The National
Defence Academy (NDA) is the Joint Services academy of the Indian
Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force train together
before they go on to pre-commissioning training in their respective service
academies.
Applicants to the NDA are selected via a written exam
conducted by the UPSC, followed
by extensive interviews covering general aptitude, psychological testing, team
skills as well as physical and social skills, along with medical tests.
Incoming classes are accepted twice a year for semesters starting in July and
January. About 320,000 applicants sit for each written exam. Typically, about
9,000 of these are invited to interview. Applicants to join the Air Force also
go through a Pilot Aptitude Battery Test. About 300-350 cadets are accepted to
the academy each semester. About 66 cadets are accepted for the Air Force, 39
for the Navy and 195 for the Army.
Cadets who are accepted and successfully complete the
program are sent to their respective training academies for one year of
training before granting of commission: army
cadets go to IMA at Dehradun, Air Force cadets to AFA at Dundigal, Hyderabad,
and naval cadets to INA, Ezhimala, Kerala.
Declines to commission are only accepted in case of a
serious permanent medical condition caused during the program.
NDA Exam Syllabus
The subjects of the written NDA
Entrance Examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted
to each subject will be as follows:–
Subject
|
Code
|
Duration
|
Maximum
Marks
|
Mathematics
|
01
|
2-½
Hours
|
300
|
General
Ability Test
|
02
|
2-½
Hours
|
600
|
Total
|
900
|
Penalty for wrong answers: Candidates should note that
there will be penalty (negative marking)
for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the objective type question papers
The candidates Joining Indian Naval Academy would undergo 4
years B.Tech course and would be given an opportunity to join Executive and
Technical Branches of the Navy subject to availability of vacancies
National Defence Academy: 320
Army: 208 posts
Navy: 42p osts
Air Force: 70posts
Naval Academy [10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme): 55posts
Total: 375 Posts
Vacancies are provisional and may be changed depending on
the availability of training capacity of National Defence Academy
Conditions of NDA eligibility
Educational Qualification for NDA Entrance Exam
Nationality: A candidate must either be (i) a citizen of
India, or (ii) a subject of Bhutan, or (iii) a subject of Nepal, or (iv) a
Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the
intention of permanently settling in India, or (v) a person of Indian origin
who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of
Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and
Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been
issued by the Govt of India. Certificate of eligibility will not, however, be
necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal
Age Limit, Sex and Marital Status: Only unmarried male
candidates born not earlier than 02nd July 1996 and not later
than 01st July 1999 are eligible
Educational Qualifications
Army Wing of National Defence Academy: class 12th
cleared of the 10+2 pattern of school education or equivalent examination
conducted by a state education board or a university
Air Force and Naval Wing of National
Defence Academy and 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval
Academy: class 12th cleared of the 10+2 pattern of school education or
equivalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or
a University
Candidates who are appearing in the 12th class under the
10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination can also apply for
this examination
Those candidates who have yet to qualify in the 12th class
or equivalent examination and are allowed to appear in the UPSC examination
should note that this is only a special concession given to them
They are required to submit proof of passing the 12th class
or equivalent examination.
APPLICATION FEE
Fee: Candidates (excepting female SC/ST/PH candidates/
Sons of JCOs/NCOs/ORs specified in Note 2 in the notification who are exempted
from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred
only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using
net banking facility of State Bank of India/ State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur/
Sate Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala /State Bank
of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card
The applicants shall be required to submit the proof of
their fee payment within 10 days from the date of such communication either by
hand or by speed post to the commission
On receipt of documentary proof, genuine fee payment cases
will be considered and their applications will be revived, if they are
otherwise eligible
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates should apply online only www.upsc.gov.in
Brief instruction for filling up the online application form
have been given in the Appendix-II
Detailed instructions are available on the above mentioned
website
Also see >>> How
to Apply for NDA Exam Online
Facilitation Counter: In
case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their applications,
candidature etc candidates can contact UPSC’s facilitation counter near gate
‘C’ of its campus in person or over Tel 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543
on working days between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hr
Announcement of the Results of
NDA (II) Written Examination, Interview of qualified candidates, announcement
of final results and admission to the training courses of the finally qualified
candidates :
The Union Public Service Commission shall prepare a list of
candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination
as fixed by the Commission in their discretion. Such candidates shall appear
before a Services Selection Board for intelligence and Personality Test where
candidates for the Army/Navy wings of the NDA and 10+2 Executive branch of
Naval Academy will be assessed on officer’s potentiality and those for the Air
Force in Pilot Aptitude Test and for officer’s potentiality.
TWO STAGE SELECTION PROCEDURE
Two stage selection procedure based on Psychological Aptitude Test and
Intelligence Test has been introduced at Selection Centres/Air Force
Selection Boards. All the candidates will be put to stage one test on
first day of reporting at Selection Centres/Air Force Selection Boards.
Only those candidates who qualify at stage one will be admitted to the second
stage/remaining tests. Those candidates who qualify stage II will be
required to submit the original Certificates along with one photocopy each of :
(i) original Matriculation pass certificate or equivalent in support of date of
birth; (ii) Original 10+2 pass certificate or equivalent in support of
educational qualification.
To be acceptable, candidates for the Army/Navy and Naval
Academy should secure the minimum qualifying marks separately in (i) Written
examination and (ii) Officer potentiality test, as fixed by the Commission in
their discretion, and candidates for the Air Force should secure the minimum
qualifying marks separately in (i) Written examination (ii) Officer
potentiality test, and (iii) Pilot Aptitude Test as fixed by the Commission in
their discretion.
Subject to these conditions the qualified candidates will
then be placed in the final order of merit on the basis of total marks secured
by them in the Written examination, and the Services Selection Board Tests in
three separate lists-one for the Army and the Navy, the second one for the Air
Force and the third for the Course at the Naval Academy. The names of
candidates who qualify for all the Services of NDA and the Naval Academy will
appear in all the three Merit Lists. The final selection for admission to the
Army and Naval Wings of the National Defence Academy will be made in order of
merit according to the number of vacancies available from the merit list for
the Army and Naval Wings, for the Air Force Wing from the merit list for
the Air Force; and for the Executive Branch of Naval Academy upto the number of
vacancies available from the merit list for the Naval Academy, subject to
medical fitness and suitability in all other respects. The candidates who are
common to all the three merit lists will be considered for selection from all
the three lists with reference to their order of preferences and in the event
of their final selection from one list, names will be cancelled from the other
lists.
Tips and tricks
1.
Make notes
2.
Revise regularly.
3.
Solve mock test papers.
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