Government & Defence Entrance Exam

SBI Clerk prelims cut off is calculated out of 100 marks. SBI Clerk prelims exam comprises Quantitative Aptitude Reasoning and English Language. Candidates who secured the required cut off marks were called for the Mains exam. The state-wise SBI Clerk prelims cut off announced for the General category in 2022 is given below:
Assam-69.25 marks out of 100
Chhattisgarh-72.75 marks out of 100
Gujarat- 72.25 marks out of 100
Jammu- 77 marks out of 100
Karnataka- 64.50 marks out of 100
Kerala- 68 marks out of 100
Madhya Pradesh- 74.75 marks out of 100
Maharashtra- 65.5 marks out of 100
Odisha- 77 marks out of 100
Punjab- 80.75 marks out of 100
Rajasthan- 75 marks out of 100
Tamil Nadu- 62.25 marks out of 100
Telangana- 69 marks out of 100
Uttar Pradesh- 77.5 marks out of 100
Uttarakhand- 78.75 marks out of 100
West Bengal- 78.50 marks out of 100.

The CDS General Awareness section comprises 120 question for 100 marks. The candidates need to solve all the questions as all question are compulsory. If the candidates leaves the question no marks will be awarded for it, however, if the candidates answer it wrong then the penalty of 1/3 marks will given against the wrong answer. The General Awareness section comprises questions from the Current Affairs general Science, history, polity, geography, Maths etc. The candidates can prepare for the CDS General Awareness section by following the analysis of the CDS exam and solving the previous year's question papers. However, the candidates must pen down that the CDS exam follows a negative pattern and they must marks their answer correctly or they will get their marks deducted.

The CDS General Awareness was moderate to difficult in terms of difficulty level for the CDS 1 2022 exam taken on April 16, 2023. However, the view on the difficulty level varies from candidate to candidate as per the preparation level of the candidates for the CDS General Awareness paper. The question paper comprised topics from the Indian States, true-false statements, Indian forests, Article 51, Sahitya Academy Awards, power and focal length, acid and bases, Koya and Konda tribal, India G20 summit, Vedas, GMT, regulations for Indian President, Citizenship ACT 1955, Ohms law, Country and Places, States and Rivers, etc. To conclude we can say that the overall difficulty level was moderate to difficult for the CDS 1 2022 exam. The candidates preparing for the upcoming exam must solve the CDS 1 question papers to secure maximum marks in the exam.

The difficulty level of CDS 1 2022 exam was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level. There were questions asked from the previous year's question paper. The questions paper comprised questions from topics like Noun, prepositions, pronoun, reflexive pronoun, demonstrative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, adjective, adverb, ordering of chunks in a sentences, idiom and phrases, spotting errors, synonyms, antonyms, cloze composition, prepositions and determiners, completion of sentences, comprehension, unseen passage, etc. According to the responses of the candidates taken the exam on April 16, 2023, the overall difficulty level of the CDS English exam was easy to moderate in terms of difficulty level.

The difficulty level of the CDS elementary Maths in the CDS 1 exam was moderately difficult. As per the opinion of the candidates taken the CDS 2 exam on April 16, 2023, the elementary Maths on the tougher side as compared to the CDS English and General Awareness. The question were asked from exponents, Algebra remainder theorem, quadratic, arithmetic progression, age, speed of boat and train, compound interest, simple interest, profit and loss, Trigonometry surface area and volume, tangents, Triangles etc. As per the response of the candidates the questions difficulty level varied for person to person according to their preparation level. However, the over all difficulty level for the CDS 1 elementary Maths was moderate to difficult in nature.

The CDS 1 2022 exam was conducted on April 16, 2023 to recruit the candidates in India Armed Force Training Academies like IMA (Indian Military Academy), AFA (Air Force Academy), INA (Indian Naval Academy) and OTA (Officer's Training Academy). The difficulty level of the CDS 1 2022 exam was moderate to difficult in nature. There were PYQs (Previous Years Questions) in the question paper. However, the difficulty level of the Maths paper was difficult in comparison to the previous session questions. On the other hand, the difficulty level of the General Awareness and English were easy to moderate in nature. However, the candidates at the exam centre had different view on the question paper according to their preparation for the CDS 1 exam. In conclusion we can say that the CDS 1 2022 was overall moderate in terms of difficulty level.