Checked 28 October 2026. Written on 28 October 2026. The questions test school-level knowledge; what may change is the HET itself, which our search of official sites did not find described. If you are given official instructions for your sitting, follow them over anything here.
These are not Navy questions, and this is not a past HET paper or a copy of its format. Our search of official Navy and government sites on 28 October 2026 found no page that publishes the HET’s syllabus, pattern or past papers. What we offer instead is original practice of our own, at our chosen class 9–10 level, with the reasoning written out.
Below are three free practice questions selected by ProSyllabus: one in English, one in mathematics and one in science, all at school level. Each has four options and one correct answer, and the answer below it explains the reason. They are the three free questions of our Navy HET practice test.
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.
The practice test and its split are ProSyllabus’s own. We found no official HET pattern in the sources we could reach on 28 October 2026.
FreeTests: Synonyms · Percentages · Units
Navy HET Practice Test: free sample
Answer 3 questions against the clock, like the real exam. You then see the right answer, the reason and your time on each. About 3 minutes · free · no sign-in.
3 questions to answer
Start nowabout 5 minThis one is free · no sign-in needed
Your result shows how long each question took you.
How to use these questions (our advice)
Treat each question as if you were in the exam hall. Read it once, decide on your answer, and only then open “Show the answer”. The aim is to find out what you would actually have chosen, not to recognise the right option once you have seen it. Then read the reason: the reason is what lets you answer a differently worded question on the same rule. Our advice is to record careless slips as well as gaps in knowledge, because both cost marks.
Give yourself about a minute a question. That is our own pace, not a figure from the Navy: we found no official duration or question count for the HET. A minute is enough for a careful first read and a check, which is the habit worth building.
| Question | Area | Topic | What it checks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Synonyms | The meaning of a school-level English word |
| 2 | Mathematics | Percentages | Handling a rise and a fall of the same percentage correctly |
| 3 | General science | Units | The SI unit of a basic physical quantity |
Question 1: English
Question 1 · English · Synonyms
Choose the word closest in meaning to VIGILANT.
- (A) Watchful
- (B) Careless
- (C) Hesitant
- (D) Hostile
Show the answer
Answer: (A) Watchful. Vigilant means keeping careful watch for danger or trouble, so "watchful" is closest. "Careless" is its opposite.
An original ProSyllabus practice question at class 9–10 level. Not a Navy question, and not from any HET paper.
Why this matters (our advice): questions on meaning test vocabulary. If you are unsure, try each option in a short sentence of your own: the right word fits the sentence without changing its sense. Learn words with their opposites, because the same word can be asked either way.
FreeTests: Synonyms · Percentages · Units
Navy HET Practice Test: free sample
Answer 3 questions against the clock, like the real exam. You then see the right answer, the reason and your time on each. About 3 minutes · free · no sign-in.
3 questions to answer
Start nowabout 5 minThis one is free · no sign-in needed
Your result shows how long each question took you.
Question 2: Mathematics
Question 2 · Mathematics · Percentages
A sailor's monthly allowance of Rs 30,000 is increased by 10% and the new amount is then reduced by 10%. What is the final amount?
- (A) Rs 30,300
- (B) Rs 30,000
- (C) Rs 29,000
- (D) Rs 29,700
Show the answer
Answer: (D) Rs 29,700. 30,000 x 1.10 = 33,000. Then 33,000 x 0.90 = 29,700. A 10% rise followed by a 10% fall leaves the amount 1% lower, because the fall is taken on the larger figure.
An original ProSyllabus practice question at class 9–10 level. Not a Navy question, and not from any HET paper.
Why this matters (our advice): a 10% rise followed by a 10% fall leaves the starting amount 1% lower, because the second percentage is taken on a different amount. The same trap appears in questions on pay, prices and population. Work it out in two steps, writing the middle figure down, and the trap disappears.
Question 3: General science
Question 3 · General science · Units
What is the SI unit of force?
- (A) Joule
- (B) Watt
- (C) Newton
- (D) Pascal
Show the answer
Answer: (C) Newton. Force is measured in newtons (1 N = 1 kg m/s squared). The joule is the unit of work and energy, the watt of power and the pascal of pressure.
An original ProSyllabus practice question at class 9–10 level. Not a Navy question, and not from any HET paper.
Why this matters (our advice): it is easy to lose a mark by mixing up two similar unit names. Our advice is to practise matching each quantity to its SI unit: keep one sheet with each quantity, its formula and its unit, and read it once a day in the last two weeks before the test.
What our full practice test covers
One question per area tells you little about where you stand. Our practice test mixes all four areas in every set, covers the common question types in each, and is timed. The table lists the question types in our practice test, with the number of questions of each type in our question bank. It describes our practice, not the Navy’s paper.
| Area | Question types in our practice test (number of questions) |
|---|---|
| English | Synonyms (4); Antonyms (3); One-word substitution (3); Error spotting (2); Idioms (2); Fill in the blanks (1); Active and passive voice (1); Direct and indirect speech (1); Spelling (1); Prepositions (1); Articles (1); Tenses (1); Sentence improvement (1); Subject-verb agreement (1); Conjunctions (1); Plurals (1); Question tags (1) |
| Mathematics | Mensuration (3); Percentages (2); HCF and LCM (2); Speed, time and distance (2); Arithmetic progressions (2); Simple interest (1); Linear equations (1); Trigonometry (1); Ratio and proportion (1); Averages (1); Quadratic equations (1); Time and work (1); Profit and loss (1); Geometry (1); Compound interest (1); Probability (1); Exponents (1); Coordinate geometry (1); Square roots (1); Statistics (1) |
| General science | Acids, bases and salts (2); Electricity (2); Metals and non-metals (2); Light (2); Sound (2); Human body (2); Work and energy (2); Units (1); Chemistry basics (1); Gravitation (1); Cell biology (1); Life processes (1); Human eye (1); Corrosion (1); Floatation (1); Structure of the atom (1); Environment (1); Nutrition (1); Magnetism (1) |
| General knowledge | Constitution (7); Geography (6); Indian Navy (5); General science (3); National symbols (2); History (2) |
The number of questions of each type in the ProSyllabus question bank, including the free question. Our choice of topics; we found no official source giving the HET’s weighting.
Common slips to watch for, area by area (our advice, from the questions in our own practice test):
| Area | Common slips to watch for (our advice) |
|---|---|
| English | Singular words such as “each” and “every” with a plural verb; “neither ... nor” agreeing with the wrong subject; a past tense after “did”; the wrong preposition after “fond” or “senior”. |
| Mathematics | Taking the second percentage on the starting figure; forgetting to convert km/h to m/s (multiply by 5/18); mixing up area and perimeter, or volume and surface area; simple interest where compound is asked. |
| General science | Mixing up units (joule and watt, volt and ohm); reversing which vessel carries oxygen-rich blood; ignoring the reactants and the acid named when predicting the gas given off. |
| General knowledge | Confusing the date a document was adopted with the date it came into force; mixing up neighbouring Amendments or Articles; mixing up places and the institutions based there. |
FreeTests: Synonyms · Percentages · Units
Navy HET Practice Test: free sample
Answer 3 questions against the clock, like the real exam. You then see the right answer, the reason and your time on each. About 3 minutes · free · no sign-in.
3 questions to answer
Start nowabout 5 minThis one is free · no sign-in needed
Your result shows how long each question took you.
How to mark your practice (our suggestion)
Our suggested scoring for practice is one mark for a correct answer and nothing for a wrong or blank answer. This is not a statement of the HET’s marking, which we found no official word on. If your official instructions say there is negative marking, also take off the fraction they name for each wrong answer, and then decide on a guessing rule: with four options and a penalty of a quarter of a mark or less, an answer you can narrow down to two options is usually worth giving.
Keep a short log after every timed set: the questions you got wrong, why (did not know, misread, slipped in working, ran out of time), and the rule you will remember next time. After three or four sets the log shows you which area needs the next week’s study, which is worth more than any score.
The last week before the test (our suggestion)
Stop learning new chapters about five days before the test. Use the time to go back over your log of wrong answers, your sheet of formulae and units, and your list of grammar rules. Do one timed set every other day, at the same time of day as your sitting if you know it, and spend longer reviewing it than you spent taking it.
On the day before, confirm the time, the place and what you must bring, and check whether the test is on a computer or on paper. If it is on a computer and you have not used an on-screen test before, practise a timed set on a screen that week so that moving between questions and marking answers feels normal. Sleep matters more than one more hour of revision.
Where to go next
For what our search of official sites did and did not find, what to ask about your own sitting, and our class 9–10 study checklist, read Navy HET exam: what is known, what isn’t, and how to prepare.
For timed practice, ProSyllabus has an independent Navy HET practice test: 100 more questions in four timed sets that mix English, mathematics, science and general knowledge at class 9–10 level, with every answer explained, your score by area and your time per question. It is our own practice, not the Navy’s test, and the set length and clock are ours. A practice score does not predict a result.
FreeTests: Synonyms · Percentages · Units
Navy HET Practice Test: free sample
Answer 3 questions against the clock, like the real exam. You then see the right answer, the reason and your time on each. About 3 minutes · free · no sign-in.
3 questions to answer
Start nowabout 5 minThis one is free · no sign-in needed
Your result shows how long each question took you.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a real Navy HET question paper?
No. These are ProSyllabus’s own practice questions at class 9–10 level. Our search of official sites found no HET past paper, and we do not present third-party question sets as HET papers unless we can check them against a Navy original.
What level are the Navy HET questions?
We found no official statement of the level. Our practice is at NCERT Class IX and X level in mathematics and science, with school-level English and general knowledge. If your instructions name class 12 subjects, add those chapters.
How many questions does the Navy HET have?
We found no official figure for the number of questions, the duration or the marks. The official instructions for your sitting are the place to check.
Are more free questions available?
These three are the free sample. The other questions are in the paid practice test.
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.
