Step 1: NDA Syllabus Overview

• The Union Public Service Commission conducts the National Defence Academy (NDA) & Naval Academy (NA) exam twice a year.
• The purpose is to admit candidates to the Indian Navy, Army, and Air Force Wings.
• The minimum educational qualification required is a 12th class pass in the 10+2 pattern.
• The examination comprises two stages: a written examination and an interview.

Step 2: Written Examination Syllabus

PAPER-I: MATHEMATICS (Maximum Marks- 300)

1. ALGEBRA:
   • Concept of set, operations on sets, Venn diagrams.
   • De Morgan laws, Cartesian product, relation, equivalence relation.
   • Complex numbers, binary system, arithmetic, geometric progressions.
2. MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS:
   • Types of matrices, operations, determinant, adjoint, inverse of a matrix.
   • Applications – Solution of a system of linear equations.
3. TRIGONOMETRY:
   • Angles and measures, trigonometric ratios, identities, formulas.
   • Applications – Height and distance, properties of triangles.
4. ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY:
   • Cartesian Coordinate system, equations of lines, circles, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola.
   • Points in three-dimensional space, distance between points, equations of planes and lines.
5. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS:
   • Real-valued function, limits, continuity, derivatives, applications.
   • Second order derivatives, increasing and decreasing functions.
6. INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS:
   • Integration, standard integrals, definite integrals, areas of plane regions.
   • Differential equations, general and particular solutions.
7. VECTOR ALGEBRA:
   • Vectors in two and three dimensions, magnitude, direction, addition, scalar multiplication.
   • Vector product or cross product, applications in work and geometry.
8. STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY:
   • Classification of data, frequency distribution, graphical representation.
   • Probability, random experiments, events, classical and statistical probability.

PAPER-II: GENERAL ABILITY TEST (Maximum Marks-600)

Part ‘A’ – ENGLISH (Maximum Marks 200)

• Tests candidate’s understanding of English, grammar, vocabulary, comprehension.

Part ‘B’ – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (Maximum Marks-400)

Section ‘A’ (Physics):

• Physical properties, laws of motion, heat, light, electricity, magnetism.

Section ‘B’ (Chemistry):

• Physical and chemical changes, elements, compounds, acids, bases, salts.

Section ‘C’ (General Science):

• Difference between living and non-living, cells, growth, reproduction, human body.

Section ‘D’ (History, Freedom Movement etc.):

• Indian history, freedom movement, Indian constitution, Five Year Plans.

Section ‘E’ (Geography):

• Earth, rocks, weathering, ocean currents, climate, natural regions, regional geography of India.

Section ‘F’ (Current Events):

• Important events in India and worldwide, prominent personalities.

Step 3: Note on Weightages

• Part ‘B’ of Paper-II carries maximum marks of 600.
• Sections ‘A’ to ‘F’ have weightages of approximately 25%, 15%, 10%, 20%, 20%, and 10% respectively.

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