CDS 2017 to 2023 General Knowledge ANALYSIS-
| Most Important topics- General Knowledge for CDS EXAM | |||||||||||||||
| TOPICS | 2017(I) | 2017(II) | 2018(I) | 2018(II) | 2019(I) | 2019(II) | 2020(I) | 2020(II) | 2021(I) | 2021(II) | 2022(I) | 2022(II) | 2023(I) | ||
| INDIAN GEOGRAPHY | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Physical features of India- Himalaya And Northern Plain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2. | Physical features of India- Peninsular plateau and Local plains | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3. | Drainage system in India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4. | Types of soils | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5. | Agriculture in India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6. | Important Lakes In India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7. | Indian Climate And Weather Conditions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8. | Natural Vegetation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9. | Important Dams In India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10. | Important Island of India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Solar System | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. | Mountains, Ranges, Peak | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3. | Important Rivers And Its Tributaries | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4. | Important Dessert Of The World | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5. | Important Straits of the world | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6. | Ocean Current , Volcanoes, Boundary lines between countries | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 7. | Interior Composition Of The Earth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Ramsar Sites in India | 0 | 0 | 0
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0 | 0
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2. | Tiger Reserves in India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3. | Biodiversity Hotspot in India | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4. | Heritage sites in India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5. | National parks in India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Mineral Resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2. | Clouds and its types | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3. | Census in India | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 15 | ||
CDS 2017 to 2023 MATHS ANALYSIS-
| Topic/Exam | 2017(I) | 2017(II) | 2018(I) | 2018(II) | 2019(I) | 2019(II) | 2020(I) | 2020(II) | 2021(I) | 2021(II) | 2022(I) | 2023(I) |
| Arithmetic | Total Que.= 20 | Total Que.= 20 | Total Que.= 25 | Total Que.= 18 | Total Que.= 20 | Total Que.= 10 | Total Que.= 14 | Total Que.= 14 | Total Que.= 28 | Total Que.= 21 | Total Que.= 17 | Total Que.= 34 |
| Number system | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 16 |
| Average | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Time and work | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Interest | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Profit and Loss | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Percentage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| LCM and HCF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Algebra | Total Que.= 17 | Total Que.= 13 | Total Que.=12 | Total Que.=21 | Total Que.=12 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=9 | Total Que.=11 | Total Que.=18 | Total Que.=16 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=21 |
| Basic Operation | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Polynomial/Linear Equation | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Quadratic Equation | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Set | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Series | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Trigonometry | Total Que.= 17 | Total Que.=11 | Total Que.=10 | Total Que.=12 | Total Que.=10 | Total Que.=5 | Total Que.=13 | Total Que.=11 | Total Que.=14 | Total Que.=13 | Total Que.=18 | Total Que.=18 |
| Trigonometry | 15 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 17 |
| Height and Distance | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Geometry | Total Que.=11 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=15 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=13 | Total Que.=10 | Total Que.=13 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=15 | Total Que.=11 |
| Theorems of angles/lines/triangles | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Circles and its properties | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Parallelogram | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Square | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Quadrilateral | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Lines and Angles | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Mensuration | Total Que.=14 | Total Que.=14 | Total Que.=16 | Total Que.=16 | Total Que.=11 | Total Que.=24 | Total Que.=17 | Total Que.=23 | Total Que.=10 | Total Que.=20 | Total Que.=17 | Total Que.=12 |
| Area of square/rectangle/triangle | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Volume of cuboid | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Volume of Cone | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Volume of Cylinder | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Volume of Sphere | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Surface Area | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Statistics | Total Que.=7 | Total Que.=12 | Total Que.=3 | Total Que.=5 | Total Que.=10 | Total Que.=11 | Total Que.=11 | Total Que.=10 | Total Que.=8 | Total Que.=10 | Total Que.=13 | Total Que.=4 |
| Data Tabulation | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Average/Mean/Median | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Frequency | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pie Chart | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Elementary Mathematics, CDS Exams question paper- (2015-2016)
| Topic/Exam | 2016 (II) | 2016 (I) | 2015 (II) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic | Total = 28 Questions | Total = 27 Questions | Total = 33 Questions |
| Number system | 9 | 11 | 7 |
| Average | 1 | 2 | |
| Time, Speed and Distance | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Time and work | 2 | 3 | |
| Interest | 1 | 1 | |
| Profit and Loss | 3 | 1 | |
| Percentage | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| LCM and HCF | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ratio/Proportion | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Logarithms | 2 | 1 | |
| Factor, Age, Project | 1 | 1 | 1 each |
| Algebra | Total = 17 Questions | Total = 24 Questions | Total = 17 Questions |
| Basic Operation | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Polynomial/Linear Equation | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Quadratic Equation | 8 | ||
| Set | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Series | 1 | 1 | |
| Trigonometry | Total = 15 Questions | Total = 10 Questions | Total = 11 Questions |
| Simple Trigonometrics | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Height and Distance | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Geometry | Total = 11 Questions | Total = 26 Questions | Total = 19 Questions |
| Theorems of angles/lines/triangles | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Circles and its properties | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Parallelogram | 2 | ||
| Square | 2 | ||
| Quadriletral | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Lines and Angles | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Mensuration | Total = 19 Questions | Total = 8 Questions | Total = 17 Questions |
| Area of square/rectangle/triangle | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Volume of cuboid | 1 | 7 | |
| Volume of Cone | 3 | 1 | |
| Volume of Cylinder | 3 | 3 | |
| Volume of Sphere | 2 | 1 | |
| Surface Area | 4 | 2 | |
| Statistics | Total = 10 Questions | Total = 5 Questions | Total = 3 Questions |
| Data Tabulation | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Average/Mean/median | 6 | 4 | |
| Frequency | 1 | ||
| Pie Chart | 1 |