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UPSC NDA 2020: Preparation hacks to score more; check paper pattern.

Source – indianexpress.com

UPSC NDA 2020: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will conduct NDA 2020 on April 19, when young defence force aspirants across the country will battle it out in the two-paper exam to qualify for the SSB. This will take candidates to the next step of joining the National Defence Academy’s Army, Navy and Air Force wings for 145th Course, and 107th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC). Registrations for the exam ended on January 28.  Next, the NDA admit card for the UPSC NDA and NA (I) 2020 will be released in online mode, three weeks prior to the exam.

Understanding the exam pattern and knowing the NDA syllabus will open doors to success in this exam. For selection, candidates will be judged out of 1800 marks, where 900 marks are assigned to the written test and 900 marks to SSB.

Written exam of NDA consists of two papers. Paper 1 is of Mathematics, with 120 questions of 300 marks, and Paper 2 the General Ability Test (GAT), which contains 150 questions of 600 marks. The duration of each paper is two-and-a-half hours. It is recommended to go through previous years’ NDA question papers to get a good idea of the type of questions that are asked.

Multiple choice questions are asked in the written test and candidates can choose the mode of answering either in Hindi or English. There is a provision of negative marking in NDA; for every wrong answer, one-third of the marks allotted to that question are deducted. No marks are deducted for the questions left unanswered.

Thus, GAT questions fetch 4 marks for correct answers, and 4/3 is deducted for incorrect answers. And in Math paper, candidates get 2.5 for correct answers, and 2.5/ 3 is deducted for incorrect answers. This marking scheme will be useful to calculate marks after the exam, while going through the NDA answer key.

GAT comprises of English and General Knowledge that includes physics, chemistry, history, geography, current events. Candidates who are able to clear the written exam, on the basis of NDA result of the written exam, will be called for SSB.

Now, let’s have a look at some of the important preparation tips for NDA 2020. It is important that candidates start preparing for the exam as soon as possible, without waiting for the exam date to come any closer.

Whatever sources candidates are referring to, or whatever mode they are opting, everything should revolve around the topics given in the syllabus, which should remain the central point for NDA 2020 preparation.

Maths needs practice and good understanding of the basics. It is recommended that the preparation of Mathematics as well as English and science portions of GAT should be done through NCERT books of class VI to class XII. Candidates should also focus on learning tips and tricks to answer questions in Mathematics, asked in objective form.

To prepare for English, candidates should read newspapers and magazines daily, and also focus on achieving clarity in basic grammar rules. While reading, if they are unable to understand the meaning of certain words, then they should create a separate list of these. Once they are done with the reading, they should try to understand the meaning as well as the usage of these words.

Candidates should be able to identify their command over a particular topic and the number of questions asked from it. Accordingly, they should move forward with their preparation. It is not necessary to learn and practice each and every topic.

UPSC Combined Defence Services 2019 result declared: Check details here.

Source – indiatoday.in

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the final results of the Combined Defence Services examination on the official website, upsc.gov.in. Candidates who appeared for the SSB interview can now check their results directly through the official website.

As per the official notification, “The Commission had recommended 2726, 1609 and 643 as qualified in the written test for admission to the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy respectively.”

Here’s what the official notification says:

“The following are the lists, in order of merit of 129 (82+44+03) candidates who have qualified on the basis of the results of the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2019 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in February, 2019 and SSB interviews held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to the 148th Course of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun; Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course i.e. No. 207 F (P) Course.”

UPSC Combined Defence Services 2019 result: Steps to check

Step 1: Visit the official website, upsc.gov.in

Step 2: On the home page, click on the link that reads, ‘Final results: Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2019,’ appearing under ‘What’s new’ section

Step 3: On the webpage, click on the link available to check the results

Step 4: UPSC CDS final result in the pdf format will appear on the display screen

Step 5: Check your result

Note: Download the result and take its print out for future reference.

About UPSC:

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is an organisation that works under the central government to recruit staff for various posts in the various ministries and departments, and in subordinate offices. The commission also conducts examinations for the recruitment in various departments of the state.

CDS Result 2019: UPSC declares final results, here’s how to check.

Source – businesstoday.in

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday announced the result of Combined Defence Services (CDS) on its official website. A total of 129 (82+44+03) candidates have qualified the CDS exam 2019. All those candidates who appeared in the exam can check their results on upsc.gov.in.

The final merit list has been prepared on the basis of CDS (I) 2019 exam and the Services Selection Board (SSB) interviews. The CDS exam was conducted by the UPSC in  February, 2019 and SSB interviews were held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to the 148th Course of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun; Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course.

UPSC CDS (I) final result has been declared in the form of a merit list, which contain details like name and roll number of the candidates who have successfully qualified in the examination. Candidates can check their results by entering their name or roll number.

These results are available on the UPSC website.  However, marks of the candidates would be available on the website after completion of its complete process i.e. after declaration of final result of Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) for Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2019.

The number of vacancies, as intimated by the Government is 100 for Indian Military Academy (including 13 vacancies reserved for  NCC ‘C’ certificates (Army Wing) holders), 45 for Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala Executive (General Service)  [including 6 vacancies reserved  for NCC ‘C’ Certificate holders (Naval Wing)] and 32 for Air Force Academy, Hyderabad.

The Commission had recommended 2,726, 1,609 and 643 as qualified in the written test for admission to the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy, respectively.

The results of medical examination have not been taken into account in preparing these lists, an official notice said.

“Verification of date of birth and educational qualifications of these candidates is still under process by the Army Headquarters.  The candidature of all these candidates is, therefore, Provisional on this score. Candidates are requested to forward their certificates, in original, in support of Date of Birth/Educational qualification etc. claimed by them, along with Photostat attested copies thereof to Army Headquarters /Naval Headquarters /Air Headquarters, as per their first choice,” the notice said.

UPSC Declared CDS 2 2019 Results With Name; Download Here.

Source – news.careers360.com

 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the result of Combined Defense Services (CDS) 2 results with candidates name. The result is released by UPSC on their official website upsc.gov.in in PDF format. UPSC conducted the CDS 2 exam on September 08, 2019 across major cities in India. A total of 8120 candidates have passed the CDS II 2019 written test and are now eligible to be interviewed by the Service Selection Board (SSB). After qualifying the SSB interview candidates will be selected for admission in Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Air Force Academy (AFA) and Officers Training Academy (OTA).

Steps to check the result:

1. Visit the official website – upsc.gov.in

2. Go to ‘What’s New’ section

3. Click on the notification titled ‘Written Result (with name) Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2019’

4. Search your roll number or name in the result PDF

5. Download and save the PDF for future reference

What’s the next step for the candidates who got selected?

According to the official notification, those candidates who qualified in the CDS II and if their first choice is in Army (IMA/OTA) they will be required to register on joinindianarmy.nic.in to receive call up information for the SSB interview. Candidates who have already registered are advised not to register again.

Qualified candidates will be required to submit their original documents like – Date of Birth, educational qualifications and other relevant certificates.

Candidates who want to obtain any information related to the CDS II 2019 exam can contact UPSC as it has a facilitation counter near the Examination Hall Building in its Campus. Candidates may contact the facilitation centre on all working days between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM, in person or over telephone No.011-23385271, 011-23381125 and 011-23098543.

What about the candidates who are not selected?

UPSC will release the mark sheet of candidates who have not qualified within 15 days after conducting the SSB Interview and from the date of publication of the final result of OTA. The result will be available on the website for 30 days.