won’t be clearing me. The conference was planned on the next day and in it I was just asked How was my stay and that confirmed that I won’t be selected. Even when my chest number was called I didn’t stand in the first go only when it was repeated I got up.
I was declared
medically fit and could make into the merit list. And that’s how I joined the
services
Few Tips for Aspirants
People say there is nothing much to prepare before SSB which is wrong. You can practise WAT,SRT, SD, Blank Story, IO questions, Lecturette, GD and GPE. All you need to do it to keep a separate note
Take a print out of Wiki pages of all the three services and know throughly about them, that’s how you impress the IO.
Read war related books and other study material to make yourself feel like an officer.
GK is must, do read online newspapers and remember the news.
Practice IO questions given on the SSBCRACK. Write down the answers so that every time you give the same answer instead of changing it.
Know your PIQ thoroughly and keep a copy with you.
Dedicate yourself to the Defence services to know more about them, their lifestyle and imbibe what you read about them on web. You have to impress IO with your knowledge.
Listen to the instructions given to you carefully and follow them. Like GD doesn’t ask for a conclusion but so many people in the group will start saying let’s conclude it.
UPSC has published the final merit list of candidates who have cleared the SSB interview for OTA Chennai through CDS 1 2019. The list contains the names of candidates who were recommended in CDS 1 2019 OTA SSB interview, the medical status of the candidates is not mentioned in this merit list. Candidates will be getting the joining instructions based on the order of merit and medical status. The following are the lists, in order of merit, in respect of 267 (176*+91^) candidates who have finally qualified on the basis of the results of the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2019 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission and Interviews held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to the (i) *Officers Training Academy, Chennai, for 111th Short Service Commission Course (for Men) and (ii) ^Officers Training Academy, Chennai, 25th Short Service Commission Women (Non-Technical) Course, commencing in April 2020. The list of 111th Short Service Commission Course (for Men) also includes the names of the candidates who were recommended earlier on the basis of the result of the same examination for admission to Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course(s).
The number of vacancies as intimated by the Government, for (i) 111th Short Service Commission Course (for Men) is 225 and for (ii) 25th Short Service Commission Women (NonTechnical) Course is 15. The results of Medical Examination of candidates have not been taken into account in preparing the merit list.
The candidature of all the candidates is Provisional. Verification of Date of Birth and Educational Qualification of these Candidates will be done by Army Head Quarter. Candidates can also obtain information regarding results by accessing to UPSC website http://www.upsc.gov.in. However, marks of the candidates will be available within 15 days from the date of declaration of final results on Commission’s website for 30 days.
