NDA 1 2023 Maths preparation | Aim 135+ Marks | 16th April 2023

Hello Defence aspirants. Today we are back with NDA exam maths paper strategy where I will give you detailed strategy to score 135+ marks in NDA maths paper. We will not keep any superficial target, instead will focus on getting around 45% marks and will achieve this aim at any cost. NDA preparation strategy is designed in such a way that 135+ score can be obtained by serious defence aspirants who are ready to work hard for his future endeavours.

Please do not expect me to tell a single source for NDA maths paper as we have designed a strategy to focus on clearing basic concepts first, so that attempting 58-60 correct questions will be easily possible. We will study only those relevant chapters of NCERT books which can lead you success.

Before we begin with actual strategy, I will urge you to read this article till end. It will take few minutes of your life, but it’s worth it. I will cover A to Z preparation strategy of NDA Maths paper with every minute detail like:

• Role of NCERT books in building foundation (to score 135+ needs conceptual clarity)
• Which Maths NCERT Books to refer? And Important Chapters? (16 chapters only)
• Which book is Best for NDA Maths paper? (Special NDA book)
• How to complete Maths syllabus with practice in 6 months?
• Month wise strategy for NDA Maths paper (Time constraint study)
• Topic-wise weightage of NDA Maths paper
• NDA Maths Syllabus wise important NCERT chapters you shouldn’t miss

So, without wasting any time, let’s begin NDA exam Maths Strategy which has been designed taking input from thousand’s of successful aspirants.

To score 135 marks out of 300, we need to solve atleast 58-60 correct questions and maximum 4-5 wrong questions so that 135 score will be achieved with accuracy. Aiming 58 correct questions with 100% accuracy is far better than aiming attempt of 80 questions with no accuracy. Negative marking can ruin your NDA exam attempt, if you fail to maintain accuracy.

Benefits of Aiming 60 question attempt (Less attempt) :

1. Accuracy will be drastically increased.
2. Chances of loosing marks in negative marking is much low.
3. Time allotted to solve 1 question is almost doubled (2.5 minutes/question)
(Its 1.25 minutes/ question if you aim to attempt all questions)
4. You can afford to leave certain unimportant chapters, and focus more on important    chapters.
(But do not dare to leave any important topic)

Before starting actual preparation, we must be aware about exact chapter-wise weightage of NDA Maths paper so that we can give more priority to chapters yielding higher number of questions in actual NDA exam. Following chart is prepared by taking into consideration previous 2-3 years question papers (4-5 attempts) and latest exam trends. So, you can rely on it to choose priority of study.

Make sure that you have mastered skill over topics above 15% weightage in NDA maths paper. Some topics like Determinant and Matrices, statistics, basic algebra questions, complex numbers, sets,etc are really simple ones which you need to solve at the beginning of paper to boost your confidence and then move towards difficult topics like integration, differentiation, area under the curve, analytical geometry, etc

We are going to follow 40-60 strategy for NDA Maths preparation. It means that 40% study will be from selective chapters of NCERT books and remaining 60% study from specialized NDA Maths preparation book.

80-85% aspirants directly start their preparation from NDA Maths preparation book which is not the correct approach. Special NDA preparation books are helpful for getting exam oriented questions, but the theory of each and every topic must be cleared from NCERT books only. (at any cost)

Begin your NDA Maths preparation with 11th standard Important Maths topics.

Try to complete these 7 chapters in first 15-20 days of preparation:

After completing these 7 chapters of 11th Maths NCERT, we need to focus on 9 most important chapters of 12th Maths NCERT book. Covering these chapters will take time, but this will be the foundation stone to make you National Defence academy Cadet.

Keep aim of completing this chapters in next 55-60 days (conceptual study + Numerical practice).

After completing these NCERT Maths chapters in detail, your foundation will be very strong and solving questions from NDA maths special book will be highly fruitful.

1. NCERT books will give 200% results if you solve each and every exercise as a test.
2. Solution of every NCERT Book question is available free on google. You can refer it while studying.
3. Direct questions can be seen from NCERT Maths important chapters.
4. NCERT study will be helpful in Board exams as well as other Entrance exams.
5. Once these NCERT chapters are done, NDA Maths book will be a smooth walk for you.

(Even after reading these benefits, many aspirants will skip NCERT books. Learn from others mistakes. Life is too short to do them all)

After completing the basics, its time to shift on NDA Maths specific book from which direct questions can be seen in actual exam. This book is specially designed to cater exam requirements of NDA Maths paper. Each and every word of this book is important in NDA Maths preparation. Direct questions can be seen from this book.

This is a 600 pages medium sized book which contain whole NDA Maths paper syllabus covered in 8 major sections.

Note: Do not dare to miss any topic from this book. Some neglected topics by aspirants are Probability, statistics, differential and integral calculus which form major chunk of NDA maths paper.

Theory of each Maths chapter given in this book is necessary but not sufficient to solve NDA Maths questions. That’s the reason why we have completed theoretical and numerical part from Maths NCERT books.

Mathematics for NDA and NA by RS Agarwal (Latest Edition)

It is recommended to buy latest edition of this book as NDA exam questions are added after every NDA attempt which can be highly helpful in preparation. If you can’t afford new book, continue with the existing one.

1. After completing theory, try to solve questions on your own and look for solutions only after trying it for multiple times.

2. Initial question of every chapter are easy. So, make sure that you cover questions given in second half of chapter without fail.

3. No question can repeat in UPSC NDA exam, but pattern of question asked in NDA exam is exactly the same as given in this book. So, you can rely on it for your preparation.

4. Keep patience and follow strategy as told. Do not jump directly to advanced NDA Maths Book without NCERT books.

Last stage of NDA maths preparation strategy is to solve minimum 10 full length NDA Maths papers in time constraint. It is necessary to be exam friendly and analyse mistakes you commonly do. Do all the mistakes in practice test so that there will be no chances of mistake during actual NDA exam.

All previous year papers will be available free of cost on www.upsc.gov.in which you need to download and take test in offline format.

Everyone can solve Majority of questions if there is no time limit. Main challenge is to solve questions with accuracy in a given time frame, which needs good question practice.

You can also use NDA and NA Previous year question paper book for regular practice.

Many aspirants always keep on asking how to crack NDA Maths paper. So, I will tell you how to crack NDA Maths in first attempt:

1. The above given NDA preparation plan of Maths is tried and tested. So, you can rely on these preparation sources.
2. Don’t search for shortcut methods. You will need atleast 6-7 months of dedicated efforts to clear NDA written exam. (I would recommend you to start NDA preparation atleast 1 year before the actual exam date)
3. Don’t take NDA GAT preparation lightly, because you need to treat NDA paper 2 as a scoring paper.
4. Try to integrate NDA preparation with your 12th Boards preparation.

Now you have topic-wise weightage for NDA Maths paper, best sources, important NCERT chapters and books which can help you score 135+ Marks. Now its test of your following officer like qualities:

• Hard Work
• Persistence
• Consistency

Even if 1 Aspirant follows this NDA preparation strategy and clears NDA exam, moto of giving this NDA exam Maths strategy will be accomplished.

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