Expected cut off of CDS Exam 2019 (I) will follow the trend of the past years and it is also expected that not much deviation will be there. The CDS Exam 2019 (I) was conducted by the UPSC on 3 February 2019 to recruit the candidates for Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Air Force Academy (AFA) etc.
The cut off is the required or minimum score in order to pass the CDS written examination, which will be considered for the next round i.e. SSB. CDS Exam cut-off is released after the conduction of written examination. The candidates should check the analysis of the previous year’s cut off to know the expected cut off for the CDS (I) Exam 2019. The cut off is variable because the number of candidates is increasing rapidly every year.
CDS Exam (I) 2019: Expected Cut Off
The cut off of the CDS Exams 2018 (I) and (II) are not available officially as of now. The expected Cut off of CDS Exam (I) 2019 is as follows:
| IMA |
INA |
AFA |
OTA (M) |
OTA (F) |
| 128-130 |
116-118 |
136-138 |
92-95 |
92-95 |
CDS 2019 (I): Eligibility, Pattern and Syllabus
The written exam of CDS is of 300 marks and the qualifying score in the exam is 20% of the total marks i.e. 60. The candidates need to qualify in all the three Papers of the CDS exam, which means that the candidates have to score 20 marks in each of the three Papers. However, getting 60 marks is not good enough to pass the exam. The candidates have to score more than the qualifying marks. In the SSB interview, the minimum qualifying marks is 40%. The candidates have to qualify separately in both the stages of the exam. Also, the cut off is not released subject-wise or category-wise. The cut off is released separately for IMA, INA, AFA and OTA.
The cut off of the CDS Exams 2018 (I), (II) and CDS 2019 (I) are not available officially as of now. The Cut off of the previous exams are mentioned below:
| CDS Exams |
Written Exam Cut Off |
Final Cut Off |
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|
IMA |
INA |
AFA |
OTA (M) |
OTA (F) |
IMA |
INA |
AFA |
OTA (M) |
OTA (F) |
| 2017 (II) |
120 |
111 |
135 |
86 |
86 |
244 |
237 |
260 |
167 |
171 |
| 2017 (I) |
125 |
118 |
144 |
82 |
82 |
249 |
241 |
268 |
163 |
164 |
| 2016 (II) |
105 |
90 |
135 |
72 |
72 |
227 |
225 |
258 |
157 |
159 |
| 2016 (I) |
72 |
63 |
123 |
68 |
68 |
214 |
217 |
249 |
150 |
157 |
| 2015 (II) |
105 |
99 |
138 |
84 |
84 |
227 |
227 |
269 |
166 |
170 |
| 2015 (I) |
102 |
99 |
129 |
86 |
86 |
225 |
225 |
264 |
168 |
172 |
| 2014 (II) |
99 |
93 |
129 |
86 |
86 |
224 |
224 |
257 |
168 |
170 |
| 2014 (I) |
99 |
99 |
129 |
78 |
78 |
222 |
222 |
250 |
159 |
160 |
| 2013 (II) |
111 |
111 |
135 |
76 |
76 |
231 |
231 |
266 |
158 |
160 |
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The analysis of the previous year’s cut off gives an idea to the candidates about the safe score in the exam they are going to appear or have appeared. The written exam is not only the gateway to the SSB interview but also it decides the overall marks of the candidates.
| IMA |
INA |
AFA |
OTA (M) |
OTA (F) |
| 125 |
115 |
135 |
90 |
90 |