How to Avoid Negative Marking In NDA Exam?

The NDA Exam is conducted by UPSC ( Union Public Service Commission) biannually to recruit cadets into the National Defence Academy to turn them into Officers of the prestigious Indian Armed Forces. The NDA Exam is a gateway for 12th Standard Candidates who are either in 12th or have already passed 12th Standard. The UPSC allows both Men and Women the opportunity to join in the reputed Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. The NDA 2 2024 is around the corner, Candidates giving their Blood, Sweat and Tears in the preparation are should know about the Negative marking in the written examination of NDA to not lose earned marks.

How to Avoid Negative Marking in NDA Exam?

NDA Aspirants should know the value of even a one positive marks and one negative marks. A One Digit number can decide whether we are going to pass the examination or our all efforts will go in vain. Candidates often share their feedback that they should have attempt less question, they should have only attempted which they knew with accuracy.  In this Article we are going to learn why to avoid Negative marking and How to avoid negative Marking for NDA Exam

Marking Scheme of NDA Exam

In the NDA Examination, Candidates should note that there will be a penalty for wrong answer marked by the candidate.  A total of 120 Questions are asked in the Mathematics for 300 Marks. and in the General Ability Section, a total of 150 Questions are asked for 600 Marks.

How much is the Negative Marking in the NDA Exam?

In the NDA Exam, there is negative marking of 1/3 of the total Marks for each correct answer. There are four alternative for the answer to every question. For each Wrong Answer given by the Candidate, there will be negative Marking of 0.33 or 1/3 of the Marks assigned to that question. Those Marks will be deducted from the overall Positive score of the candidate.

Why Candidates Gets Negative Marking and How to Avoid it?

There are several reasons a candidate gets Negative Marking in the NDA Exam, Out of many reasons we are going to discuss the most relevant one here and how can a candidate overcome them.

Over Attempt: When a candidate sits in the exam hall and goes through the Examination Paper. They think that exam is easy making them attempt as much as they can, eventually attempting the questions they are unsure of, which leads to negative marking

Overconfidence: Sometimes a candidates is overconfident. He /She Attempts the question while making wild guesses on the basis of assumptions and hence get negative marking.

Wild Guesses: Few Candidates even after attempting the Question Paper with Accuracy make wild guesses in the end to cross the number of must attempted questions.

How To Avoid Negative Marking in NDA 2 2024?

Candidates can easily avoid Negative Marking in the NDA Exam by following these Steps

Maintain Accuracy: A Candidate should aim to maintain accuracy while answering the questions. Remember that every Marks hold a value in your selection. The More Accuracy the more the Positive Marks and less the Negative Marks.

Avoid Wild Guesses: Aspirants should avoid making Wild guessing and attempt the questions on assumption basis. One Wrong Answer can decide your fate of joining the academy. All your efforts and hardwork may go in vain or may flourish depending on that Questions on which you wild guess.

Revise Your Answers: In an Offline Examination, Candidates should recheck the answers they have marked in the OMR Sheet. Sometimes the Candidates mark the right answer on another questions, making it wrong. By Rechecking the Answers Marked again, will ensure the getting positive marks.

Maintaining Concentration: Many a times it has happened that the candidate read the questions wrong. They miss the key details in the Questions. Especially in the questions asking about the correct/ Incorrect. By maintaining full concentration, candidates should keep their full attention to the Question and solving them

Be Present in the Present: When an Aspirants works hard in exam preparation, it is very normal to get nervous. There might me numerous thoughts in a candidate mind about the future consequences or about his performance. But, A candidate should think positive only and don’t let the nervousness takeover him during the examination. Candidate should be mindful and be in present and only focus on giving his/her best without thinking of the final outcomes.

Elimination Technique: Candidates should use elimination technique to answer the question rather than making wild guesses. In the Elimination Technique, you have to odd our the answers that can’t be the answer of the Question given.

Points to Note while Filling OMR Sheet to Avoid Negative Marking.

• While filling the OMR Sheet, If the Candidate Marks more than one answer, it will be treated as the wrong answer. Even if one of the two marked answer is correct, Candidate will get negative marking for that question.
• If a questions is not answered and left blank, there will be no Positive or Negative Marking for that question.