# Physics NDA PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)

> Physics NDA PYQs: all 509 questions from 42 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/nda/topics/gk-physics/

Explore: <a href="/nda/topics/">All NDA topics</a> · <a href="/nda/topics/general-knowledge/">NDA General Knowledge PYQs</a> · <a href="/nda/">NDA hub</a> · <a href="/nda/syllabus-pattern/">Syllabus & pattern</a> · <a href="/nda/2026/">NDA 2026</a>

## Answer first

Physics PYQs (previous year questions) for NDA: Physics (General Knowledge) had **509 questions** across the 42 official NDA papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 21 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Sound, Optics, Gravitation.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Physics PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Physics questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Other General Knowledge topics

- [Chemistry PYQs](/nda/topics/gk-chemistry/)
- [General Science and Biology PYQs](/nda/topics/gk-biology/)
- [History and Freedom Movement PYQs](/nda/topics/gk-history/)
- [Geography PYQs](/nda/topics/gk-geography/)
- [Polity and Economy PYQs](/nda/topics/gk-polity-economy/)
- [Current Events PYQs](/nda/topics/gk-current-events/)

## FAQ

### How many Physics questions come in NDA?
In the official papers we tagged: 50 in 2026 (2 papers), 49 in 2025 (2 papers), 49 in 2024 (2 papers), 46 in 2023 (2 papers), 50 in 2022 (2 papers), 48 in 2021 (2 papers), 22 in 2020 (1 paper), 51 in 2019 (2 papers), 49 in 2018 (2 papers), 47 in 2017 (2 papers) and 48 in 2016 (2 papers). That is 509 questions in all, about 24% of General Knowledge.

### Which Physics topics repeat in NDA?
Asked in the most papers: Sound, Optics, Gravitation. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official NDA questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official NDA paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.