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NDA Mathematics 2026 — Complete Syllabus

The full topic list with subject breakdown, weightage, and study resources. Updated May 2026.

Board: UPSCDuration: 2h 30minTotal Marks: 300Questions: 120Grade: 12

Subjects: Mathematics (22 topics)

ALGEBRA

MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

TRIGONOMETRY

  • Trigonometric Ratios and Identities

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 5h study

    Covers angles in degrees and radians, trigonometric ratios, identities, sum and difference formulae, and multiple/sub-multiple angles.

    anglestrigonometric ratiosidentitiessum and difference formulaemultiple angles
  • Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Applications

    Weightage: 3.0% · ~2 questionsmedium≈ 3h study

    Deals with inverse trigonometric functions and their applications in height and distance problems, and properties of triangles.

    inverse trigonometric functionsheight and distanceproperties of triangles

ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS

  • 2D Analytical Geometry

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 6h study

    Covers the rectangular Cartesian coordinate system, distance formula, equations of lines and circles, and standard forms of parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.

    coordinate systemdistance formulalinescirclesconics
  • 3D Analytical Geometry

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 5h study

    Focuses on points in 3D space, distance formula, direction cosines and ratios, equations of planes and lines, angles between them, and equations of spheres.

    3d coordinatesdirection cosinesdirection ratiosplaneslines

DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

  • Functions and Limits

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 5h study

    Covers the concept of real-valued functions, their domain, range, graphs, composite and inverse functions, along with the notion of limits and continuity.

    real valued functionsdomainrangegraphcomposite functions
  • Differentiation and Applications

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 7.0% · ~4 questionsmedium≈ 7h study

    Deals with the derivatives of various types of functions, including composite functions, second-order derivatives, and applications in finding increasing/decreasing functions and problems of maxima and minima.

    derivativescomposite functionssecond order derivativesincreasing/decreasing functionsmaxima and minima

INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

  • Indefinite and Definite Integrals

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 6h study

    Covers integration as the inverse of differentiation, methods of substitution and parts, standard integrals, and evaluation of definite integrals for finding areas of plane regions.

    integrationsubstitutionpartsdefinite integralsarea under curves
  • Differential Equations

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 5h study

    Focuses on the definition of order and degree of differential equations, formation of differential equations, and solving first-order and first-degree differential equations of various types.

    differential equationsorderdegreeformationsolution
  • Applications of Differential Equations

    Weightage: 2.0% · ~1 questionmedium≈ 2h study

    Covers the application of differential equations in problems related to growth and decay.

    growthdecaydifferential equations

VECTOR ALGEBRA

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

  • Statistics

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 6h study

    Covers classification and graphical representation of data, measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode), variance, standard deviation, correlation, and regression.

    data classificationfrequency distributiongraphical representationcentral tendencyvariance
  • Probability Basics

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 6h study

    Introduces random experiments, sample spaces, events, definitions of probability (classical and statistical), and elementary theorems on probability.

    random experimentsample spaceeventsprobability definitiontheorems
  • Conditional Probability and Distributions

    HIGH WEIGHTAGE
    Weightage: 5.0% · ~3 questionsmedium≈ 5h study

    Covers conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, random variables, and the binomial distribution.

    conditional probabilitybayes' theoremrandom variablebinomial distribution

Exam Insight

Sets and Relations (10.0%), Differentiation and Applications (7.0%), Complex Numbers and Number Systems (5.0%) together make up 22.0% of the Mathematics paper. Master these topics for maximum ROI.

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