The aim of this section is to assess your English knowledge as well as word use. The CDS English Syllabus includes error correction, antonyms, synonyms, vocabulary (idioms & phrases), sentence rearrangement (jumbled sentences), sentence completion (fill in the blanks & cloze test), ordering of words & sentences, comprehension, active & passive voice, direct & indirect speech or reported speech, one word replacement, parts of speech, spelling, and sentence transformation. In the CDS test, the English Paper has 120 questions of a total 100 marks, with 0.83 points awarded for each correct answer and 0.27 points deducted for each incorrect answer.