NDA-1 2025 Paper Analysis and Expected Cut Off Marks

NDA-1 2025 Paper Analysis and Expected Cut Off Marks
14-April 2025...........

The NDA exam is conducted to select eligible male and female candidates for admission to the National Defence Academy. The NDA 1 2025 exam was conducted by UPSC on 13th April in two shifts for two papers: Mathematics and General Ability Test (GAT). As per the official syllabus, the NDA Math paper had 120 questions for 300 marks and the General Ability Test (GAT) paper had 150 questions for 600 marks. In this article, we will provide a complete analysis of the NDA 1 2025 exam and the expected cut-off marks.

 

NDA 1 2025 Exam Analysis of Math and GAT Papers:

As part of the NDA 1 2025 exam analysis, we have provided details on secured attempts and the overall difficulty level in the exam. Follow the table below to learn all about the NDA-1 2025 paper analysis of both math and GAT papers.

PAPER

TOTAL QUESTION

DIFFICULT QUES

SECURED ATTEMPT

MATHS

100

 

 

GENERAL ABILITY TESTS

150

 

 

 

NDA 1 2025 Math Paper Analysis:

Based on the latest trends of the NDA exam, we have observed that the NDA math paper consists of moderate questions, with a few difficult ones also. However, the paper is quite uncertain, and the difficulty level of the questions and their types vary every year. Hence, it is important to make a thorough analysis of the NDA 1 2025 math paper to better understand how difficult it was and how many questions were easy to attempt. Check out the difficulty level of the math paper in the NDA-1 2025 exam.

TOPICS

NO. OF QUES.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

 

EASY

MODERATE

DIFFICULT

GEOMETRY

 

 

 

 

RATIO N PROPORTION

 

 

 

 

MENSURATION

 

 

 

 

TRIGONOMETRY

 

 

 

 

HEIGHT AND DISTANCE

 

 

 

 

ALGEBRA

 

 

 

 

MIXTURE AND ALLEGATION

 

 

 

 

NUMBER SYSTEM

 

 

 

 

NUMBER SYSTEM

 

 

 

 

LCM AND HCF

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AND LOSS

 

 

 

 

SI AND CI

 

 

 

 

TIME AND WORK

 

 

 

 

DATA INTERPRETATION

 

 

 

 

TIME AND DISTANCE

 

 

 

 

STATISTICS

 

 

 

 

 

NDA 1 2025 English Section Analysis:

Read on to learn more about the NDA-1 2025 English section analysis. Here you will also learn the secured attempts and the difficulty level in the English section. The below table provides details on how many questions were asked from each topic in the English section of the NDA 1 2025 exam.

NAME

TOTAL QUES

EASY QUES

MODERATE

DIFFICULT

Matching List

5

 

 

 

Adaptation of borrowed words

5

 

 

 

Use of phrasal verbs

5

 

 

 

Commonly used words

5

 

 

 

Antonyms

5

 

 

 

Fill in the blanks

10

 

 

 

Idioms and phrases

5

 

 

 

Synonyms

5

 

 

 

Correlating sentences

5

 

 

 

Use of paired words

10

 

 

 

Ordering of words in a sentence

10

 

 

 

Ordering of sentences

10

 

 

 

Preposition and Determiners

10

 

 

 

Spotting errors

10

 

 

 

Word classes

10

 

 

 

Passage-I

5

 

 

 

Passage-II

5

 

 

 

 

NDA 1 2025 Analysis of General Knowledge Part:

In the NDA-1 2025 GAT paper, the General Knowledge part had 100 objective questions from a mix of subjects such as History, Geography, Polity, Current Affairs, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Check out the NDA-1 2025 analysis of the general knowledge part here.

TOPICS

SUB-SECTION

NO OF QUES

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

 

EASY

MODERATE

DIFFICULT

SCIENCE

PHYSICS

 

 

 

 

 

CHEMISTRY

 

 

 

 

 

BIOLOGY

 

 

 

 

HISTORY

ANCIENT

 

 

 

 

 

MEDIEVAL

 

 

 

 

 

MODERN

 

 

 

 

GEOGRAPHY

INDIAN

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD

 

 

 

 

 

PHYSICAL

 

 

 

 

ECONOMICS

 

 

 

POLITY

 

 

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

 

 

STATIC GK

 

 

 

 

NDA 1 2025 Expected Cut-off Marks

The expected cut-off marks for the NDA exam vary every year. It is dependent on many factors such as the number of candidates taking the exam, the difficulty level of both papers, and the number of vacancies. However, we have calculated the NDA-1 2025 expected cut-off mark based on the latest trends in the NDA written exam. We have also considered previous years’ cut-off marks for the NDA written exam to estimate the cut-off marks for the NDA-1 2025 exam. Candidates should note that the NDA 1 2025 cut-off score for the written exam will be released by the UPSC after the declaration of the final result.

Previous Years’ Cut-off Marks for NDA Written Exam

Here you can check NDA cut-off marks for the previous years’ written exams. You can also estimate the cut-off marks for the NDA-1 2025 exam based on the analysis of the given table.

EXAM

CUT-OFF SCORE

NDA 2 2024

AWAITED!

NDA 1 2024

291

NDA 2 2023

292

NDA 1 2023

301

NDA 2 2022

316

NDA 1 2022

360

NDA 2 2021

355

NDA 1 2021

343

NDA 2 2020

355

NDA 1 2020

355

NDA 22019

346

NDA 1 2019

342

NDA 2 2018

325

NDA 1 2018

338

NDA 2 2017

258

NDA 1 2017

342

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Read more:

NDA-1 2025 Official Question Paper of Maths & GAT

NDA-1 2025 Maths and GAT Answer Key (All Sets)


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