Defence sector is one of the most desirable career opportunities in India and NDA is one of these opportunities available after 10th. Many students have an aim of joining the Indian Armed Forces (Indian Army, Many, Airforce) through qualifying NDA exam after 10th. Well, one thing that you need to note down is “NDA exam requires a lot of preparations to get success”. The best option to prepare for NDA after 10th is by joining a good coaching institute. Joining a coaching institute will provide you proper guidelines to perform good in the NDA exam which is very important to get success in an exam.
There are many NDA coaching institutes available in India, however, ‘Dehradun Defence Academy’ in Dehradun is one of the best NDA coaching institutes.
What you look for before joining a coaching institute?
You definitely look for, experienced teachers, best study materials, NDA syllabus, teaching methodologies, etc. Well, you will get all this from a good coaching institute. These coaching institutes focus mainly on preparing the students by following the pattern of NDA exam. The experienced faculty will guide you to achieve the goal of qualifying the NDA exam. One of the interesting things about the NDA coaching institutes is that they not only focus on teaching the NDA syllabus but also conduct regular tests. These tests act as a performance recorder that helps to analyze the preparation of a student so far.
Joining a coaching institute is definitely a good option to prepare for NDA exam but you also need to prepare for this exam at your end. NDA selection will have 2-3 stages i.e. Written exam, SSB and Physical Test. The candidates have to clear all these stages to get final selections. Choosing NDA as a career option is not tough but the tough thing is to determine “what to do to get selected in Indian Army, Navy or Airforce through NDA exam”. Always be positive in your approach and work hard to prepare for NDA exam.
- Written Exam
For written examination of NDA, you have to prepare in Mathematics, English, GK etc. However, it is recommended to focus more in Mathematics as most of the students have fear of this subject. Make a habit of practicing Mathematics everyday to get good command in this subject. It does not mean that you leave behind the other sections of NDA exam such as English, GK, current affairs etc.
It is equally important that you stay tuned with the latest happenings around the world. For this, you can make a habit of reading newspaper on daily basis. You can also follow news channels to get current affairs. You can have a discussion with your friends on these current affairs, it will help you to remember the things you already learnt.
- SSB Interview
Once you qualify the written examination, you will be called for SSB Interview round. SSB interview is a lengthy procedure to select the best candidates. It will take three days to complete SSB interview stage. There will be different tests in SSB Interview round that candidates have to clear in order to qualify for next round of selection. It is one of the tough stages of NDA and most of the candidates find difficulty in qualifying this stage. You just need to present yourself as a real man instead of covering an outer shell of fake personality. NDA needs honest and courageous persons who are quite eager to provide their best services to our country.
- Physical Test
This is the final stage of NDA selection in Indian Army, Navy or Airforce. In this stage the qualified candidates of SSB Interview will be examined on different parameters of physical test. These parameters are set by Ministry of Defence and the candidates must have fulfill these eligibility criteria of physical tests. Only those candidates will be selected finally for different wings of Indian Armed Forces (Army, Navy Airforce) who meet the set standards of physical test, rest all will be rejected.
If you are really interested to join Indian Armed Forces through NDA exam then it is advised to join a good NDA coaching academy to get proper guidelines for preparations.