NDA & NA Exam Past Year Papers – Download Previous year papers for NDA & NA Exam

# May 22, 2021 by Harshita Nandal

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NDA & NA Exam Past Year Papers – Download Previous year papers for NDA & NA Exam

Solving past year papers is a very useful strategy for candidates preparing for NDA & NA Exam without coaching. Solving NDA & NA Exam paper from the previous years will provide the candidates with an idea about the pattern of questions asked in the examination and also help them improve their time-management skills.

Past papers are an important tool for revision, allowing students to check how their revision is going and assess areas for improvement. However, too much of this can lead students to overemphasise the role of the mark scheme in their success.

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When you practice questions that are based on concepts that you have studied earlier, you test your ability to apply, innovate and solve problems. This builds the required confidence in you which further helps in your exam. This has always been recommended by past year Toppers as well as Coaching Institutes and other NDA & NA Exam experts.

Please Find below the NDA & NA Exam Past year Papers that you can Download for free:

NDA & NA Exam I 2021 Question Paper – GAT

 

NDA & NA Exam I 2021 Question Paper – Maths

 

NDA & NA Exam I & II 2020 Question Paper – GAT

 

NDA & NA Exam I & II 2020 Question Paper – Maths

 

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“Each emphasizes on Past Papers. This is because solving Past Papers carries multiple advantages for students. First they are able to get familiarity with exam pattern. They know what a question paper will look like when they face it in the examination hall. This builds up confidence of the student. Next big advantage is that they can practice on time bound targets. The student should be honest to keep timers or buzzers. This will build the speed as well as accuracy of the student.” mentioned by Trainer Puru SSB Coach, Language & Personality, Development Expert - Doon Indian Defence Academy

The NDA & NA Exam Pattern  details are as follows:

Particulars

Details

Mode of Examination

Offline

Exam Duration

2 hours 30 minutes (for each paper)

Papers

Paper 1: Mathematics

Paper 2: GAT (General Ability Test)

Type of Question

MCQ’s

Total No. of Questions of Mathematics

120 question

Total No. of Marks of Mathematics

300 marks

Total No. of Questions of GAT

150 question

Total No. of Marks of GAT

600 marks

Negative Marking

0.25 for each wrong answer

Language of Paper

English and Hindi (except for English section)

 

NDA & NA Exam Pattern 2021: In Detail

Papers

Subjects

Total No. of Questions

Total No. of Marks

Duration per Exam

Paper 1

Mathematics

120

300

2 hours 30 minutes

Paper 2

GAT

150

600

2 hours 30 minutes

 

SSB Interview

 

900

 

 

 

NDA & NA Exam Pattern : General Ability Test (GAT)

Section

Marks per Section

Part A - English

200 marks

Part B – General Knowledge

Physics

100 marks

Chemistry

60 marks

General Science

40 marks

History, Freedom Movement, etc

80 marks

Geography

80 marks

Current Events

40 marks

Total

600 marks

 

NDA & NA Exam Pattern : Marking Scheme for Mathematics & GAT

Paper

Marks for Every Correct Answer

Negative Marking for Every Incorrect Answer

Mathematics

2.5

-0.83

General Ability Test

4

-1.33

 

NDA & NA Exam Pattern : SSB Interview

According to the SSB Interview,

  • In this, there are two stages: stage 1 and stage 2.
  • It contains 900 marks
  • This test is conducted between 4 to 5 days.

 

SSB Interview: Stage 1

  • Stage I comprises of Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests are Picture Perception Description Test (PP&DT). The candidates will be shortlisted based on combination of performance in OIR Test and PP&DT.

SSB Interview: Stage 2

  • Stage II Comprises of Interview, Group Testing Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests and the Conference. These tests are conducted over 4 days.

Stages

Tests

Stage I

Screening Test

Verbal and non-verbal tests.

PPDT

Stage II

Psychological Test

  • Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
  • Self-Description Test (SD)
  • Word Association Test (WAT)
  • Situation Reaction Test (SRT)

 

Group Testing Officers Test

  • GD
  • PGT
  • HGT
  • IoT
  • Command Task
  • Snake race/Group Obstacle Race
  • GPE
  • Individual lecture
  • FGT

 

Personal Interview

 

Conference

 

 

 

About Author

Harshita Nandal
Harshita Nandal

Harshita Nandal has worked as a Creative head in Mitrakshar, University of Delhi. She has done her Graduation from the University of Delhi in English Honours. In her free time, she prefers to play the guitar, take short walks in between work and loves to watch Korean dramas. Currently, she is an author at Educere India to fulfil the desire of her passion for writing.