National Defence Academy (NDA) Exam is conducted twice every year by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the recruitment of candidates into the Indian Army, Navy and Airforce & the Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC). The NDA Written Exam includes two Papers: Mathematics and General Ability Test (GAT). The time duration for each paper is of 2 and a half hours. The GAT paper consists of the English section, which can be quite scoring if approached carefully. Each question in the NDA English section consists of 4 marks and a penalty of 1.33 for every incorrect answer. Thus, a total of 200 marks is devoted for a total of 50 questions in NDA English section.
NDA English Syllabus consists of :
- Spotting of Errors
- Antonyms
- Synonyms
- Vocabulary (Idioms & Phrases)
- Sentence Improvement
- Sentence Completion (Fill in the blanks & Cloze Test)
- Ordering of Words & Sentences
- Comprehension
In order to score the highest in the English section in NDA, it is therefore, important to know the usual question & marking trend of the topics, in detail.
- Spotting of Errors
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- Antonyms
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- Sentence Completion (Fill in the blanks)
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- Ordering of Words
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- Comprehension
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Keeping these previous years’ trends & expected question pattern in mind, prepare well to score more than 90 percent in the English section of the upcoming NDA Exam. To cover NDA English syllabus thoroughly & with intense clarity, check out our NDA Exam course.
Jai Hind!
