Description
Army Cadet College is a training center for Indian Army Officers.
The Army Cadet College Wing trains soldiers from the regular Army, the Navy and the Air Force for commission as Officers in the Indian Army. The ACC feeds into the Indian Military Academy. It also offers 3-year degree courses in Science and Humanities. The added advantage that the ACC cadets bring to the Army as Officers are a deep understanding of the soldier life and a consequently a better appreciation of the performance of men.
The foundation of ACC can be traced to the Kitchener College which was founded in 1929 in Nowgong, Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Kitchner College became the ACC in 1960, and in 1964 it moved to Ghorpuri, near Pune to take on the erstwhile OTI (affiliated with OTA Madras). The center was relocated moved in July 1977 to Dehradun, to become a wing of Indian Military Academy.
Description
How to Get Into ACC?
You have to clear the following stages to be in ACC:
Stage 1 – Written Examination
Stage 2 – SSB
Stage 3 – Medical Examination
Stage 4 – Merit
Stage 1 – Written Examination
Written Examination is conducted by Army HQ.
Syllabus/Papers
Paper 1 – General Mental Ability Test (GMAT). MM 300
- Reasoning Ability (Verbal) – 75 Questions 75X2 = 150 Marks
- Non – Verbal Reasoning – 15 Questions 15X2 = 30Marks
- Numerical Ability – 60 Questions 60X2 = 120 Marks
Paper 2 – Current And General Awareness Test (CGAT). MM-300
- India – 10 Questions
- The World – 10 Questions
- General Polity – 10 Questions
- Economic Scene – 10 Questions
- General Science – 10 Questions
- Sports – 10 Questions
- Arts, Culture & literature – 10 Questions
- The Armed Forces – 10 Questions
- The Universe – 10 Questions
- Geography – 10 Questions
- Health – 10 Questions
- General Knowledge – 10 Questions
- Science Research – 10 Questions
- Fundamentals of Computer – 10 Questions
- Eminent Personalities – 10 Questions
Paper 3 – Interactive Communicative English (ICE). Test MM-300
Part I – Objective Type Questions 120 Questions. 120X1 120 Marks
- Spotting errors – 10 Questions
- Correcting errors – 10 Questions
- Direct Indirect Narration – 10 Questions
- Vocabulary Test – 10 Questions
- Spelling Test – 10 Questions
- Cloze Test – 10 Questions
- Sentence Improvement Test – 10 Questions
- Sentence Completion – 10 Questions
- One Word Substitution – 10 Questions
- Idioms – 10 Questions
- Use of Articles – 10 Questions
- Use of prepositions – 10 Questions
Part II – Descriptive Type. 180 Marks
- Essay (300 words) – 60 Mks
- Letter – 30 Mks
Letter to relative(s) or friend(s).
Application to civil authority to solve a problem.
Report to the editor of a News Paper.
- Comprehension – 30 Mks
- Story Writing – 30 Mks
- Short Notes (two short note of 50 words each to be written from a given choice of 5 to 6 topics) – 2X15 = 30 Mks
Paper 4 – Academic Content Test (ACT). MM 300.
I. Section ‘A’-Mathematics 50 Question (50X2=100 Marks)
- Arithmetic – 10 Questions
- Algebra – 10 Questions
- Mensuration – 5 Questions
- Trigonometry – 10 Questions
- Geometry – 10 Questions
- Statistics and Probability – 5 Questions
II. Section ‘B’ – General Science 50 Questions
- Physics – 15 Questions
- Chemistry – 15 Questions
- Biology – 15 Questions
- Miscellaneous – 15 Questions
III. Section ‘C’ – Humanities 50 Questions
- History – 15 Questions
- Geography – 15 Questions
- Pol Science – 15 Questions
- Economics – 15 Questions
Stage 2 – SSB
Please see the details under SSB Course on our website.
Stage 3 – Medical
It is assumed that being a soldier, you should be physically fit and it may be a formality in your case.
Stage 4 – Merit
It is advised that you must do well in written and SSB so that you get at least more than 50% marks to be sure in merit.
Eligibility (ACC)
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About Kargil Defence Academy
AIM of Kargil Defence Academy is to train and motivate youths to join Defence Forces as an Officer. Armed Forces have shortage of more than 13000 Officers and Kargil Defence Academy is trying its best to contribute to overcome this deficiency by providing selfless service. It is a registered education institute by Registrar Sansthan, Jaipur. On a popular demand, KDA has also started courses and training for soldiers in all three services.
WE STAND FOR
VOLUNTARY, non-political, educational movement for young people, open to all without distinction of origin, race or creed.
OUR QUALITY
OUR QUALITY is being monitored by highly battle experienced team of Officers consisting of Ex-GTO, Trained Psychologist and Interviewing Officer.
LIVE EXPOSURE
LIVE EXPOSURE provided by the academy to train candidates for Officers’ cadre in both Written and SSB interviews as well as to join any Corporate Sector.
