CDS 2 2020 Cut Off Marks [Expected] – IMA OTA AFA INA

CDS 2 2020 result will be published by the UPSC in January – February 2021 and successful candidates will be facing the SSB interviews for IMA, OTA, AFA, and INA. CDS 2 2020 cut off will be published by the UPSC later after the final result of CDS 2 2020. In this article, we have brought for you the expected cut-off marks for CDS 2 2020 exam so that you can check your CDS 2 2020 score based on CDS 2 2020 answer key. Let us understand the exam pattern of CDS 2 2020 before we talk about the marks you need to score to clear the CDS 2 2020 Exam.

CDS 2 2020 Official Cut Off Marks

Let us understand the marking system of CDS 2 2020 exam before we talk about the marks you need to score to clear the CDS Exam.

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 Paper	English	GK	Mathematics
Maximum Marks	100	100	100
Marks for Correct answer	+0.83 marks for each correct option	+0.83 marks for each correct option	+1 marks for each correct option
Negative marking	-0.27 marks for each wrong answer	-0.27 marks for each wrong answer	-0.33 marks for each wrong answer

For IMA, INA, AFA
Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
English	2 hrs	100
General Knowledge	2 hrs	100
Elementary Mathematics	2 hrs	100

For OTA
Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
English	2 hrs	100
General Knowledge	2 hrs	100

CDS 2 2020 Cut Off Marks [Expected]

S.No	Academy	Expected Cut Off
1	OTA (Women)	97
2	OTA (Men)	97
3	IMA	139
4	INA	134
5	IAF	152

S.No	Academy	Sectional Cut Off
1	OTA (Women)	20% in each paper
2	OTA (Men)	20% in each paper
3	IMA	20% in each paper
4	INA	20% in each paper
5	IAF	20% in each paper

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