UPSC CDS General Knowledge Exam

The General Knowledge Paper in the CDS Exam is administered by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to check the awareness of an aspirant about all important events, along with basic information about the world around us. Time allotted for General Knowledge Exam Paper is 2 Hours, totaling 100 Marks, consisting of 120 Objective Type Questions.

This is another important section for increasing scores in the CDS exam. The questions are going to be sourced from current events, history, geography, politics, economy, general science, and defence knowledge. The standard of this paper is going to be moderate and relevant only for basic understanding without going into technical details.

The questions in this section can be attempted well if practiced regularly. It is necessary to refer to the papers, update the standard books, and practice the questions of the previous years. To make it easy for the candidates, we have provided a series of sample papers, PYQs, and full-length mock tests in the latest format of the CDS papers. These resources, as mentioned above, would be helpful for the candidates to become aware of and increase their practice and boost their morale to do well in the General Knowledge paper of the CDS exam.