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is there any sectional cutoff in NDA in GAT part. Like is there any minimum marks to be scored in English and GS seperately?


vishal 13th Mar, 2022
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 13th Mar, 2022

Hi

Yes, there's sectional cut off in NDA.

You need at least 25 % in each paper.

i. e You need at least

  • 25 % in maths i. e 25 % of 300 = 75 marks
  • 25 % in GAT i. e 25 % of 600 = 125 marks

Within GAT, there's no sectional cut off means there's minimum cut off separately in English, you need at least 25 % in GAT overall.

Here's a brief of NDA examination pattern:-

Papers

Subject

No. of Questions

Maximum marks

Duration

Paper 1

Mathematics

120

300

2 hours 30 minutes

Paper 2

GAT

150

600

2 hours 30 minutes

Total


900

5 hours

NDA Examination pattern  for Maths

Total Questions

120

Total Marks

300

Marks allotted to each question

2.5

Negative marking for each incorrect response

-0.83


NDA examination pattern for General Ability Test

Sections

Maximum marks

Part A - English

200

Part B - General Knowledge

Physics

100


Chemistry

60

General Science

40

History, Freedom Movement, etc.

80

Geography

80

Current Events

40

Total

600


For detailed examination pattern checkout:-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-exam-pattern

Thank you



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