UPSC is going to conduct Combined Defense Services CDS Written Exam 1 2017 in Feb 2017. Marks obtained in CDS written exam will help a candidate to clear the cutt-off marks to get called for SSB interview.

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Step by Step Guide for CDS 1 2017 Exam Preparation

CDS Paper includes 3 subjects General knowledge, English and Elementary Mathematics. All papers have 100 marks with a time duration of 02 hours. For admission in IMA, INA, AFA paper contains 3 subjects and for OTA courses, you will face only two subjects with 200 marks.

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How to Prepare English for CDS Exam

• Check CDS English Syllabus first
• Mark the topics as per your knowledge and strength.
• To prepare for English, you should develop the habit of reading. you can improve your reading habit via many sources like English Newspapers, Magazines, Notes, books etc.
• Improve your English speaking, and English listening habits. Make flash card on a daily basis and try to use it in many sentences.
• Set Proper Time management for all grammar and vocabulary sections.
• Try some CDS English online test for an exact idea of CDS English paper. also, check and try to solve UPSC CDS Last Year English question papers.

How to Prepare General Knowledge for CDS Exam

• Check CDS General Knowledge Syllabus first
• Read Newspapers on a daily basis with consternation this habit increase you overall General knowledge
• Buy CDS GK Preparation Books
• Do more practice with Online GK test for CDS Exam via CDS mock test.
• Socialize with friends, colleagues, and professionals. The more people you come into contact with, the higher possibility to engage in intelligent and informative conversations where you can gain additional knowledge.
• Sign up for news alerts. Several news outlets that post updated information regularly often have a special notification system that you can subscribe to. Anytime news appears under a category that interests you, the alert will notify you on an electronic device like a cell phone, keeping you updated with current information.

How to Prepare Maths for CDS Exam

• Check CDS Maths Syllabus first
• Make a list on important formulas, theorems and tips check some of here Geometry formulas for Circle, Rectangle, Square, tangents etc. Speed Distance and Time related questions, Math Formula For Area & surface area, Math Formula For Volume, Maths Formulas Of Number System etc to prepare for CDS.
• Work example problems and check your answers to gain practice with every lesson.
• When beginning to work a Math problem, do map out a path from problem-to-answer in your head before writing anything down.
• Look for patterns & connections. After you have done math for a while, you will begin to see patterns and connections that you cannot experience as an observer. By getting involved in the problem, you get to see and feel how problems are solved. The answer to all problems, be it math or otherwise lies within the problem itself.
• Join Study groups, It will give you a chance to merge ideas and concepts with a group of peers. You will be able to teach and learn from each other. Math clubs will help you exercise your ability to learn.

How to Prepare Maths for CDS 1 2017 SSB Interview

• SSB is based on Manasa, Karmana, and Vachana, it means you should coincide in your thoughts actions and speech.
• Keep up the same kind of mentality throughout the SSB and throughout your life. Don’t put up an act, or try to be a different person. Be the same person.
• Practice does help, it’ll help definitely. So remember this and practice as much as you can for SSB. Start now.
• If you have a test the next day, take a good night’s sleep today. You gone there for a purpose, never forget that.
• Smile, it’ll lighten up the tension.
• Never criticize the process. It is like criticizing yourself. You might have failed, but don’t question their judgment. The earlier you learn it, the better. It is easy to find faults in others, however it much difficult to find your own faults.
• Do not let the tiring day get on you. It is little tiring in SSB, because of the activities planned throughout the day. So have the mental and physical stamina to cope up with it.
• OLQ’s are very important. Read each one of them carefully and adapt yourself accordingly.
• Whatever action you do, whatever answer you say/write, should reflect one or the other Officer Like Quality. It is easy to read this point but difficult to implement it.
• Go and mix with people in your group. The reason is not only that it’ll be beneficial for your group testing, but also that the friendships which grow here are very different and last a long time. SSB is an experience.
• Do not keep you mobile phone with yourself. Some may have got away with it, but seriously you have gone there to become an officer, it is like failing in the first test of following the rule.
• Maintain the decorum and dress code, follow the rules. Officers follow rules.
• The mantra of your success and what they want from you in the test lies in the instructions they give. It is very important to listen to the instructions they give, carefully.
• Concentrate and never forget the purpose you have gone there for, i.e. to become an officer.
• Be smartly honest. Do not lie as well as do not give out pointless information which is not required. Follow some abstraction.