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Can someone please tell me what book to follow to clear the entrance examination of NDA?

NDA is conducted by UPSC. It is conducted in two stages. Candidates have to appear and qualify in both the stages of the examination for the final selection.

Paper I - consists of Mathematics.

Paper II - General Awareness.

For Mathematics you can prefer NCERT books for Std 11th and Std 12th, while for General Awareness Science and Social Studies NCERTs books are sufficient.

For more information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

Best books to clear NDA Entrance Examination:

There are various best books to clear the NDA Entrance Examination. They are as follows,

>> Pathfinder NDA/ NA National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Entrance Examination by Arihant Experts

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@ For Physics, History, Geography and Chemistry subjects, you may follow NCERT 11th as well as 12th Class books.

@ Also for History, Geography and General Science subjects you may refer Objective GK.

@ For English subject, You may refer Word Power Made Easy book.

You can find numerous questions in the Pathfinder book which has been given above for preparing the concepts neatly and clearly.

There are many books you can refer to for your preparations, but here are some of the UPSC NDA best books for 2023 exam -

1. General Knowledge 2022,
2. History Of Modern India,
3. Oxford School Atlas,
4. Objective General English for Competitive Exams.
5. Quantitative Aptitude for competitive examinations, etc.

List of books to clear the entrance examination of NDA:-

Arihanth NDA Pathfinder
Upkar NDA Examination
Upkar NDA Mathematics
MTG NDA Guide
Jpnp a Comprehensive Kit for NDA
Ramesh NDA Exam Guide
S. Chand Mathematics for NDA.

You can refer to the following books to clear National Defence Academy examination:-

1)Quantitative Aptitude for competitive examinations
2)NCERT Mathematics Textbook of Class 11 and Class 12
3)Wren & Martin’s High School English Grammar & Composition
4)NCERT Books
5)Pratoyogita Darpan
6)Competition Success Review

You can take help from books published by ARIHANT AND other publishers.

Other than that you can solve previous year paper as well as take help of NCERT books.

To get detail information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

For preparation of NDA examination the best available source is :-

NCERT books.

Current Affairs.

Examination is conducted in two stages. Two stages are Written and SSB.

To get more information about exam and syllabus visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

1. Pathfinder for NDA & NA Entrance Examination National Defence Academy/Naval Academy Conducted by UPSC
Arihant Experts, 2014,

2. Study Package Mathematics NDA & NA (National Defence Academy & Naval Academy) Entrance Exam 2020
Manjul Tyagi, 2020,

3. Objective General English
S.P. Bakshi, 2002,

4. 10 Practice Sets NDA/NA Defence Academy & Naval Academy 2020
Arihant Experts, 2020.

national Defence Academy is conducted by UPSC twice in a year. The examination is conducted in two stages.

The stage I will be of Written which consists of two paper Paper I of Mathematics and Paper II will be of General Ability.

Candidates after qualifying in stage I will become eligible for SSB.

For written stage you can take help of NCERT books of std 11th -12th and for General Ability Lucent General Science and English is sufficient. In case you want detail information visit at www.upsc.gov.in.

Some of the books that help improve exam preparations include Objective General Knowledge by Lucent Publications, NDA Entrance Exam by E.S. Ramasmy, etc. NDA 1 2022 exam is scheduled to be conducted on April 10, 2022. Check NDA previous year question papers.

The list of books that help NDA students in preparation for entrance exam are

For physics one can refer to NCERT book of 11
Exemplary of Physics
Arihant Publications

Wren and Martin high school english grammar
S.Chand Publishing

Objective GK
Sanjiv Kumar
Lucent Publication

Mathematics for NDA/NA
RS Agarwal

Quantitative Aptitude for competitive exam
RS Agarwal

English
Manohar Pandey
Arihant Publications

As there are two subjects with various topics , you should refer one book for each topic as the syllabus for exam is vast.