The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted the NDA & NA (I) Exam on 23 April 2017. The exam consisted of two papers – Mathematics and General Ability Test.
While the Mathematics Paper consisted of 120 questions, the General Ability Test (GAT) Paper consisted of 150 questions.
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UPSC NDA & NA (I) Exam 2017: Question Paper & Answer Key
For the benefit of NDA aspirants, Jagran Josh is providing NDA (I) 2017 Question Paper Analysis. It includes topic wise distribution of questions and the number of marks allotted in the General Ability Test.
The General Ability Test consisted of two parts – English and General Knowledge. While the English Part had 50 questions, the General Knowledge Part had 100 questions.
The distribution of marks across different sub-sections is given below.
PART A English
| Topic |
No. of Questions |
No. of Marks |
| Spotting Errors |
5 |
20 |
| Comprehension |
6 |
24 |
| Selecting Words |
10 |
40 |
| Ordering of Words in a Sentence |
9 |
36 |
| Sentence Improvement |
10 |
40 |
| Antonyms |
5 |
20 |
| Synonyms |
5 |
20 |
| Total |
50 |
200 |
NDA Exam Previous Year Questions
PART B General Knowledge
| Topic | No. of Questions |
No. of Marks |
| Physics |
23 |
92 |
| Chemistry |
16 |
64 |
| General Science |
11 |
44 |
| History & Freedom Movement |
16 |
64 |
| Geography |
17 |
68 |
| Current Events |
17 |
68 |
| Total |
100 |
400 |
Overall, the questions from the English Section (Part - A) are similar to NDA exams conducted in 2016. While, in the General Knowledge Section (Part - B), the difficulty level of science questions were high compared to the NDA 2016 question papers. The questions from the remaining sections in the NDA (I) 2017 are of the same standard.