The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the Combined Defence Services (CDS) (II) 2026 answer key for candidates who appeared in the examination held on September 13. The answer key has been made available on September 16, allowing candidates to cross-check their responses and calculate their probable scores.The CDS 2 2026 answer key covers the three papers conducted in the examination: English, General Knowledge (GK) and Elementary Mathematics. Candidates can access the subject-wise PDFs through the official UPSC website, upsc.gov.in. UPSC currently lists CDS (II), 2026 among its active examinations.UPSC has provided the answer keys separately for the three papers. Candidates can use the respective PDF to check their responses.The English answer key can be used to verify responses marked in the English paper. Similarly, the General Knowledge answer key contains the answers for the GK paper, while the Elementary Mathematics answer key can be used to check responses in the Mathematics paper.Candidates should retain a copy of the answer key and their marked responses while calculating their expected marks.
UPSC CDS 2 answer key 2026: Steps to download
Candidates can follow the steps elucidated here to download the CDS 2 answer key 2026 on the official website:
- Visit the official UPSC website at upsc.gov.in.
- Open the Examination section on the homepage.
- Look for the Answer Keys section.
- Find the link for Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2026.
- Open the relevant answer key PDF.
- Select the paper and check the answers against the question paper set.
- Download and save the PDF for future reference.
Alternatively, candidates can click on the link provided here to download the UPSC CDS 2 answer key 2026.