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Indian Navy Tradesman Mate study plan

Indian Navy Tradesman Mate · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Numerical Aptitude / Quantitative Ability

  • Compute percentages, ratios, and averages mentally for 60 mixed values, writing each answer before checking.

  • Convert fractions to decimals and percentages in both directions for 40 pairs within 30 minutes.

  • Solve 25 profit-and-loss and simple-interest problems using one written formula sheet you build yourself.

  • Set up a personal error log and record every wrong answer with its cause (concept, calculation, misread).

Your checkpoint

A 40-question arithmetic timed test (percentages, ratio, averages, profit and loss) scored at 70% or better, with a completed error log.

Week 2

General Intelligence and Reasoning & Numerical Aptitude / Quantitative Ability

  • Classify 50 number-series items by pattern type (difference, ratio, square, alternating) and solve 40 of them.

  • Explain aloud the rule behind 20 coding-decoding and 20 analogy items without writing full solutions.

  • Draft a one-page shortcut sheet for time-and-work and speed-distance-time, then apply it to 30 problems.

  • Time yourself on 30 reasoning questions in 30 minutes and note which item types consumed the most time.

Your checkpoint

A two-page handwritten shortcut sheet plus a 30-question reasoning set completed in 30 minutes with 75% accuracy.

Week 3

General Intelligence and Reasoning & Numerical Aptitude / Quantitative Ability

  • Solve 30 blood-relation and 30 direction-sense items using small hand-drawn family trees and path sketches.

  • Complete 25 syllogism items by testing each conclusion against a Venn diagram you draw.

  • Practice 30 data-interpretation questions from tables and bar charts, reading only the needed figures.

  • Review your error log and re-solve every week 1 and week 2 mistake cold.

Your checkpoint

A 35-question mixed reasoning-and-quant test scored at 75% or better, with all previously logged errors re-solved correctly.

Week 4

General English

  • Identify and correct subject-verb agreement and article errors in 60 sentences.

  • Convert 40 sentences between active and passive voice and 30 between direct and indirect speech.

  • Match 50 synonyms and 50 antonyms, and use 25 of those words in original sentences.

  • Complete 20 cloze passages and 20 spotting-the-error sets, marking why each rejected option is wrong.

Your checkpoint

A 50-question English grammar and vocabulary test scored at 70% or better, plus a personal list of the 20 rules you most often break.

Week 5

General English & General Awareness and General Knowledge

  • Solve 40 one-blank and two-blank fill-in-the-blank items using elimination and context clues.

  • Write 10 short paragraphs (60 to 80 words) on defence and current-affairs topics, then proofread each for grammar slips.

  • Build a dated fact sheet of 40 current-affairs items from the past six months, covering appointments, exercises, and defence acquisitions.

  • Read one newspaper editorial daily and summarise it in three sentences.

Your checkpoint

A 40-item current-affairs fact sheet plus 10 proofread paragraphs, with the fact sheet self-quizzed to 80% recall.

Week 6

General Awareness and General Knowledge

  • Memorise and self-test 60 static-GK facts across Indian polity, geography, and history.

  • Recall the ranks, insignia, and structure of the Indian Navy, plus major commands and bases, without notes.

  • List 30 important days, national symbols, and defence awards with their dates and meanings.

  • Attempt 50 general-awareness questions in 25 minutes and log every unknown fact.

Your checkpoint

A 50-question general-awareness mock scored at 70% or better, with all missed facts added to a revision deck.

Week 7

General Intelligence and Reasoning & Numerical Aptitude / Quantitative Ability & General Awareness and General Knowledge

  • Take two full-length mixed mocks covering reasoning, quant, and general awareness under exam timing.

  • Analyse each mock question-by-question, tagging errors as concept gaps, silly mistakes, or time pressure.

  • Re-drill the three weakest item types from each mock with 20 fresh practice questions each.

  • Revise the current-affairs sheet and static-GK deck twice, using active recall rather than re-reading.

Your checkpoint

Two completed full mocks with written analysis sheets and a ranked list of your five weakest item types.

Week 8

General Intelligence and Reasoning & Numerical Aptitude / Quantitative Ability & General English & General Awareness and General Knowledge

  • Take three full-length mocks across all four domains, aiming to finish each section with five minutes to spare.

  • Re-solve every item in your error log from all eight weeks until each is correct on the first attempt.

  • Practise a fixed section order and time budget, and record split times per section in each mock.

  • Reduce revision to the shortcut sheet, the grammar-rule list, the fact sheet, and the GK deck only.

Your checkpoint

Three full mocks with a stable section-time strategy and an error log showing zero repeat mistakes on final review.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a 40-question arithmetic test and show a written shortcut sheet covering percentages, ratio, time-and-work, and speed-distance-time.

Week 4: Score at least 70% on a 50-question English test and produce a list of the 20 grammar rules you break most often.

Week 6: Score at least 70% on a 50-question general-awareness mock and recall 80% of a 40-item current-affairs fact sheet.

Week 8: Average at least 75% across three full-length mocks with no repeated error from your log.