Combined Defense Services Examination- Officer Training Academy (CDS-OTA) EXAM PATTERN
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January 17 2018
Combined Defense Services Examination- Officer Training Academy (CDS-OTA) is a paper-pen based test consisting of objective type questions to test an aspirant’s English and General Awareness.
The only major difference between CDS-OTA paper and CDS paper for NDA, IMA, and IAF is that the former does not have a Mathematics section while all the latter do.
CDS-OTA is a fairly easy test majorly due to the absence of a mathematics section. Check CDS 2018 One obligatory to be updated with affairs of the current times as well as get an average strength at English to access the next step of the selection procedure.
highlights on CDS-OTA paper 2018
Candidates can refer to the major information concerned to OTA paper highlighted below-
| Method of Examination | Offline (paper-pen based) |
| Total No. of Questions asked | 240 |
| Type of Questions | Multiple Choice |
| Maximum Marks | 200 |
| Period of Examination | 240 minutes |
| Section | English and General Ability |
| Negative Marking | One-third for every inaccurate response |
CDS OTA Paper 1 Structure
Paper 1 consists of English which is considerably easy and can help one to increase one’s score drastically.
| Section | English |
| No. of Questions | 120 |
| Total Marks | 100 |
| Time issued | 120 minutes |
| Medium | English |
| Level of Section | Easy to moderate |
| Syllabus | - Spotting Mistakes
- Comprehension / Close Comprehension
- Ordering of Words
- Ordering of Sentences
- Analogy / Fill in the Blanks
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
|
CDS OTA Paper 2 Structure
Paper 2 is made of General Knowledge questions which is an important part of the exam and fairly difficult.
| Section | General Ability |
| No. of Questions | 120 |
| Total Marks | 100 |
| Time issued | 120 minutes |
| Medium | English or Hindi |
| Level of Section | Difficult |
| Syllabus | - Geography
- History
- Indian Polity
- Economics
- Present Affairs
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
|
Weightage of topics in Paper 1
Paper 1- English consists of a number of topics; each has the weight mentioned below-
| Topic | Percentage Weightage |
|---|
| Comprehension | 15% |
| Sentence correction | 15% |
| Mistake Spotting | 15% |
| Synonyms | 12% |
| Antonyms | 12% |
| Ordering of words | 10% |
| Ordering of sentence | 8% |
| Analogy | 10% |
| Fill in the blanks | 3% |
Weightage of Topics in Paper 2
Paper 2- General Ability has the following weight distribution for different topics
| Topic | Percentage Weightage |
|---|
| Science | 23% |
| Geography | 16% |
| Polity | 15% |
| History | 15% |
| Economics | 12% |
| Present Affairs | 13% |
CDS-OTA Marking Scheme
The entire paper is issued marks in the following way-
| Total marks | 200 |
| Marks per Section | 100 |
| Marks per question | 0.83 |
| Marks issued per accurate response | 0.83 |
| Marks deducted per inaccurate response | 0.27 |
| Marks deducted per unresponsive question | 0 |
Books and material advisable to prepare for Paper 1- English
- Objective General English By Arihant
- Norman Lewis: Your Choice
- Paper: The Hindu/The Times of India/ Economics Times
- Earlier Year Papers
- Mock Exercise Papers
Books and material advisable to prepare for Paper 2- General Ability
- Geography: Ncert (Class 6–12)
- Polity: Laxmikanth
- History and culture: Ncert (class 6–12) + Fine Arts (Class 11–12)
- Economy: Ncert (class 11–12)
- Science: Ncert (Class 6–12)
- Present Affairs: Monthly/Yearly Magazine/Newspapers
- Fact: Lucent General Knowledge
About Officer Training Academy (OTA)
Officer Training Academy is one of the most renowned training fundaments of the Indian
The army that focuses on training officers for short service commission. Personals who aspire to cater and protect their country are always welcomed at the two campuses of the Academy, one at Chennai and the other at Gaya.
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