Agniveer Syllabus and Army GD Exam Pattern

How Agniveer GD selection works

Agniveers join the Army for a fixed four-year engagement under the Agnipath scheme. GD is the largest entry, and it is the one most people mean when they search for the army GD syllabus. Selection runs in two phases.

1. Phase 1: the online CEE at a centre you choose while applying. It is offered in many Indian languages, with reports listing 13.
2. Phase 2: the recruitment rally run by your Army Recruiting Office, covering the physical fitness test, physical measurements, an adaptability test, document checks and a medical examination.

The final merit list combines your CEE result with your physical test score and any bonus marks, and seats are filled against the vacancies of each recruiting zone.

Agniveer GD exam pattern

Under the scheme printed in earlier notifications, each correct answer earned 2 marks (100 in all) and a wrong answer cost 0.5 marks, with a minimum pass mark set by the Army. Reports on recent CEE cycles describe the marking differently, for example one mark per question (50 in all) with 0.25 deducted for each wrong answer.

Agniveer GD syllabus subject by subject

General knowledge (15 questions)

• Freedom movement and earlier Indian history; Indian and world physical geography
• Indian Constitution, Parliament and basic polity
• States and capitals, countries and currencies, important days
• Awards, sports, books and authors, abbreviations
• Defence knowledge: Army ranks, exercises, regiments and major operations
• Recent national and international events, roughly the past year

General science (15 questions)

• Physics: motion, force, work and energy, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, units
• Chemistry: solids, liquids and gases, the atom and the molecule, acid-base reactions and salts, metals versus non-metals, chemicals used at home
• Biology: the cell, organs of the human body, food and vitamins, common diseases, plants, environment

Mathematics (15 questions)

• Number system, HCF and LCM, simplification, square and cube roots
• Percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit, loss and discount
• Interest (simple and compound), work and wages, trains and speed problems
• Algebra and linear equations, basic trigonometry and heights and distances
• Mensuration (area and volume), geometry of triangles and circles, basic statistics

Logical reasoning (5 questions)

• Number and letter series, analogy, odd one out
• Coding and decoding, direction sense, blood relations
• Ranking and order, Venn diagrams, simple mirror and paper folding figures

Physical fitness test standards

The physical test is where many candidates who cleared the CEE drop out, so train for it alongside your books. Recent GD notifications have used this scoring for male candidates:

Height, chest and weight standards depend on the region you belong to, and women's GD (military police) has separate events, so check the standards table for your zone in the rally notification.

Where to focus your preparation

• Maths and science together carry 30 of the 50 questions. Both are pitched at the Class 9 and 10 level, so school textbooks are the right base.
• Reasoning has only five questions but they are quick to solve. One week of practice is usually enough to collect them.
• GK is the most unpredictable section. Static topics such as history, geography and defence facts are steadier scorers than broad current affairs.
• Speed matters. Fifty questions in sixty minutes leaves a little over a minute each, so practise full timed sets on a screen.

An eight-week plan for the CEE and the rally

1. Weeks 1 and 2: maths basics (percentage, ratio, interest, speed) and a run of 2 km every morning at an easy pace.
2. Weeks 3 and 4: Class 9 and 10 science chapters, ten questions a day; start pull-up practice with negative reps.
3. Weeks 5 and 6: GK notes and defence facts, reasoning sets; add interval runs to bring your 1.6 km time down.
4. Weeks 7 and 8: one timed 50-question mock every other day, plus a timed 1.6 km trial each week.

Books and practice material

NCERT science and maths books for Classes 9 and 10 cover nearly everything the CEE asks in those subjects. For GK, a standard general knowledge book plus a monthly current affairs summary is enough. The official recruitment site posts notices, admit cards and results, so keep it bookmarked through the cycle. If you are also considering other forces, compare this with the Navy SSR syllabus and the Air Force X group syllabus, which need Class 12.

Agniveer syllabus in Hindi (agniveer ka syllabus)

अग्निवीर जीडी की ऑनलाइन लिखित परीक्षा (सीईई) में कुल 50 प्रश्न आते हैं और एक घंटे का समय मिलता है। इसमें सामान्य ज्ञान से 15, सामान्य विज्ञान से 15, गणित से 15 और तर्कशक्ति (रीजनिंग) से 5 प्रश्न पूछे जाते हैं। स्तर लगभग दसवीं कक्षा का होता है। सीईई में सफल होने पर भर्ती रैली में 1.6 किलोमीटर दौड़, पुल-अप, 9 फीट गड्ढा कूद और ज़िग-ज़ैग संतुलन की परीक्षा होती है। इसके बाद अनुकूलता परीक्षा, दस्तावेज़ जाँच और मेडिकल होता है। अंक योजना और नेगेटिव मार्किंग के लिए अपनी भर्ती की अधिसूचना ज़रूर देखें।