UPSC NDA 2021 General Ability Test (GAT) Important English Topics (200 Marks): UPSC NDA 2021 Exam will be conducted on 18th April 2021. The Written Exam will be conducted for the recruitment in the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) and will consist of two papers, i.e., Mathematics (Paper-1) and General Ability Test (Paper-2). UPSC NDA 2021 latest exam pattern has been given in the below table:
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| Subject/ No. of Questions |
Code |
Duration |
Maximum Marks |
| 01 |
2 Hours & 30 Minutes |
300 |
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| General Ability Test (150 Questions) English + General Knowledge |
02 |
2 Hours & 30 Minutes |
600 |
| Total |
900 |
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Candidates are advised to revise important topics of all the above sections to score high marks in UPSC NDA 2021 Exam. So, let’s have a look at the Important Topics of English Section (200 Marks) of the General Ability Test which will be of 600 marks in the UPSC NDA 2021 Exam.
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UPSC NDA (1) 2021 General Ability Test (GAT): Important English Topics
The question paper in English will be designed to test the candidate’s understanding of English and workman like use of words. The syllabus covers various aspects like Grammar usage, Vocabulary and comprehension in extended text to test the candidate’s proficiency in English. The Questions will be of objective type with multiple choices and are likely to include questions pertaining to:
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| Paper-2: Part-A English Section (200 Marks – 50 Questions of 4 marks each) |
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| Category |
Important Topics |
Number of Questions Asked |
| Vocabulary |
Synonyms – These questions consist of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words. Candidates need to select the word that is most similar in meaning to the underlined word. |
8 |
| Antonyms – These questions consist of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words. Candidates need to select the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word. |
8 |
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| Grammar Usage |
Spotting the Errors – Under these questions, there will be three parts (a), (b), and (c), among which one part will be erroneous. Candidates need to find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark (d) if no error is found. |
10 -12 |
| Sentence Arrangement |
Jumbled Sentences - In this section, each question will consist of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences will be given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each would be jumbled up and labeled as P, Q, R and S. Candidates would be required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark their response accordingly. |
14 |
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| Comprehension |
Reading Comprehension (2 Sets) – Candidates need to attempt short passages under this section. After each passage, you will find several questions based on what is stated or implied in the passages. Answer the questions that follow each passage. |
8-10 |
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Important Points to Remember for UPSC NDA & NA 2021 Written Exam
- Both Paper-1 & Paper-2 will consist of objective type questions
- Paper-1 (Mathematics) and Paper-2 (General Ability Test) will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English.
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- For wrong answers, there will be Negative Marking of One third
- Candidates are required to write the papers in their own hand. Use of scribe to write answers for them is not allowed at all.
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- The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects at the examination.
- The candidates are not permitted to use calculator or Mathematical or logarithmic table for answering objective type papers.
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