CDS 1 2025 English and GK Question Paper OUT: Check Student Reactions, Difficulty Level & Download Answer Key PDF

CDS 1 2025 English and GK exam is over. The CDS 1 2025 GK and English question paper PDF and Answer Key PDF by Major Kalshi is available below. Candidates can check below CDS 1 English and GK Question Paper analysis, including the good attempts, topics asked, difficulty level, questions asked, and more.

CDS 1 2025 English and GK Question Paper Analysis

CDS 1 2025: The UPSC is conducting the CDS 1 2025 exam on April 13, 2025 (Today) in three shifts. As per students' CDS 1 2025 English paper was Moderate. The UPSC CDS 1 2025 exam consists of three sections, namely English, General Knowledge, and Maths. Here we are providing the CDS 1 2025 analysis for English and GK based on the student responses, including the number of good attempts, difficulty level, topics asked, subject-wise distribution, exam pattern change or not, etc. Also, download CDS 1 2025 Answer Key and question papers.

The exam of CDS is conducted twice a year to enroll cadets for the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Air Force Academy (AFA), and Officers' Training Academy (OTA). The candidates qualifying for the CDS 2025 will be called for the SSB Interview.

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CDS 1 2025 GK Analysis OUT

As per the student reactions':

• Overall Difficulty level: Moderate
• History was tough
• Polity was moderate
• Factual questions asked from schemes
• Economics Some questions were hard
• Current affairs was government oriented
• Science was Easy
• Good Attempts: 85 to 90
• Expected Cutoff: High

CDS 1 2025 English Answer Key & Questions OUT

Ans 9 (d)

Ans 10 (c)

Ans 8 (a)

Ans 7 (d)

Ans 5 (c)

Ans 6 (a)

Ans c

CDS 1 Exam Analysis 2025: English Overall Difficulty Level and Good Attempts OUT

The CDS 1 2025 written exam comprises three sections, namely English, GK, and elementary mathematics. The total duration of each section is two hours. Candidates applying for IMA, INA, and AFA comprised three sections, while applying for OTA comprised only two sections, namely English and GK. After the conclusion of the English and GK exams, we will provide question paper analysis.

CDS 2 Exam 2024: English Analysis (Section-Wise)

After the completion of the CDS 1 2025 English exam, candidates can check the English section-wise exam analysis, including reading comprehension, vocabulary and usage, grammar, etc.  The English exam is conducted from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Scroll down for the list of questions asked in the CDS 1 2025 English exam.

UPSC CDS 1 English Question Paper 2025

The candidates will be able to check the CDS 1 English question paper for the CDS 1 exam in the table below. The UPSC CDS English question paper can help the candidates to practice, calculating their expected marks from the provisional answer key and  more:

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CDS 1 Exam Syllabus

CDS 1 Exam Pattern

CDS 1 Exam 2025: GK Analysis (Section-Wise)

The CDS 1 GK exam is concluded. Here, we will provide the number of questions asked in the CDS 1 exam in GK. Check below for CDS 1 2025 section-wise GK analysis.

UPSC CDS 1 2025 GK Question Paper

Candidates can download the CDS 1 question paper for GK from the table provided below after the exam is concluded on April 13, 2025.

CDS 1 2025 Shift Timings

Candidates can check below the shift timings of the CDS 1 2025 exam:

UPSC CDS Previous Year Papers

The candidates can check the CDS English question paper and GK question paper for the CDS 1 exam in the table below. The UPSC CDS question paper can help the candidates to practice, calculating their expected marks from the provisional answer key and  more:

CDS English Question Papers

CDS GK Question Papers

UPSC CDS Answer Key 2024

The candidates preparing for the CDS exam using the previous years' question paper will need the answer key to analyse their performance in the exam. The candidates can download the CDS answer key through the link given below. The candidates have to compare their responses with the answer key to get the marks. 

CDS Answer Key Download Link: Year Wise CDS Answer Key

CDS Exam Pattern 2024 for SSB Interview

The SSB Interview for IMA, INA, and AFA is for 300 marks each while for OTA, it is 200. The SSB Interview procedure consists of two stages: I and II. Only those candidates who qualify the stage I are permitted to appear in stage II. The details of both stages are given below: 

• Stage I comprises Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests and Picture Perception Description Test (PP&DT)
• Stage II comprises Interviews, Group Testing Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests, and Conferences. These tests are conducted over days

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