UPSC CDS (II) 2022 Answer Key - English, GK and Elementary Mathematics All Sets

UPSC CDS 2 2022 exam is going to be held on 4^th September 2022. PendulumEdu provides the CDS 2022 Answer Key for English, GK and Mathematics soon after the exam. The official CDS Answer key 2022 will be provided after a few days. There will be three papers on the CDS 2022 Exam day - English, General Knowledge, and Elementary Mathematics. Candidates applying to OTA only will have to appear for CDS English and CDS GK paper and for the candidates applying for IMA, INA and AFA, all three exams are mandatory. The schedule of the CDS 2 2022 exam is as follows:

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We will provide you with the CDS Answer key 2022 immediately after the Exam. We will make available for download the CDS question papers 2022 for each subject and each set.

UPSC CDS 2 2022 Question Papers for English, Mathematics and General Knowledge will also be provided for sets A, B, C, and D.

UPSC CDS 2 2022 English Question Paper

UPSC CDS 2 2022 GK Question Paper

UPSC CDS 2 2022 Maths Question Paper

How to Calculate your Score in CDS 2 2022 by using CDS Answer Key?

In UPSC CDS Exam, you can calculate your score as per the answer key in a very easy way. You need to check your responses corresponding to your set and match them with the CDS Answer key 2022. After matching the responses, you can multiply the number of correct answers with the marks awarded for each correct answer in the CDS exam and then from the result, subtract the product of the number of wrong answers with the marks deducted for each wrong response.

For each paper in the CDS 2022 Exam, the scoring pattern is given below:

CDS 2 2022 Answer key of English

CDS English paper consists of 120 questions and the duration of the exam is 2 hours. The UPSC asks the questions in the CDS English paper on the topics like reading ability which includes Reading comprehension, Sentence rearrangement, Cloze test, Para Jumble and from Grammar and Vocabulary section which includes questions from moderate to difficult levels. Students usually find the Reading ability section the most difficult one. Once you have completed the CDS English exam, relax during the break time up to the GK paper. You can check your score by matching your answers with the CDS answer key 2022 of English provided in the below table.

CDS 2 2022 Answer Key of GK

UPSC CDS General Knowledge paper consists of 120 questions with maximum marks of 200 and the allotted time of 2 hours. The UPSC asks the questions in the CDS GK paper about current affairs, Indian polity, Economics, Geography, History, Science and tech and other general awareness topics.

Students who are appearing for only OTA don't need to attempt CDS Maths paper and those appearing for IMA, INA and AFA need to attempt all three papers. You can check your score by matching your answers with the CDS answer key 2022 of GK provided in the below table.

CDS 2 2022 Answer Key of Elementary Mathematics

CDS 2 2022 English Question

Spotting errors Question

1. It would be nice to have (A)/ a good evening stroll (B)/ after five hours of office. (C)/ No error (D)

Ans. C

2. Arun likes (A)/ Geography more than (B)/ he likes History (C)/ No Error (D)

Ans. C

3. While solar energy has grabbed the spotlight, (A)/ wind power too has been made steady progress (B)/ across the world and in India (C)/ No Error (D)

Ans. B

4. Pride brings a (A)/ great dealing of vanity (B)/ an egotistic inflation (C)/ No Error (D)

Ans. B

5. Persuasion happens only (A)/ when someone takes a stand (B)/ from which he has unwilling to move. (C)/ No Error (D)

Ans. C

6. The food consumed (A)/ is converted on (B)/ the body into glucose (C)/ No Error (D)

Ans. B

7. This testing method requires (A)/ one to fast overnight after which (B)/ the fasting blood sugar level is measured (C)/  No Error (D)

Ans. D

8. Multiple research studies (A)/ have laid emphasis on the importance (B)/ of walking to improved glucose control (C) / No Error (D)

Ans. C

9. This also allows (A)/ individual writers (B)/ to play his strengths (C)/ No Error (D).

Ans. C

10. As a screen writer, (A)/ there are, broadly speaking (B)/ two kind of jobs in the film world (C)/ No Error (D).

Ans. C

Parts of Speech Question

1. He headed the Indian freedom struggle which paved the way for non-violent struggle for other countries in the 20th century.

(a) Relative pronoun

(b) Adjective

(c) Interrogative

(d) Assertive

Ans. A

2. Where there is peace for sometime, there will be prosperity.

(a) Interrogative

(b) Adverb

(c) Adjective

(d) Relative pronoun

Ans. B

3. Alas! We have been defeated.

(a) Adjective

(b) Connector

(C) Interjection

(d) Interrogative

Ans. C

4. A zero is a zero always.

(a) Noun

(b) Compound Noun

(c) Pronoun

(d) Adjective

Ans. A

5. May you be blessed with all good things of life. 

(a) Verb

(b) Adverb

(c) Noun

(d) Pronoun

Ans. B

6. The lake is one of the more beautiful ones in the country.

(a) Adjective

(b) Adverb

(c) Quantifier

(d) Noun

Ans. A

7. Honesty is the best policy.

(a) Countable noun

(b) Pronoun

(c) Common Noun

(d) Uncountable noun

Ans. D

8. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.

(a) Preposition

(b) Adverb

(c) Connector

(d) Conjunction

Ans. A

9. Ravi and Megha reached first, but Guha and Saavi finished third.

(a) Interjection

(b) Conjunction

(c) Connector

(d) Pronoun

Ans. B

10. He is the most sought after teacher in the school. 

(a) Determiner

(b) Adverb

(c) Adjective

(d) Interjection

Ans. A

Ordering of words in a Sentence Questions

1. in the filaments of (P)/ rubidium is used (Q)/ which convert light energy into electrical energy (R)/ photoelectric cells (S).

(a) QPSR

(b) QSRP

(c) SRQP

(d) RSQP

Ans. A

2. he urged so many to get involved (P)/ who has left his mark (Q)/ this is the final word of an educational philosopher (R)/ on a world in which (S).

(a) RSPQ

(b) SPQR

(c) QPRS

(d) RQSP

Ans. D

3. or the opposite (P)/ where you say one thing (Q)/ irony is a figure of speech (R)/ while you mean another (S).

(a) RSQP

(b) QSPR

(c) RQSP

(d) PSQR

Ans. C

4. across the world (P)/ in the Middle East has changed (Q)/ the discovery of petroleum (R)/ the lifestyle of the people (S).

(a) RSPQ

(b) QPRS

(c) SRQP

(d) RQSP

Ans. D

5. as a source of energy (P)/ the camel use fat (Q)/ in the desert (R)/ during its long journey (S).

(a) QPSR

(b) QRSP

(c) RSPQ

(d) SPRQ

Ans. A

6. must support the main part (P)/ the beginning and the concluding lines (Q)/ described in the story (R)/ or the events (S).

(a) QSRP

(b) QPSR

(c) RSQP

(d) SRQP

Ans. B

7. is being systematically damaged (P)/ our beautiful riverine ecosystem (Q)/ by industrial pollution (R)/ channelled into rivers (S).

(a) RSPQ

(b) PQRS

(c) QPRS

(d) SRQP

Ans. C

8. the film industry due to (P)/ nearness to the viewers (Q)/ its ready availability and (R)/ the television screen is challenging (S).

(a) QRPS

(b) SPRQ

(c) SQRP

(d) RSPQ

Ans. B

9. they built Artificial Intelligence system (P)/ reserachers say that (Q)/ makes ethical judgments (R)/ that like humans (S).

(a) QPSR

(b) PSRQ

(c) QRSP

(d) PRSQ

Ans. A

10.  he is a fool, it is that (P)/ others think intelligently (Q)/ it is not that (R)/ he does not think (S).

(a) PSQR

(b) RPSQ

(c) QRSP

(d) SRPQ

Ans. B

Nearest in meaning question

1. He is considered the harbinger.

(a) regressive messenger

(b) advance messenger

(c) overlooking messenger

(d) ancestor

Ans. B

2. The vista of the villages is beautiful.

(a) landscape

(b) location

(c) feature

(d) vitality

Ans. A

1. Her act was considered as most lamentable.

(a) appreciable

(b) acceptable

(c) permissible

(d) deplorable

Ans. D

4. The leader's endurance paid and he won the elections.

(a) Patience

(b) Success

(c) Enigma

(d) Captivity

Ans. A

5. We are planning a jaunt for a while during the winter.

(a) deliberation

(b) intersection

(c) expedition

(d) association

Ans. C

UPSC CDS Previous Year Question Papers

UPSC CDS 1 2022 English Question Paper

UPSC CDS 1 2022 Mathematics Question Paper

UPSC CDS 1 2022 General Knowledge Question Paper

UPSC CDS Answer Key 2021 - Official

UPSC has released the CDS 2 2021 official answer key for English, GK and Elementary Mathematics for set A, B, C and D.