NDA 1 2021 exam analysis : Check GAT paper difficulty level
Ujjwal Kirti | April 18, 2021 | 05:10 PM IST | 2 mins read
UPSC NDA 2021 exam analysis for GAT paper is available now. Check good attempts and question paper difficulty level.
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has conducted the NDA (1) 2021 exam successfully on April 18 (today). Candidates who have appeared in the NDA (1) 2021 exam can check the NDA 2021 exam analysis for the General Ability Test (GAT) paper. The NDA (1) 2021 exam was conducted successfully amidst the coronavirus pandemic following all the SOPs provided by the government. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority also stated that students are allowed for movement during weekend curfew to appear in the examination on production of valid admit cards.
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As per the inputs given by students, the NDA 1 2021 GAT paper was of moderate level. Some of the topics such as idioms and phrases were new additions to the English section. The questions of the history section were mostly based on ancient history.
NDA 2021: Highlights
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The NDA 2021 exam was conducted in offline mode using pen and paper.
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There were multiple choice questions in the NDA GAT paper.
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The general ability section of the NDA exam consists of 150 questions carrying 4 marks each.
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In the NDA GAT paper, 1.33 marks will be deducted for each wrong attempt.
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The qualifying marks of the NDA GAT and Mathematics paper is 25%.
NDA GAT paper analysis:
As per the feedback by students and experts, candidates did not face much problem while solving the questions that were asked in the General Ability Test (GAT). Candidates can check the topic-wise good attempts and difficulty level of the NDA 2021 GAT paper in the table below.
NDA 2021 Exam Analysis
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NDA Subject |
Good Attempts |
Difficulty level |
|
General Ability Test (GAT) |
80-95 |
Moderate |
NDA 2021 GAT Paper Analysis : Topic-wise
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Topics |
No. of questions |
Difficulty level |
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English |
50 |
Moderate |
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Geography |
20 |
Moderate |
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History |
15 |
Easy |
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Physics |
20 |
Moderate |
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Chemistry |
10 |
Easy |
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General Science |
15 |
Moderate |
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Current Affairs |
20 |
Moderate |
NDA 2021 Cut off
Candidates who have appeared in the NDA 1 2021 exam can check the expected cut off of NDA 2021. The NDA 2021 expected cut off marks are based on the previous years cut off marks of NDA.
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Phase |
Expected cut off |
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Written Exam Cut off |
342 |
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Final Cut off |
704 |
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