Dear Aspirant,Hope ypu are doing well
NDA/NA Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Commission twice a year in the month of april and december to select young boys and girls in indian armed forces as officers.
The basic requirement for NDA is knowing what to study as the syllabus is pretty extensive and try to avoid unnecessary burden by studying from many different sources.
Information about the examination:
Syllabus and Marks distribution:
Paper-1 Mathematics (Code No. 01) :
The paper of mathematics consists of 120 questions. Maximum marks for this section is 300. 2.5 marks is allotted to each question with a deduction of 0.833 for wrong answer. You have 150 minutes for 120 questions so you have to be quick along with being accurate.
Paper-II General Ability Test (Code No. 02) :
The second section is of 600 marks. It has a total of 150 questions with each weighing 4 marks with a penalty of 1.33 for wrong answer.This section is further divided into two parts-
Part A English:
This part has 50 questions for 200 marks.
Part B General Knowledge :
This part has 100 questions for 400 marks.
General Knowledge has six sections with the break-up of 400 marks as below:
Now let's have a look at the syllabus for NDA :
Mathematics: Algebra, Matrices and Determinants, Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry – 2D and 3D, Differential Calculus, Integral calculus and Differential equations, Vector algebra, Statistics and Probability.
The syllabus for mathematics is covered in NCERT books of 10th ,11th and 12th. There is no need to buy any fancy books as questions asked in NDA exams are pretty standard.
Tips and tricks ( things that matter) :
Hope it Helps,
Thank you.
HI Shivam
first of all , it is very important to properly know what is the syllabus of the exam. You can refer to the link below :
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-syllabus
Then you should make a proper study plan Since you need to focus on 11th and 12th equally. Practice Maths daily , stay updated about the current affairs. Practice previous year papers they will help you a lot.
And most important thing is to be optimistic and focused.
For more tips you can refer to the link below :
https://competition.careers360.com/articles/how-to-prepare-for-nda
All the best :)
Hi there,
To crack nda, you must work on maths reasoning and English.
Debates group discussion and interviews etc. For that you can watch YouTube videos and try to work on daily basis, consistency is very important for this
I hope this help
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