CDS 1 2020 Expected Cutoff: The CDS Examination is conducted by UPSC twice in an year to give the opportunity to the aspirants to become a part of the Indian Armed Forces i.e Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy as an Officer. This year CDS 1 2020 was conducted on 2nd February 2020. There are Lakhs of aspirants who have appeared in the exam to join Indian Armed Forces.
The question paper is divided into sections, and if we analyse the paper section wise, questions in English sections were easy to moderate, questions in General Knowledge were as usual moderate to difficult and Mathematics paper was also easy to moderate. The sectional cutoff in CDS paper remains the same i.e 20 marks in each subject. However,if we talk about the overall cutoff ,it may vary this year. So, based on the paper analysis and previous year cutoff we have provided you the CDS 1 2020 Expected Cutoff
Expected Cutoff of CDS 1 2020
After analyzing the level of the exam 2020 and previous year cutoff we have estimated the CDS 1 2020 Expected Cutoff in the table below.
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Academy |
Over all Minimum Marks to Qualify Written |
Minimum aggregate marks of last qualified candidate |
IMA |
120 |
222 |
INA |
125 |
226 |
AFA |
140 |
260 |
OTA(Men) |
86 |
168 |
OTA(Women) |
86 |
170 |
Note: Subject to a minimum of 20% marks in each paper.
Last year’s CDS Exam Cutoff
CDS 1 2020 Expected Cutoff: In the table below we have mentioned the previous year cutoffs of the CDS examination. Calculate your scores based on the cutoffs and if you find that your scores are up to the cut offfs, than start preparing for the SSB interview which is a five day selection process conducted by Indian Armed Forces officers and deserving candidates are recommended for the respective academies.
Academy |
CDS 1 2017 Cutoff |
CDS 1 2016 Cutoff |
CDS 2 2015 Cutoff |
IMA |
125 |
70 |
105 |
INA |
118 |
62 |
99 |
AFA |
144 |
123 |
138 |
OTA(Men) |
82 |
68 |
84 |
OTA(Women) |
82 |
68 |
84 |
Factors that affects CDS Exam Cutoff
CDS Exam Cutoff keeps on varying every year. Once you cleared your CDS written exam you have to appear for five day SSB interview process and marks awarded in the interview would be considered for the final merit list depending upon the vacancies in the respective academies. Factors that affects the CDS examination cutoff are:
- Number of Candidates appeared in the Exam
- Difficulty level of the CDS Exam
- Number of Vacancies advertised by the UPSC
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