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CDS English — Previous Year Questions
2,519 questions from 11 years of CDS exams (2016–2026) — organised into 14 chapters for focused practice.
Chapter-wise PYQs
Sentence Improvement
102 questions
Ordering of Words in a Sentence
239 questions
Ordering of Sentences
233 questions
Fill in the Blanks
195 questions
Cloze Test
206 questions
Spotting Errors
276 questions
Comprehension Passage
278 questions
Synonyms and Antonyms
283 questions
Vocabulary Usage
338 questions
Idioms and Phrases
155 questions
Direct and Indirect Speech
16 questions
Active and Passive Voice
10 questions
Sentence Completion
90 questions
Prepositions
80 questions
Year-wise Papers
2026
119 questions
2025
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2024
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2023
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2022
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2021
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2020
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2019
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2018
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2017
240 questions across both CDS I & II
2016
240 questions across both CDS I & II
About CDS English PYQs
These are the official questions asked in the CDS (Combined Defence Services) examination conducted by UPSC, covering 2016–2026. UPSC conducts the CDS exam twice every year — CDS I (April) and CDS II (September). This bank includes both papers of each year.
Chapter-wise PYQ practice is the fastest way to master CDS English: the exam repeats topics, question styles and difficulty patterns consistently. Working through past questions topic by topic shows you exactly what UPSC asks — and how often.