Indian soldiers are considered one of the best on high elevations, jungle combat and mountain warfare. Minimum education qualification is Matric /10th/SSLC or equivalent with 45% marks in aggregate and minimum 33% marks in each subject studied at matric/10th/SSLC level, without mentioning any specific subjects. To become officer in armed forces, choose any stream like art, science or commerce. But choose science stream, because the maths will help you to crack the NDA exam and CDS exam both. In NDA exam maths is 300marks. It plays an important role. SYLLABUS. GENERAL KNOWLEDGEAbbreviations -National and International. Sports -National and International. Awards & Prizes -National awards, Gallantry awards, Nobel Prizes. History -Important dates & battles in Indian and World History and land marks of Indian History, national movement. Geography -Solar System Space exploration, The earthprincipal peaks, Deserts, Rivers, Lakes and famous waterfalls, Geographical Tallest, Biggest and Longest etc. Terminology -Geographical terms, Economic terms, Astronomical terms, Legal terms and Misc terms. UNOIndian Armed Forces. Indian Towns, States and Uts. Institutions and Research Stations, International space Stations and Festivals of India and World. Indian News Agencies and Dailies. Continents and Sub Continents. Inventions and Discoveries. Environment. The Constitution of India. Religious communities and Principal Languages. National and International Days. International Organizations. Books and Authors. The world of Plants and animals. Current Affairs and Whos Who. Note:- The above syllabus is not a comprehensive list of topics pertaining to the subject. At times questions may be asked other than the above topics but definitely within the syllabus of CBSE. GENERAL SCIENCEHuman Body - Food and nutrition, diseases and prevention, vitamins and their uses. Question of General Science consisting of topic related to Physics, Chemistry and Biology. based on fundamentals and day to day activities. Medical Terms. Scientific Terms. Scientific and Research Institutes in India. IO/Numeral Ability. The questions will be based on the ability of the candidates of age group ranging between 16 & 20 years. MATHEMATICSArithmeticConsisting of numbers, HCF, LCM, Decimal fraction, square roots, percentage, Average, Ratio and proportion, partnership, profit & loss, unitary method, time work and distance, simple interest. AlgebraBasic operations and factorization, HCF and LCM, quadratic equations. GeometryLines and angles, triangles quadrilaterals, parallelograms and circlesMensurationArea and perimeters of Squares, rectangles parallelograms and circles, volume and surface area of cube, cuboids, cone, cylinders and sphere. Note: The above syllabus is not a comprehensive list of topics pertaining to the subject. At times questions may be asked other than the above topics but definitely within the syllabus of CBSE.
