The Indian army is the world’s third
largest and its soldiers are considered best, especially in high
altitude battles. The management of the armed forces rests with the
Union Ministry of Defence.
The National Defence Academy (NDA), which is located at Chandigarh, is the first tri-service academy in the
world. Here, the cadets of the three services (Army, Navy and Air Force)
get training together before their pre-commissioning training in
respective service academies.
The recruitment of applicants to the NDA is done by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) by conducting the written exam followed
by extensive interviews. After clearing all rounds in the interview,
the final merit list is prepared and the selection is done after the
medical process and document verification. Applicants to join the Air
Force go through a Pilot Aptitude Battery Test.
The focus of the present article is to provide some tips to help
candidates to qualify the written examination of NDA which is conducted
twice in a year.
strategies to prepare for the exam are as follows:
1. Motivation:
Keep yourself motivated always. It is essential to accomplish a goal
and it makes people to work. Points which motivate a candidate to join
armed forces may be the personal satisfaction and pride, professional
advancement, job security and economic stability and postretirement
benefits.
2. Know the Syllabus: The first point to be followed is knowing the syllabus thoroughly. A glimpse of syllabus is given below:
• Paper I (Mathematics): It consists of questions
from Trigonometry, Algebra, Integral Calculus, Differential Calculus,
Analytical Geometry, Probability, Statistics, Matrices and Vector
Algebra.
• Paper II: It has two parts – Part A (English) and Part B (General Knowledge).
Part A (English): It has questions from basic knowledge of English, skills in comprehension, spotting errors, synonyms, antonyms, etc.
Part B (General Knowledge): This section includes questions from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Indian History, Geography and Current Affairs.
3. Know the pattern of written exam: Knowing the
pattern of the examination is also important to prepare well. The
written examination is MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) type. Candidates
have to use OMR sheets to record their answers. One has to select the
right answer from a set of options given to each question. The brief
pattern of both papers is given below:
Papers I: The mathematics paper is of 300 marks (120 MCQs) and of 2.5 hr duration.
Paper II: This paper comprises of two sections
i.e. Section A and Section B. The section A is of English (200 marks, 50
MCQs) and Section B (400 marks, 100 MCQs) is of general knowledge.
The candidates should note that a negative answer attracts 1/3rd of the allotted marks to the given question.
4. Preparation & making notes: Always prepare
in advance. After knowing the syllabus, collect books and notes and
start preparing. One has to be disciplined and show dedication towards
studies in order to pass NDA exams. One can also refer online resources
like e-books, online exam groups, blogs, social networking sites like
Facebook, etc.
And, make your personal point-wise notes. The notes will help you
in understanding the subject and these can be referred whenever
required.
5. Follow subject wise preparation tips -
Mathematics: The paper of mathematics may be
considered as a scoring one where you cannot go with the attitude of
last minute reading or glance. Only practice can make candidates
competitive here. General topics to be covered in this paper are number
system, HCF/LCM, decimal fractions, percentage, average, ratio and
proportions, problems on Ages time and distance, Simple and Compound
Interest, profit and loss, probability, mensuration, mean, median &
mode, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, etc.
Important Date:
- Last date for submission of online application: 31 May 2018
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