How many questions are asked in the English section of CDS exam?
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The Union Public Service Commission specifies the CDS exam pattern for the written exam and SSB Interview. The written exam for IMA, INA, and AFA comprises three sections: English, General Knowledge, and Elementary Mathematics. In the English section of CDS exam, 120 questions will be asked and the maximum marks is 100. Some of the question patterns in English are Cloze Test, Preposition & Determinants, Completion of Sentence, Antonyms, Part of Speech, Spotting Error, Ordering of Word in a Sentence, Fill in the Blanks, Synonyms, Idioms & Phrases, Ordering of Sentences. The English question paper is designed to test the candidates' unde
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Total number of questions asked in the English Language of CDS exam is 120. These questions are asked from different sections. These sections has been given below for the candidates: a) Basic Grammar b) Idioms & Phrases c) Synonyms and Antonyms d) Reading Comprehension Solving e) Substitution of Words f) Error Spotting g) Para Jumbles.
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