NDA Exam Pattern 2022-23: An Overview

NDA Exam Pattern 2022-23: The candidates who are going to appear in the upcoming NDA exam must know the exam pattern and syllabus prescribed for the exam. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the date of NDA 2022 Exam. Those who qualify the NDA exam will get an opportunity to join the Indian Army, Air Force, and Navy as per the preference. The exam is completed in two phases where the first phase is a written test and those who qualify the written test, will have to go through the SSB (Intelligence and Personality Test). The exam pattern will give candidates an idea about the number of questions to be asked in the exam, type of questions, the subject covered, marking scheme, total marks, and duration of exam etc. In this article, you will find information about NDA Exam Pattern 2022 including syllabus.

Update: NDA-I and NDA-II 2022 exams will be held on 10th April 2022 and 4th September 2022 respectively. Those who are going to appear in the exam must check here the NDA Exam Pattern below.

NDA Exam Pattern 2022-23: An Overview

The NDA Exam is a two-tier examination i.e. Written Exam followed by Interview/SSB. The candidate has to qualify both the stages for final selection. Important information in respect of NDA exam pattern is summarized in the following table. Check thoroughly and prepare accordingly:

Mode of the Exam The NDA exam is a Pen/Pencil & Paper based exam.
Papers There will be two papers i.e. Mathematics and General Ability in the written test.
Duration of Exam The duration of each exam will be 2.30 hours.
Type of Questions All the questions will be objective type questions having four alternatives.
Number of Questions Written exam will be of 900 Marks. Mathematics and General Ability Test will be of 300 and 600 marks respectively.
Language The question paper of Mathematics and Part ‘B’ of General Ability Test will be bilingual i.e. Hindi and English.
Negative Marking There is a provision of negative marking in NDA Exam and as a result for each wrong attempt, 1/3rd mark will be deducted.
Interview/SSB Test Qualified candidates of written exam will have to go through SSB Interview. The SSB interview will consist of 900 marks.

NDA 2022 Exam Pattern: Important Highlights

  • NDA exam will be conducted by UPSC and the exam will consist of the written test followed by SSB Interview.
  • Only those candidates who qualify the written test will be called for SSB Interview.
  • The written exam will consist of two papers i.e. (i) Mathematics and (ii) General Ability Test.
  • Mathematics paper will be of 300 marks while General Ability Test will be of 600 marks.
  • The duration of both papers will be two and a half hours (2.30 hours).
  • Negative marking is applicable in the NDA exam, hence, the candidate should be careful while attempting paper.
  • Do not give more than one response to any question otherwise answer will not be considered.
  • Merit list will be prepared followed by the written exam and accordingly qualified candidates will be invited to appear for SSB interview.
  • Final selection will be done after analysis of the candidate’s written exam performance, personality test, medical examination and verification of original documents etc.
  • The competent has all rights reserved to take a call on the final selection.

Exam Centres

The UPSC is going to conduct NDA 2022 Exam in various exam centres across the country. Some of the exam centres will in the following cities:

Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Agartala, Aizawl, Bhopal, Bareilly, Bengaluru, Chennai, Chandigarh, Cuttack, Delhi, Dehradun, Dispur, Dharwad, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Itanagar, Imphal, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Kochi, Kohima, Lucknow, Mumbai, Madurai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Ranchi, Raipur, Sambalpur, Shimla, Shillong, Srinagar, Tirupati, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam etc.

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