CDS Syllabus 2026
The CDS (Combined Defence Services Exam) syllabus is organised around the exam pattern: A written exam (English, General Knowledge and, except for OTA, Elementary Mathematics, with negative marking), followed by the SSB Interview and a medical.
English
- Comprehension
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Sentence Arrangement
General Knowledge
- Current Affairs
- History
- Geography
- Polity
- Economics
- General Science
Elementary Mathematics (IMA/INA/AFA)
- Arithmetic
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Trigonometry
- Mensuration
- Statistics