UPSC CDS Previous Year Papers: Last 5 Years Question Papers with Answers - Download PDF

General Knowledge: This section tests candidates' knowledge of Current Affairs, General Awareness and Static GK such as Indian History, Geography, Economy, Physics, Chemistry and the like. Have a look at previous years' question papers of General Knowledge section:

Year	Question Paper –PDF Format
2020 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2020 (General Knowledge Paper)
2019 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2019 (General Knowledge Paper)
2018 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2018 (General Knowledge Paper + Answer Key)
2018 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2018 (General Knowledge Paper + Answer Key)
2017 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2017 (General Knowledge Paper + Answer Key)
2017 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2017 (General Knowledge Paper + Answer Key)
2016 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2016 (General Knowledge Paper)
2016 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2016 (General Knowledge Paper)

English Language: This section tests candidates' understanding of English language and asks questions on Reading Comprehension, Fillers, Synonym & Antonym, Sentence improvement, Cloze Test, etc. To get familiar with the level of reading comprehensions asked in the UPSC CDS exam, scroll below and see the comprehensions asked in UPSC CDS (I) 2019 Exam.

Year	Question Paper –PDF Format
2020 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2020 (English Paper)
2019 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2019 (English Paper)
2018 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2018 (English Paper + Answer Key)
2018 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2018 (English Paper + Answer Key)
2017 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2017 (English Paper + Answer Key)
2017 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2017 (English Paper + Answer Key)
2016 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2016 (English Paper)
2016 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2016 (English Paper)

Elementary Mathematics: Questions in this section are asked from topics like Number System, profit & loss, percentage, decimal fractions, HCF & LCM, algorithm, algebra, trigonometry, geometry, mensuration & statistics.

Year	Question Paper –PDF Format
2020 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2020 (Elementary Mathematics Paper)
2019 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2019 (Elementary Mathematics Paper)
2018 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2018 (Elementary Mathematics Paper + Answer Key)
2018 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2018 (Elementary Mathematics Paper + Answer Key)
2017 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2017 (Elementary Mathematics Paper + Answer Key)
2017 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2017 (Elementary Mathematics Paper + Answer Key)
2016 (CDS I)	CDS Examination (I) 2016 (Elementary Mathematics Paper)
2016 (CDS II)	CDS Examination (II) 2016 (Elementary Mathematics Paper)