UPSC has conducted the CDS NDA -2 exam today (9 Sep 2018) for the aspirants to admission to Army, Navy and Air Force wings of National Defence Academy (NDA) and 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at Indian Naval Academy. This exam was paper based. UPSC has released 383 vacancies to which candidates fill this year. Candidates qualifying the written exam will be selected for SSB Interview. But the final selection of candidates will be done based on the candidate’s performance in written exam and Interview. We are providing the exam analysis and NDA paper which candidates can download any time.
NDA Exam Shift Timing
Candidates can check the NDA exam shift timing through below tabulated form.
| Shift | Time |
| 1 | 10 AM to 12 : 30 PM |
| 2 | 2 PM to 4:30 PM |
NDA 2 Paper Analysis 2018
| Subject | Duration | Max Marks |
| Elementary Mathematics | 2:30 hrs | 300 |
| General Ability Test | 2:30 hrs | 600 |
NDA Exam Analysis For Elementary Mathematics Paper 2018
NDA Elementary Mathematics paper level was of moderate to difficult level. This section was carrying 120 questions. This maths test is basically evaluate a candidate’s calculative skills. No of Questions from topic wise which were asked in this sections are given below.
| S.No | Chapter | No. of questions |
| 1 | Set theory, Relations and Functions | 08 |
| 2 | Calculus | 26 |
| 3 | Trigonometry | 13 |
| 4 | Geometry | 17 |
| 5 | Complex number | 06 |
| 6 | Binary number | 01 |
| 7 | Sequence and Series | 06 |
| 8 | Quadratic Equations and inequality | 04 |
| 9 | Permutation and Combination | 06 |
| 10 | Binomial Theorem | 02 |
| 11 | Logarithm | 04 |
| 12 | Matrices and Determinants | 03 |
| 13 | Vector Algebra | 05 |
| 14 | Statistics | 10 |
| 15 | Probability | 07 |
| 16 | Miscellaneous | 02 |
| Total | 120 |
NDA 2 Elementary Maths Paper PDF Download
Candidates can view or download the NDA 2 Elementary Maths Paper PDF by clicking on below link.
Download CDS NDA Elementary Mathematics Paper 9 Sep 2018
NDA Exam Analysis For General Ability Test (English Paper) 2018
NDA English Paper was of easy to moderate level. This English Paper was carrying 50 questions in which mostly belongs to grammar. No. of Questions asked in the English Paper are given below with respect to topics.
| S.No. | Topics | No. of Questions |
| 1 | IDIOMS AND PHRASES | 05 |
| 2 | ANTONYMS | 05 |
| 3 | SYNONYMS | 05 |
| 4 | SPOTTING ERRORS | 05 |
| 5 | CLOZE COMPREHENSION | 05 |
| 6 | ORDERING OF SENTENCES | 05 |
| 7 | READING COMPREHENSION (2 PASSAGES) | 10 |
| 8 | FILL IN THE BLANKS | 10 |
| TOTAL | 50 |
NDA Exam Analysis For General Ability Test (General Knowledge[GK] Paper) 2018
NDA General Knowledge (GK) Paper was of easy to moderate level. This GK section was carrying 100 questions. No. of questions with respect to subjects are given below.
| S.No. | Subjects | No. of Questions |
| 1 | Geography | 15 |
| 2 | History | 11 |
| 3 | Economy | 07 |
| 4 | Polity | 08 |
| 5 | Physics | 22 |
| 6 | Chemistry | 17 |
| 7 | Biology | 08 |
| 8 | Current Affairs | 09 |
| 9 | Static | 03 |
| Total | 100 |
NDA 2 Elementary General Ability Paper PDF Download
Candidates can view or download the NDA 2 General Ability Paper PDF by clicking on below link.
Download CDS NDA General Ability Paper PDF 9 Sep 2018
NDA 2 Expected Cut Off 2018
UPSC will soon release the NDA 2 cut off but we are trying to get the expected cut off for this year. Expected cut off will help the candidates to know their chances of selection in recruitment exam. NDA Cut Off Previous Year 2016-17 are given below.
|
Year |
NDA 2 cut off |
|
2017 |
258 (With 25% in each subject) |
|
2016 |
229 (With at least 20% marks in each subject) |
NDA Exam Review (9th Sep 2018) All Shift 1,2 -How was Exam? Share your Feedback
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NDA 2 Exam Result 2018
NDA 2 exam result is likely to release in the month of December 2018.