Thursday, December 27, 2018

How to Prepare for NDA Exam

How to Prepare for NDA Exam

NDA stands for National Defence Academy is an academy of Indian Armed Forces. NDA exam is conducted twice in a year by UPSC (union public service commission) only for boys appearing or just cleared there intermediate or equivalent. NDA recruits young cadets of intermediate and equivalent qualification and train them before they go on to pre-commissioning training in their respective service academies of Indian Air Force or Indian Navy or Indian Army.
When it comes to NDA exam preparation, it varies from candidate to candidate all over India. We have noticed there are students who are about to clear their intermediate exam or just have cleared their intermediate exam and they have just heard of NDA exam. Such candidates have to face comparatively a bigger competition, time they have in hand for NDA exam preparation is not much but if they prepare a time table and give isolated focus on the exam then with some proper guidance they will be able to clear the NDA written exam. Below given are some tips on How to Prepare for NDA Exam which can help you in your last day’s preparations:


  1. Candidates who are doing their NDA exam preparation should make a note of their weak and strong topics, for strong topics they can self-practice but on weak topics they should seek external help such as NDA Coaching.
  2. For physics and chemistry, if you can’t prepare every topic then atleast prepare the topics from which questions are repeatedly came in the previous exams.
  3. For physics and chemistry, focus on important but simple numericals, definitions, principles and properties as asked in the syllabus.
  4. For general science, know all the important facts about growth of human body, animals and plants. Gather as much as information on solar system, food and famous scientists. Make flash cards of important facts.
  5. Cope up with current affair use internet websites on important events.
  6. Practice previous year NDA question papers as much as possible. Time management is important, see how many questions you are able to answer in minimum amount of time.
  7. It is wise to go through NDA books for preparation, it will give you an idea on theory and types of questions that appear in the exam