NDA WRITTEN EXAMINATION

NDA Syllabus 2022: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) publishes the NDA entrance exam syllabus alongside the official announcement. The UPSC holds the much anticipated National Defence Academy (NDA) exam twice a year in order to enrol qualified male and female applicants into the country’s defence forces.

NDA Syllabus 2022: Exam Overview

Before getting into details of the syllabus of NDA 2022, let us have an overview of the UPSC NDA 2022 exam:

NDA Exam Syllabus 2022: Subject-wise Syllabus

The UPSC has mentioned the latest syllabus in the NDA Notification 2022. The NDA written exam consists of two papers as given below:

1. Paper I: Mathematics
2. Paper II: General Ability Test (Part A: English and Part B: General Knowledge)

NDA Exam Syllabus of Maths

Candidates must understand the fundamental concepts of Mathematics to complete the NDA Maths Syllabus 2022. Candidates can check out the detailed NDA Mathematics syllabus from the table mentioned below:

NDA Mathematics Algebra

Concept of Sets	Operations on Sets
Venn diagrams	De Morgan laws
Cartesian product	Relation
Equivalence relation	Representation of real numbers on a line
Complex numbers—basic properties, modulus, argument, cube roots of unity	Binary system of numbers

Matrices And Determinants

Types of matrices	Operations on matrices
Determinant of a matrix	Basic properties of determinants
Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix	Applications-Solution of a system of linear equations in two or three unknowns by Cramer’s Cramer’s by Matrix Method.

Trigonometry

Angles and their measures in degrees and in radians	Trigonometrical ratios
Trigonometric identities – Sum and difference formulae	Inverse trigonometric functions
Multiple and Sub-multiple angles	Applications-Height and distance, properties of triangles.

Analytical Geometry of Two and Three Dimensions

Rectangular Cartesian Coordinate system	Distance formula
Equation of a line in various forms	Angle between two lines
Distance of a point from a line	Equation of a circle in standard and in general form
Standard forms of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola	Eccentricity and axis of a conic
Point in a three-dimensional space, the distance between two points	Direction Cosines and direction ratios

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Differential Calculus

Concept of a real-valued function–domain, range, and graph of a function	Composite functions, one-to-one, onto, and inverse functions
Notion of limit, Standard limits—examples	Continuity of functions—examples
Algebraic operations on continuous functions	Derivative of function at a point
Geometrical and physical interpretation of a derivative—applications	Derivatives of sum, product and quotient of functions
Derivative of a function with respect to another function	Derivative of a composite function

Integral Calculus and Differential Calculus

Integration as inverse of differentiation	Integration by substitution and by parts
standard integrals involving algebraic expressions, trigonometric, exponential and hyperbolic functions	Evaluation of definite integrals—determination of areas of plane regions bounded by curves—applications
Definition of order and degree of a differential equation	Formation of a differential equation by examples
General and particular solution of differential equations	Solution of first order and first-degree differential equations of various types—examples
Application in problems of growth and decay	–

Vector Algebra

Vectors in two and three dimensions	Magnitude and direction of a vector
Unit and null vectors	Addition of vectors
Scalar multiplication of a vector	Scalar product or dot product of two vectors
Vector product or cross product of two vectors	Applications—work done by a force and moment of a force and in geometrical problems.

Statistics

Classification of data	Frequency distribution, cumulative frequency distribution—examples
Graphical representation—Histogram, Pie Chart, frequency polygon— examples	Measures of Central tendency—Mean, median and mode
Variance and standard deviation—determination and comparison	Correlation and Regression

Probability

Random experiment, outcomes and associated sample space, events, mutually exclusive and exhaustive events, impossible and certain events	Conditional probability
Union and Intersection of events. Complementary, elementary and composite events	Bayes’s simple problems
Definition of probability—classical and statistical—examples	Random variable as function on a sample space
Elementary theorems on probability—simple problems	Binomial distribution, examples of random experiments giving rise to Binominal distribution.

NDA General Ability Test Syllabus

Candidates must have a basic understanding of English, Environmental Studies, and Science and Technology subjects that are addressed in NDA GAT Syllabus. Check out the topics included in the NDA GAT 2022 syllabus from the table mentioned below:

English language	Comprehension Fill in the blanks Complete the sentences Idioms and phrases Synonyms and antonyms Active and passive voice Finding errors
History	Indian History: Culture and civilisation Bhoodan, Sarvodaya, National Integration and Welfare State, Basic Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi India freedom struggle Panchayati Raj, Co-operatives, and Community Development French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and Russian Revolution Impact of Science and Technology on Society Concept of one World, United Nations, Panchsheel, Democracy, Socialism, and Communism Forces shaping the modern world; Renaissance, Exploration, and Discovery
Geography	Landforms of India Movements of Earth and their effects Layers of earth Type of soils Climate and Atmosphere Rivers Cyclones and Anticyclones Solar system and universe Rocks and their classification
Physics	Natural and Artificial Magnets, Properties of a Magnet, Earth as a Magnet Spherical mirrors and Lenses, Human Eye Density and Specific Gravity, Principle of Archimedes, Pressure Barometer Rectilinear propagation of Light, Reflection and refraction Static and Current Electricity, conductors and Non-conductors, Physical Properties and States of Matter, Mass, Weight, Volume, Heat, Measurement of Temperature and Heat, change of State and Latent Heat, Modes of transference of Heat Ohm’s Law, Electrical Circuits, Heating, Lighting and Magnetic effects of Current, Measurement of Electrical Power, Primary and Secondary Cells, Use of X-Rays. Equilibrium of objects Laws of Motion Gravitation Work, power, and energy
Chemistry	Mixtures and Compounds, Symbols, Formulae and simple Chemical Equations, Law of Chemical Combination Properties of Air and Water Fertilizers— Natural and Artificial The material used in the preparation of substances like Soap, Glass, Ink, Paper, Cement, Paints, Safety Matches and Gun-Powder Elementary ideas about the structure of Atom, Atomic Equivalent and Molecular Weights, Valency Preparation and Properties of Hydrogen

NDA Interview Selection Process 2022

After conducting the NDA examination, the conducting body will call the shortlisted candidates to appear in the Personal Interview round. As per the official notification, the interview is held in Stage 1 and Stage 2. It is mandatory for all the appearing candidates to clear Stage 1 to be called for Stage 2.

Here, we have enlisted the interview round details. Candidates must check the table given below to know more:

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

Stage II comprises an Interview, Group Testing Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests, and the Conference. These tests are conducted for 4 days. Please go through the table below