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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has conducted the Combined Defence Services (II) examination in 3 shifts. This national-level examination was conducted at various exam centres from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. As the exam is now over, the faculty at Adda247 has published the CDS 2 2024 Answer Key for all three shifts, which is shared in this article. This unofficial answer key helps candidates cross-check the answers with those marked by them in the CDS 2 examination.
CDS 2 2024 Answer Key
The Combined Defence Services (II) has conducted English, General Knowledge, and Elementary Mathematics Papers in three different shifts respectively. Candidates were given a total of 2 hours to attempt the CDS 2 exam. As the examination is now conducted, candidates are now looking out for the answer key. As UPSC does not publish the answer key for this exam, CDS 2 Unofficial Answer Key 2024 is provided to the candidates consisting of serial-wise questions as mentioned in CDS 2 Question Paper 2024 along with their correct responses.
CDS 2 2024 Answer Key(Unofficial)
With the help of CDS 2 Unofficial Answer Key 2024, candidates can calculate their estimated CDS 2 Marks 2024 before the official announcement of exam results. The expert faculty has prepared the answer key after conducting thorough research on the answers to the questions asked in the Combined Defence Services (II) examination.
| CDS 2 2024 Answer Key- Highlights | |
| Organization | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| Exam Name | Combined Defence Services (II) [CDS 2 Exam 2024] |
| Vacancies | 459 |
| CDS 2 2024 Answer Key (Unofficial) | 1st September 2024 |
| CDS 2 Exam Date 2024 | 1st September 2024 |
| CDS 2024 2 Result | Soon |
| Negative Marking | 1/3 |
| Official Website | https://upsc.gov.in/ |
UPSC CDS 2 2024 English Answer Key
The English Paper of UPSC Combined Defence Services (II) exam was conducted in the first shift i.e. from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. The examination included 120 objective-type questions. As per the exam analysis, the difficulty level of the English paper was moderate. We have shared the unofficial CDS 2 2024 English Answer Key which has been prepared by Adda247 here below.
| UPSC CDS 2 2024 English Answer Key (Unofficial) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. c | 16. d | 31. c | 46. a | 61. b | 76. a | 91. c | 106. c |
| 2. d | 17. a | 32. a | 47. b | 62. a | 77. c | 92. c | 107. a |
| 3. d | 18. d | 33. d | 48. b | 63. c | 78. b | 93. a | 108. d |
| 4. d | 19. b | 34. b | 49. b | 64. c | 79. d | 94. d | 109. b |
| 5. c | 20. d | 35. d | 50. b | 65. b | 80. c | 95. c | 110. a |
| 6. b | 21. a | 36. d | 51. a | 66. c | 81. b | 96. d | 111. b |
| 7. a | 22. c | 37. b | 52. d | 67. c | 82. a | 97. a | 112. c |
| 8. b | 23. a | 38. b | 53. a | 68. a | 83. a | 98. c | 113. d |
| 9. c | 24. b | 39. a | 54. b | 69. c | 84. c | 99. a | 114. a |
| 10. b | 25. b | 40. b | 55. a | 70. c | 85. b | 100. c | 115. b |
| 11. c | 26. a | 41. b | 56. b | 71. b | 86. c | 101. a | 116. d |
| 12. d | 27. c | 42. b | 57. d | 72. c | 87. a | 102. c | 117. b |
| 13. d | 28. c | 43. b | 58. a | 73. b | 88. c | 103. b | 118. a |
| 14. a | 29. a | 44. d | 59. c | 74. d | 89. d | 104. d | 119. b |
| 15. b | 30. b | 45. d | 60. b | 75. b | 90. c | 105. d | 120. b |
CDS 2 2024 General Knowledge Answer Key
The second shift of CDS 2 Exam 2024 was for General Knowledge Paper, candidates who appeared in this shift from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm are getting the chance to verify their answers from the unofficial CDS 2 2024 General Knowledge Answer Key which is shared here.
| UPSC CDS 2 2024 General Knowledge Answer Key (Unofficial) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. A | 16. D | 31. A | 46. C | 61. B | 76. B | 91.D | 106. |
| 2. D | 17. A | 32. B | 47. A | 62. A | 77. B | 92.A | 107.B |
| 3. D | 18. C | 33. A | 48. A | 63. C | 78.D | 93.A | 108.D |
| 4. A | 19. C | 34. C | 49. C | 64. B | 79. A | 94.C | 109.A |
| 5. B | 20. D | 35. A | 50. B | 65. C | 80. A | 95.A | 110.B |
| 6. A | 21. D | 36. C | 51. B | 66. C | 81.C | 96.C | 111.C |
| 7. D | 22. C | 37. B | 52. C | 67. B | 82.C | 97.B | 112. D |
| 8. A | 23. B | 38. B | 53. C | 68. D | 83.B | 98.C | 113.C |
| 9. C | 24. A | 39. D | 54. D | 69. A | 84.B | 99.B | 114.D |
| 10. D | 25. D | 40. C | 55. A | 70. A | 85.C | 100.B | 115.A |
| 11. A | 26. C | 41. C | 56. A | 71. D | 86.B | 101.B | 116.C |
| 12. C | 27. A | 42. D | 57. C | 72. C | 87.C | 102.D | 117.C |
| 13. B | 28. D | 43. B | 58. D | 73. B | 88.A | 103.C | 118.D |
| 14. B | 29. C | 44. C | 59. D | 74. D | 89.D | 104.B | 119.C |
| 15. B | 30. B | 45. C | 60. A | 75. B | 90.A | 105.C | 120.B |
CDS 2 2024 Elementary Mathematics Answer Key
The last or third shift for the CDS 2 examination was for the Elementary Mathematics Paper. All those who appeared for this exam for 100 marks must note that the unofficial CDS 2 2024 Elementary Mathematics Answer Key is shared below. Refer to the answers and calculate your scores.
| UPSC CDS 2 2024 Elementary Mathematics Answer Key (Unofficial) | |||
| 1. A | 26. B | 51. C | 76. C |
| 2. D | 27. A | 52. B | 77. D |
| 3. B | 28. C | 53. D | 78. B |
| 4. C | 29. B | 54. C | 79. C |
| 5. D | 30. B | 55. D | 80. B |
| 6. B | 31. A | 56. A | 81. B |
| 7. D | 32. D | 57. B | 82. A |
| 8. A | 33. B | 58. A | 83. D |
| 9. C | 34. D | 59. B | 84. D |
| 10. A | 35. B | 60. A | 85. C |
| 11. C | 36. C | 61. B | 86. D |
| 12. B | 37. D | 62. D | 87. A |
| 13. C | 38. C | 63. C | 88. B |
| 14. B | 39. A | 64. B | 89. A |
| 15. A | 40. C | 65. A | 90. D |
| 16. B | 41. B | 66. C | 91. A |
| 17. C | 42. A | 67. B | 92. D |
| 18. B | 43. C | 68. B | 93. D |
| 19. A | 44. D | 69. B | 94. D |
| 20. D | 45. D | 70. B | 95. A |
| 21. B | 46. B | 71. C | 96. C |
| 22. B | 47. A | 72. C | 97. D |
| 23. A | 48. A | 73. C | 98. B |
| 24. C | 49. B | 74. B | 99. C |
| 25. B | 50. C | 75. D | 100. C |
How to Calculate Marks for CDS 2 Exam 2024?
As the unofficial CDS 2 2024 Answer Key 2024 is now available to the candidates, they have to opportunity to have an idea about their exam marks by calculating the marks through the help of the procedure shared here.
- Open the CDS 2 Answer Key provided by Adda247.
- Start verifying the answers, and list down the correct answers on paper, and wrong answers on another paper.
- Now, assign marks for all the correct answers.
- Deduct 1/3 for all incorrect answers.
- Now subtract the total of wrong answers from the total of correct answers.
- The total obtained after the final calculation is your score for the CDS 2 exam.
CDS 2 Marking Scheme 2024
To calculate your score with the help of the CDS 2 2024 Answer Key, it is also important to be aware of the marking scheme for the Combined Defence Services (II) examination. The marking scheme for correct, and incorrect answers is shared below, and there is no penalty for unattempted questions.
| Parameters | Marking Scheme |
| Marks for Correct Answer | +1 |
| Marks for Incorrect Answer | -1/3 |
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