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NDA Exam is a national level defence written exam; conducted twice a year by upsc to test the eligibility at 1st stage of such candidates whose dream is to join defence & become an officer in Indian defence forces i.e. army, navy & air force after 12th at early stage. Since nda exam is conducted after 12th , so +2 board i.e. class 11th + 12th become very important for the preparation of the nda exam.
In nda written exam, there are two papers. 1st paper is Mathematics & 2nd paper is General Ability Test. UPSC conducts both papers on same day back to back with one to two hours of break in between the papers. NDA exam pattern details are given below.
Subject | Mathematics | General Ability |
Paper | 1 | 2 |
Duration | 2.5 hrs | 2.5 hrs |
Maximum Marks | 300 | 600 |
No. of Questions | 120 | 150 |
Marks/Question | 2.5 | 4.0 |
Time/Question | 90 secs | 72 secs |
Negative marks | 0.83 | 1.33 |