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3rd

- AXIS,Institute of Competitive Exams

SCF: 58-59, Top Floor, Back side entry, Sector-15.D, CHANDIGARH

The Pattern of the Examination will be conducted in two stages as indicated below:

Stage -I - Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Stage -II SSB (Service Selection Board) Interview.Stage I

(Written Examination)Stage II

(SSB Interview)

(a) For IMA, Indian Naval Academy, Air force

Academy

Papers Time Question Marks

English 2 Hours 120 100

G K 2 Hours 120 100

Maths 2 Hours 100 100

Total 6 Hours 340 300

(b) For OTA (Officers Training Academy)

Papers Time Question MarksEnglish 2 Hours 100 100

G K 2 Hours 100 100

Total 4 Hours 200 200

(a) For IMA, Indian Naval Academy, Air force Academy

300 MARKS

(b) For OTA (Officers Training Academy)

200 MARKS

NOTE: There will be negative marking of 0.33 marks for each wrong answer.

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Age Limit:

(i) For IMA:Unmarried male candidates born not earlierthan 2nd July, 1989 and not later than 1st July, 1994 only

are eligible.

(ii) For Indian Naval Academy:Unmarried male

candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 1991 (2nd July,1989 in case of NCC Naval Wing C Certificate holders)and not later than 1st July, 1994 only are eligible.

(iii) For Air Force Academy:Unmarried male candidates

born not earlier than 2nd July, 1990 and not later than 1st

July, 1994 only are eligible.

(iv) For Officers Training Academy (SSC Course for

Men):Male candidates (married or unmarried) born notearlier than 2nd July, 1988 and not later than 1st July, 1994

only are eligible.

(v) For Officers Training Academy (SSC Women Non-

Technical Course): Unmarried Women, issueless widowswho have not married and issueless divorcees (in

possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried

are eligible. They should have been born not earlier than2nd July, 1988 and not later than 1st July, 1994.

Educational Qualification:

(i) For I .M.A. and Officers Training Academy:Degreeof a recognized University or equivalent.

(ii) For Indian Naval Academy:Degree in Engineeringfor CDSE and Degree in Engineering or B.Sc. (with

Physics or Mathematics) for NCC entry.

(iii) For Air Force Academy:Degree of a recognized

University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) orBachelor of Engineering.

Note:Those candidates who are studying in the final yearsDegree course and have yet to pass the final year Degree

examination are also eligible to apply.

PAPER1: ENGLISH:The question paper will be designed to test the candidatesunderstanding of English and workmanlike use of words.

PAPER2: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:General Knowledge including knowledge of current events

and of such matters of everyday observation and

experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected ofan educated person who has not made a special study ofany scientific subject. The Paper will also include questionson History of India and Geography of a nature which

Candidate should be able to answer without special study.

PAPER3: ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS

ARITHMETIC:Number System-Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and

Real numbers. Fundamental Operations addition,subtraction, 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. ElementaryNumber Theory- Division algorithm. Prime and composite

numbers. Tests of divisibility by 2, 3,4,5,9 and 11.

Multiples and factors. Factorisation Theorem. H.C.F. andL.C.M. Euclidean algorithm, Logarithms to base 10, lawsof logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.

ALGEBRABasic Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem,H.C.F., L.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-analyticaland graphical solutions. Simultaneous linear in equations intwo variables and their solutions. Practical problems

leading to two simultaneous linear equations or inequations in two Variables or quadratic equations in onevariable & their solutions. Set language and set notation,

rational expressions and conditional identities, Laws of

indices.

TRIGONOMETRYSine x, cosine x, Tangent x when 00