Indian Navy Tradesman Mate study plan
Indian Navy Tradesman Mate · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.