The Indian Navy Artificer Apprentices exam is conducted for recruiting aspirants to the Indian Navy. This examination is held twice in a year generally in the month of July and December. Application forms published in the Employment reports and other important newspapers. The interested candidates can submit the typed or handwritten form to the nearest Zonal Recruitment Offices.

The aspirant must have an Indian Nationality. Only unmarried male applicants can apply. They belong to the age group of 15 to 18 years and they must have finished Matriculation or equivalent exam. The applicants must have learned physics, chemistry and mathematics subjects. They should have minimum of 60% marks in these subjects.  Those who have cleared the written exam can attend the Physical Fitness Test. This test is compulsory for enrolment. The candidates are selected based on the written test and Physical Fitness examination.

Structure of Indian Navy Artificer Apprentices Exam

The Entrance test consists of multiple-choice objective kind of questions. Every question has four options. The aspirant has to select the correct answer from the given alternatives. The duration of the examination is 75 minutes. The questions will be asked at the matriculation level. The questions are from mathematics, English, science and general knowledge.

Syllabus of Indian Navy Artificer Apprentices Exam

• English
• Antonyms
• Articles
• Comprehension
• Prepositions
• Punctuation
• Synonyms
• Tenses and parts of speech
• Transformation of simple sentences

Science

• Chemical bonding
• Gravitation
• Health and nutrition
• Heat
• Light
• Metals and non-metals
• Physiology
• State of matter
• Universe
• Work and energy
• Mathematics
• Algebraic identities
• Basic trigonometry and geometry
• Polynomials
• Quadratic equations and exponents
• Set theory
• Surds

General knowledge

• Current affairs
• Entertainment
• Geography
• Indian History
• Inventions and discoveries
• Sports

Reference Books for Indian Navy Artificer Apprentices Exam

CBSE books of 12th standard will be helpful for this purpose. Also NCERT will help in the same.

Study Plan for Indian Navy Artificer Apprentices Exam

The aspirant must prepare a timetable and assign time for every section. They should learn these portions thoroughly without any topics left. They should learn all formulas and theorems thoroughly. They should read English newspapers and magazines. This will help to know about current affairs as well they can improve their communication skills. They should go through sample papers and last year question papers before test. This will give clear idea about the examination.