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How To Clear CDS in 1st Attempt?


The standard of questions asked in CDS have improved. It requires you to constantly update yourself with everyday happening + Concrete knowledge of basics of history, polity, geography.
  1. Cds pathfinder is not enough.
  2. Read newspaper and make notes preferably The Hindu
  3. Follow PIB (Press info. Bureau) for authentic info. (Most questions are picked from it)
  4. Read Indian polity from Laxmikant (questions from this section are scoring in nature.)
  5. Get an Atlas have look at it properly, locate all places which were in news.
  6. Watch RSTV programs like India world, security scan, Vishesh… Do create a solid mental picture for conceptual question.
  7. Dont ignore NCERT. It is the first step.
All the best.

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