Checked 28 October 2026. Checked on 28 October 2026. The Navy may publish details of the HET at any time. If you are given official instructions for your own sitting, follow them over anything on this page. The NCERT chapter lists are from the Class X textbooks, Reprint 2026-27.
The short answer: our search of official Indian Navy and Government of India websites on 28 October 2026 found no page that gives the syllabus, paper pattern, duration, marks, eligibility or exemptions of the Higher Educational Test (HET). The Navy’s recruiting site says only that its Education Officers conduct “various in-service examinations for Officers and Agniveers in online and offline modes at pan-India level”. It does not name the HET. So this page prints no pattern and no syllabus for the test. It lists what to ask about your own sitting, and gives our own study plan for school-level English, mathematics, science and general knowledge, the four areas we chose for our practice.
ProSyllabus is an independent study site. It is not part of the Indian Navy or the Ministry of Defence, and nothing here is the Navy’s syllabus, the Navy’s question paper or a Navy instruction. What we report from official pages names the page. The practice questions and product descriptions are ProSyllabus’s own, and our study recommendations are labelled as our advice.
Sources: Join Indian Navy, Education branch page; NCERT Class X textbooks, Reprint 2026-27. The last tile is our own plan, not the Navy’s.
What our search of official sites found
We tried to read, and searched, these official websites on 28 October 2026: the Navy’s own website, the Navy’s recruiting website, the Press Information Bureau, the Ministry of Defence, the Parliament question archive and the Gazette of India. This is what we found.
| Where we looked | What it says | Names the HET? |
|---|---|---|
| Join Indian Navy, Education branch page | Education Officers are “responsible for conducting various in-service examinations for Officers and Agniveers in online and offline modes at pan-India level using latest technology”. They are also responsible for “the general educational advancement” of naval personnel. | No |
| Indian Navy website (indiannavy.nic.in, indiannavy.gov.in) | The site did not answer when we tried it from two different networks on 28 October 2026, so we could not read it. | Not known |
| Join Indian Navy, frequently asked questions for sailors and officers | Both pages returned a server error when we tried them on 28 October 2026. | Not known |
| PIB, Ministry of Defence, Parliament questions, Gazette of India | A search of these sites found no page that names the Higher Educational Test or describes it. | No page found |
So our search did not find any official HET text that a published syllabus or pattern could be checked against. That is a statement about what we could find on public websites on one day, not about what rules exist. If you are given official instructions for your sitting, they are the place to look.
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We also found the HET described on pages that are not official. We do not link to them or repeat their figures, because we could not check any of them against a Navy original. In outline, these are the two descriptions we met.
| Description | Where we saw it | Verified by an official page? |
|---|---|---|
| An educational qualification sailors pass on the way to higher rates, covering English, mathematics, general science and general knowledge | The earlier text of our own exam page, written without a source | No |
| A written step on a route from sailor to commissioned officer, followed by selection boards and an interview | A private preparation website | No |
Neither description could be verified, and this page does not choose between them. We also found no official source on whether the HET has separate papers for technical and non-technical branches.
What to ask about your own sitting
Before you plan your study, we suggest getting the facts for your own sitting in writing from whoever handles it in your unit. The Navy’s recruiting site says Education Officers conduct in-service examinations, so your Education Office is a sensible first place to ask. These are the questions worth asking, and why each one changes how you prepare (our advice).
| Ask | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| What the test is for in your case | A qualifying test and a competitive selection test are prepared for differently: one needs a pass, the other the best score you can get. |
| The eligibility rules that apply to you | Check whether you are eligible, and from when, before you spend months preparing. |
| Whether any exemptions apply | Do not assume you are exempt; ask for the applicable rule in writing. |
| The subjects, and the level of each | Class 10 and class 12 mathematics are very different. If physics and chemistry are named separately, plan time for each. |
| Whether there are separate papers by branch | If different branches sit different papers, prepare for yours. |
| The format: duration, number of questions, marks, negative marking | Negative marking changes whether you should guess. A short paper rewards speed more than a long one. |
| Online or on paper | The Education branch page says in-service examinations are run in both modes. Practise in the mode you will sit. |
| The pass mark, the number of attempts, and what a failed attempt means for you | This tells you how much margin you need before you sit. |
| The date, the centre, how to apply and any deadline | Confirm any application or nomination deadline early. |
If you have official instructions
If you are given official instructions for your sitting, read them line by line against the table above and keep them with your study notes. Where they name a book, a syllabus or a level, follow them over every general plan, including ours.
How to prepare from school basics (our own plan)
Our practice plan covers school-level English, arithmetic and mathematics, science and general knowledge. This is our choice of areas, not a statement of what the HET covers. For mathematics and science we suggest the NCERT textbooks for revising the school-level topics in the plan; the tables below list the chapters of the Class X books. If your instructions name class 12 subjects, add the matching Class XI and XII chapters.
Mathematics: the 14 chapters of NCERT Class X
| Chapter | What to be able to do without a calculator (our suggestion) |
|---|---|
| 1. Real Numbers | HCF and LCM by prime factors; recognise rational and irrational numbers |
| 2. Polynomials | Find zeroes of a quadratic polynomial; link zeroes and coefficients |
| 3. Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables | Solve two equations in two unknowns by substitution or elimination |
| 4. Quadratic Equations | Solve by factorising or the quadratic formula; check the roots |
| 5. Arithmetic Progressions | nth term and sum of n terms of an AP |
| 6. Triangles | Similar triangles and the ratios of their sides |
| 7. Coordinate Geometry | Distance between two points; the section formula |
| 8. Introduction to Trigonometry | sin, cos, tan of a right triangle; values at 0, 30, 45, 60 and 90 degrees; identities |
| 9. Some Applications of Trigonometry | Heights and distances with angles of elevation and depression |
| 10. Circles | Tangents to a circle and their properties |
| 11. Areas Related to Circles | Areas of sectors and segments; circumference and area |
| 12. Surface Areas and Volumes | Surface areas and volumes of cubes, cuboids, cylinders, cones, spheres and their combinations |
| 13. Statistics | Mean, median and mode of grouped data |
| 14. Probability | Probability of a simple event |
We also suggest revising this arithmetic, from earlier classes: percentages, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, ratio and proportion, averages, time and work, and speed, time and distance.
- 4 timed sets: 25 questions in 25 minutes each
- Your score by area and your time per question
- Every answer explained step by step
- English, mathematics, general science, general knowledge
- Our own questions at class 9–10 level, not Navy papers
- 3 questions free
Science: the 13 chapters of NCERT Class X
| Chapter | Strand |
|---|---|
| 1. Chemical Reactions and Equations | Chemistry |
| 2. Acids, Bases and Salts | Chemistry |
| 3. Metals and Non-metals | Chemistry |
| 4. Carbon and its Compounds | Chemistry |
| 5. Life Processes | Biology |
| 6. Control and Coordination | Biology |
| 7. How do Organisms Reproduce? | Biology |
| 8. Heredity | Biology |
| 9. Light – Reflection and Refraction | Physics |
| 10. The Human Eye and the Colourful World | Physics |
| 11. Electricity | Physics |
| 12. Magnetic Effects of Electric Current | Physics |
| 13. Our Environment | Biology and environment |
For physics we also suggest revising motion, force and the laws of motion, gravitation, work and energy, and sound, which are earlier school topics. Our suggestion is to practise SI units, formulae and simple calculations from them (speed, acceleration, force, work, power, current, resistance) until they are automatic.
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Our English practice plan focuses on usage: choosing the right word, spotting the error, and changing a sentence from one form to another. Read one short passage a day and note any word you would not use yourself. For general knowledge, our plan keeps to facts that rarely change, such as the Constitution, Indian history and geography, national symbols and basic science; check anything that may have changed against a current official source. Current affairs move too fast for a page like this to list; follow a daily newspaper if your instructions name them.
| Area | Topics to cover |
|---|---|
| English (our plan) | Synonyms and antonyms; Fill in the blanks (prepositions, articles, conjunctions); Tenses and subject-verb agreement; Error spotting; Active and passive voice; Direct and indirect speech; One-word substitution; Idioms and phrases; Spelling; Reading a short passage |
| General knowledge (our plan) | The Constitution: key Articles, Amendments, offices; Indian history: major dates and movements; Indian geography: states, rivers, seas, straits; National symbols; Basic science facts (planets, instruments, units); Basic facts about the Indian Navy (Navy Day, its commands, the Naval Academy) |
ProSyllabus’s own practice test: 100 paid questions in four timed sets that mix all four areas, plus 3 free questions. The split is our choice. We found no official source giving the HET’s weighting.
A four-week plan around your duties (our suggestion)
If you are fitting study around watches and duties, this plan assumes about an hour on a working day and longer on a day off. Move the weeks to fit your sitting; the order matters more than the dates.
| Week | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arithmetic and number work | Percentages, ratio, interest, averages, speed and time. Twenty mixed questions a day, timed. |
| 2 | Algebra, geometry and mensuration | Equations, AP, triangles, circles, areas and volumes. One NCERT exercise a day, then a timed mixed set. |
| 3 | Science and units | Two chapters a day from the table above (three on a day off); write each formula and its unit on one sheet. |
| 4 | English, general knowledge and full timed sets | Grammar rules and general knowledge in the morning; one full timed set in the evening, then review every wrong answer. |
If you want timed practice in the same four areas, ProSyllabus has an independent Navy HET practice test: four timed sets that mix English, mathematics, science and general knowledge at class 9–10 level, with every answer explained and your score by area. It is our own practice, not a copy of the Navy’s test: the set length and clock are ours. Three of its questions are free on the model paper page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the syllabus of the Navy HET exam?
Our search of official sites on 28 October 2026 found none. The Navy’s recruiting site says only that Education Officers conduct in-service examinations online and offline; it does not name the HET or give its subjects. Ask for the official instructions for your sitting. Until you have them, our advice is to revise school-level English, mathematics (the NCERT Class X book), science (the NCERT Class X book) and general knowledge. That is our study plan, not the HET syllabus.
Is the HET the test for promotion, or the test for becoming an officer?
We have seen it described both ways on pages that are not official, and we found no official text that settles it. Ask what the test is for in your own case before you plan.
Are there separate Technical and Non-Technical HET papers?
We found no official source that says. Ask whether your sitting has separate papers by branch.
How long is the HET, and is there negative marking?
We found no official figure for the duration, the number of questions, the marks or negative marking. The official instructions for your sitting are the place to check.
Who is exempt from the HET?
We found no official rule on exemptions. Do not assume you are exempt; ask for the applicable rule in writing.
Where can I find Navy HET previous year papers?
Our search of official sites found no HET past paper. We do not present or link third-party question sets as HET past papers unless we can check them against a Navy original. Our own questions give school-level practice; we do not claim they match the HET.
Sources
- official — Join Indian Navy: Education branch page (Education Officers’ duties, including in-service examinations)
- official — NCERT: Mathematics, Textbook for Class X, Reprint 2026-27 (contents)
- official — NCERT: Science, Textbook for Class X, Reprint 2026-27 (contents)
official = a document published by the conducting body. reported = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.
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