IMA (India Military Academy)

Age : 19 and 24 yrs as of first day of month in which course is due to commence.

Qualification : Graduation from Recognised university.

Details of Vacancies :

•  The name of the vacancies in Indian Military – Indian Army Technical Entry Scheme;

Qualifications for the Exam :

•  The candidate should clear 10 + 2 examination or any other equivalent examination from a recognized Board or Institution.

•   At least 70% marks must be obtained in subjects Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry;

for details please contact Neev defence academy’s nearest office.

Tentative Vacancies Per Course	300 (Twice a year) or As notified from time to time Army – 195 Air Force – 66 Navy – 39
Notification in Employment News/ leading daily news Paper/ UPSC website	Jun and Dec as Notified by UPSC
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Age	Between 16 ½ to 19 ½ yrs as of first day of the month in which course is due to commence.
Qualification	12th Class of 10+2 System of Education. Maths and Physics are compulsory for Air force and Navy. Commerce and Arts students can apply for army.
Sex	Male candidates only. Women cannot apply for NDA.
Marital Status	Un Married
Likely SSB Date	Sep to Oct and Jan to Apr
Date Commencement of Training	Jan and Jul
Training Academy	NDA , Khadakwasla, Pune
Duration of Training	3 Yrs at NDA and 1 Yrs at IMA(For Army cadets)/ 3 Yrs at NDA and 1 Yrs at Naval Academy( for Naval cadets)/ 3 Yrs at NDA and 1 & ½ Yrs at AFA Hyderabad (For AF cadets)

Exam Pattern:

CDS Syllabus is an important aspect to crack the IMA (India Military Academy) entrance exam. Understanding the syllabus and the exam pattern both is important. This helps to understand the respective number of questions and weightage of marks too.

 

Subjects	Time Duration	Munmer of Questions	Total Marks
English	2 hours	120	100
General Knowledge	2 hours	120	100
Elementary Mathermatics	2 hours	100	100

 

• The question papers are bilinguall i.e. Hindi and English
• All the questions asked are objective types
• There is a penalty for wrong answers. 1/3 marks of every incorrect answers

Candidates must check the syllabus below to prepare for the IMA entrance exam:

English

• Sentence Arrangement Questions
• Selecting Words
• Synonyms & Antonyms
• Ordering of Sentence
• Spotting Errors Questions
• Fill in the blanks questions
• Ordering of words in a sentence
• Idioms and Phrases
• Comprehension Questions

General Knowledge (GK)

• Physics
• Economics
• Current Affairs
• Politics* Chemistry
• Sociology
• History
• Defence related Award
• Geography
• Environment
• Sport
• Biology
• Cultural
• Book
• Statement
• true/false

Algebra:

• Basic Operations
• Simple factors
• Remainder Theorem
• C.F.
• C.M.
• Theory of polynomials
• solutions of quadratic equations
• relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real roots to be considered)
• Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns—analytical and graphical solutions
• Simultaneous linear inequations in two variables and their solutions
• Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or inequations in two variables or quadratic equations in one variable & their solutions
• Set language and set notation
• Rational expressions and conditional identities
• Laws of indices

Arithematic:

• Number System: Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and Real numbers.
• Fundamental operations: addition, substraction, multiplication, division, Square roots, Decimal fractions
• Unitary method
• time and distance
• time and work
• percentages
• applications to simple and compound interest
• profit and loss
• ratio and proportion
• variation
• Elementary Number Theory: Division algorithm
• Prime and composite numbers
• Tests of divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11
• Multiples and factors. Factorisation Theorem
• C.F. and L.C.M.
• Euclidean algorithm
• Logarithms to base 10
• laws of logarithms
• use of logarithmic tables

 

Trigonometry:

• Sine ×, cosine ×, Tangent × when 0° < × < 90°
• Values of sin ×, cos × and tan ×, for ×= 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°
• Simple trigonometric identities
• Use of trigonometric tables
• Simple cases of heights and distances

Geometry:

• Lines and angles
• Plane and plane figures
• Theorems on Properties of angles at a point
• Parallel lines
• Sides and angles of a triangle
• Congruency of triangles
• Similar triangles
• Concurrence of medians and altitudes
• Properties of angles
• sides and diagonals of a Parallelogram
• rectangle and square
• Circles and its properties including tangents and normals
• Loci

Mensuration:

• Areas of squares
• rectangles
• parallelograms
• triangle and circle
• Areas of figures which can be split up into these figures (Field Book)
• Surface area and volume of cuboids
• lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and cylinders
• surface area and volume of spheres

 

Statistics:

• Collection and tabulation of statistical data
• Graphical representation frequency polygons
• histograms
• bar charts
• pie charts etc
• Measures of central tendency