Centre for Development Studies Entrance

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Is anybody giving the CDS entrance tomorrow?

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or simply bored. can we discuss the solutions to past year papers here? I have shared the links to the question papers below.

http://cds.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MA2014EntranceQP.pdf

http://cds.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MAEntranceQuestions-2012.pdf

The 2013 paper has the answers in bold-
http://cds.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/MAentrance2013.pdf

[dhruv]

i was solving 2012 paper, i got these answers for first 44 questions,

1. a
2. c
3. d
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. c
11. c
12. a
13. a
14. b
15. c
16. a
17. b
18. c
19. d
20. b
21.
22. a
23. b
24. b
25. c
26. d
27. b
28. a
29. c
30. d
31. c
32. d
33. c
34. a
35. b
36. b
37. b
38. a
39. a
40. b
41. b
42. c
43. c
44. b

[RS]

HI, I AM ALSO GIVING.
last year they changed the pattern and that pattern will tomorrow as well. Do we need to apply our economics perspective to solve passage based ques or they are like comprehensions
?
How are you going for indian eco based ques?

and
@dhruv I will also do 2012 shortly

[ViV]

They ask selective MCQs from various parts of economics. If you have prepared well you can easily attempt 90%+ MCQs.
2nd part consists of paragraph based question. which requires good answering skills and little bit Economics. I feel time management can help you in getting good rank.

Suggestion:
Don't waste time on MCQ if you don't know answers accurately and solve part 2 as it has more weight-age. I followed this strategy and got thru CDS  last yr.

[get.the.lens.right]

@Dhruv Thank you so much for having a go at 2012! I'm doiing 2013 now, it has the answers along with but I'll wind it up soon. I'll also do 2012 and compare.

@ViV Thank you so much for the tip!

@RS where are you based right now?

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anybody solved cds 2014??

[Sris]

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO 'STAND ALONE UTILITY QUESTION'...IN CDS 2014 PASSAGE 1

[plump]

according to passage it seems to be last three lines..cuz i dont have idea whether v cn answer on our own lyk not from passage or from it only

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Here are my answers for 2014 so far. Please check!!

        1.
        2. B
        3. B
        4. D
        5. C
        6.
        7. A
        8. B
        9. C
        10. A?
        11. C
        12. D
        13. A/C?
        14. C
        15.
        16.
        17. C
        18. A/C
        19.
        20.
        21. A?
        22. B
        23.
        24. C
        25. C/D?


For q16 onwards I had googled the answers I'm sure of. There's got to be a more definite way to prep for the Indian economy section!

[get.the.lens.right]

Are calculators allowed? not that there are many calculation questions but still- nothing's been said about it.

[Sris]

calculators are not allowed ....see the instructions on hall ticket...

[get.the.lens.right]

oh yes.. just saw.

Sris Have u attempted the past papers yet? just wanted to know where i might be wrong.

[naren]

any one giving entrance at isi kolkata

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naren pls start a new topic

[Sris]

ya just had a look at d papers a little bit.....lets see what happens 2mrw...

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can somebody show how this question is solved? it might be really silly but still

[ViV]

Put options in the utility function.
U will find 4,0 is the best commodity bundle that gives higher utility and does satisfy budget constraint.

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Thanks ViV!

All the best everybody!

[naren]

how was the paper everybody.
I have attempted 20 mcqs and all passage questions.
Any idea about cutoff last year