About author : The study material for the book has been compiled by Lieutenant Colonel Ajit Singh (Retired) who is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune & Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He served the Army in Gorkha Regiment for over two decades in various parts of the country; from plains of Punjab to High Altitude area in North Sikkim & Ladakh, Line of Control in J & K to Insurgency area in Manipur & various other places within the country. Having completed his MBA, he took premature retirement from the Army and thereafter pursued his career in the Corporate Sector where he worked with some of the most renowned organizations like Aditya Birla Group, Hindustan Zinc, Tata Motors, Welspun India Ltd. & finally retired as General Manager HR & Admin from Zydus Cadila, an MNC. Post retirement, to utilize his four decades of rich Army as well as Corporate experience he now runs a Coaching Institute by the name, ‘Defence Tutors’, where he provides coaching to NDA/CDS/AFCAT/CAPF(AC) aspirants both in written and SSB.

About book : This book on NDA/NA deals with the whole gamut of General Knowledge and English that an aspirant requires to prepare for National Defence Academy/Naval Academy and other exams held by UPSC. As it contains detailed notes on Indian History, Geography and Indian Polity followed by MCQs that have appeared in various competitive exams, it would prove to be very useful for other competitive exams as well. Besides notes on subjects mentioned above, , it has over 7000 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on subjects/topics specified by UPSC in the syllabus of NDA/NA. This book on ‘General Knowledge & English’ has been written after lot of research. It contains MCQs that have appeared in previous 20 years question papers of NDA/ Naval Academy and other competitive exams. The detailed notes on History, Geography and Indian Polity with MCQs and MCQs on Indian Economy, Indian Culture, Environment, General Science and Defence & Para Military Forces make it a very useful for all competitive Exams held by UPSC. In addition, in the English Chapter, besides 16 solved question papers of English of NDA, Parts of Speech, Direct – Indirect, Active & Passive Voice, Antonyms, Synonyms, One Word and Idioms & Phrases that have appeared in various exams, have also been included. “Most have wished to be winners in life, but very few had the will to prepare for it, BE A WINNER FOR LIFE!”