NDA exam is vital for those, who want to be a part of the Defence forces of India. NDA stands for National Defence Academy and this exam is conducted by UPSC every year. Union Public Service Commission of India is abbreviated as UPSC. In order to pass the NDA exam in a better way, you can follow fewer tips.
Know how to study
You have to learn notes on varied topics, and you can research those topics that are present in the NDA exam syllabus. Confusion can happen if you read any new topic the day before appearing for the exam without studying the old ones. You should not become nervous as nervousness can enhance your stress levels.
Check your eligibility criteria
The individuals who are willing to become an army officer, they should check out certain criterion to take the NDA exam. The criteria include age, nationality, gender. The male candidates, who have not married, they can appear in the entrance exam of NDA and not girls. You should be a resident of India, Bhutan or Nepal. If you live in other countries, such as Uganda, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam and want to settle down in India permanently, you can apply for this exam. Any candidate born before 2nd July of the year 2000 and 2nd January of the year 2001 is not allowed to sit twice for the NDA exam in 2019. Every person has to complete till the 12th standard in school from a recognized educational institution.
A tip
Every candidate should study the topics that are given in the NDA exam syllabus before starting the preparation. You must not cheat from anybody while giving your exam. In addition, you should not try to look into the answer sheet of other students as if you are caught doing cheating, you would be punished. You should be physically and mentally fit to crack your NDA exam. If you have any severe health problems, you would not be selected in the end even if your scores are good.
Details
You must remain cautious while filling your OMR sheet because any minor mistake can reject your OMR sheet and you would not be able to take the NDA exam again. You must remain polite with the invigilator and other teachers in the examination hall otherwise you can be punished. You must not waste any time in writing just one question as time is short. On the other hand, you can go through subjects, such as physics, biology, chemistry, history of the world, historical events of India for preparing for the section of general knowledge. You should take your ID card of the exam, Aadhar Card, PAN card in the exam hall.
Items you can take and avoid
The candidates for the NDA exam have to take a black pen with them and not the gel pen in the exam center. In addition, you can bring the clipboard, eraser, and H.B. pencil. However, any candidate cannot bring accessories incorporating a calculator, mobile phone in the exam centers. Any person is not allowed to bring notes, books, maps, log tables in the exam hall.
Presence
The person taking the NDA exam has to write the serial number of his test booklet and answer sheet. The person has to put his signature correctly in the right column beside your name. You would not get marks or negative marking for the questions that were left blank.
Use all opportunities
Just try to understand the notes you are reading and studying. However, you may forget what you are learning if you
- Study the notes without understanding
- Don’t take sufficient rest each day.
You can read magazines, textbooks on aptitude, and reasoning, journals, newspaper websites. The topics incorporating enactment dates of acts, distinct events in India (launch of satellites, inventions), recent changes done in the acts are important for your exams. You can solve the test papers of subjects, such as English, Physics, Chemistry, and others at the school level to gain more knowledge. You can solve the test papers of Mathematics that you used to solve in your school or college days.
Take assistance
You can start taking a class in a coaching centre before taking the NDA exam. The professional teachers would give suggestions to students on how they can make their vocabulary better in English; learn new words by reading articles, newspaper websites. The teachers can tell you what kind of sums may come in distinct sections. You can read the reviews of the students on the official website of the coaching centre and then take admission in this centre.
