DownloadNDA Previous Papers: The Union Public Services Commission also known as UPSC conducts the NDA Exam two times every year. The NDA exam is for the students who are studying in 12th and passed out of school. Through NDA Exam, male candidates can join the National Defence Academy to become an officer in Army, Navy and Air Force. Around 5 Lakh candidates apply for the NDA exam every time and only 10-13 thousand clear the NDA written exam. To score better marks in your NDA exam, you must check the SSBCrackExams NDA Online Course that covers all the topics in a detailed manner. Candidates can also find the NDA previous years questions papers from 2014 till 2021 for practice. Our NDA online coaching covers the detailed solution of NDA previous questionsthat will help you to score extra marks in the exam.
NDA Exam Pattern
NDA Exam
Mathematics
General ability test
Exam Duration
2 hours and 30 minutes
2 hours and 30 minutes
No. of sections
1
2 (English and General Knowledge)
Total no. of questions
120
150
Total marks
300
600 (English (200) + GK (400))
Marking scheme
2.5 for correct and -0.83 for incorrect
4 for correct and -1.33 for incorrect
Medium
English and Hindi
English for English section. English and Hindi for GK section
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