NDA Exam 2023-24

NDA Exam 2023-24

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has issued the notification of National Defence Academy NDA I Exam 2023, all the candidates who are interested in this recruitment exam and fulfill the eligibility can apply online from 21 December 2022 to 10 January 2023.

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  • Application Begin : 21/12/2022

  • Last Date for Apply Online : 10/01/2023 Upto 06:00 PM Only

  • Pay Exam Fee Last Date : 10/01/2023

  • NDA I Exam Date : 16/04/2023

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National Defence Academy (NDA) is an national level entrance exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruiting candidates to the Indian Defence forces that includes Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force.

Eligibility

For National Defence Academy : Candidates should passed 10+2 Intermediate Exam in any Recognized Board.

For Naval Academy : Candidates should 10+2 Intermediate Class 12 Exam Passed/Appearing in Any Recognized Board with Physics & Mathematics as a Subject.

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 01st 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 Limits, Sex and Marital Status: Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 02nd July 1999 and not later than 01st July 2002 are eligible.

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Sr. School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the

Higher Secondary or an equivalent exam certificates.

Educational Qualifications

(i) For Army Wing of National Defence Academy: 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University 

(ii) For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy: 12th Class pass 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.

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. 

Such candidates who qualify the SSB interview but could not produce Matriculation/10+2 or equivalent certificate in original at the time of SSB interview should forward duly self attested Photocopies to ‘Directorate General of Recruiting, Army HQ, West Block.III, R.K. Puram, New Delhi110066’ and for Naval Academy candidates to ‘Naval Headquarters, DMPR, OI&R Section, Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena Bhavan, New Delhi-110011’ by 24th December, 2018 failing which their candidature will be cancelled. All other candidates who have produced their Matriculation and 10+2 pass or equivalent certificates in original at the time of attending the SSB interview and have got the same verified by the SSB authorities are not required to submit the same to Army HQ or Naval HQ as the case may be. Certificates in original issued by the Principals of the Institutions are also acceptable in cases where Boards/Universities have not yet issued certificates. Certified true copies/photostate copies of such certificates will not be accepted.

Physical Standards

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Exam 2018 as per guidelines given in Appendix-IV 

A candidate who has resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from any of the training academies of Armed Forces is not eligible to apply. 

APPLICATION FEE

  • General / OBC : 100/-

  • SC / ST : 0/- (Nil)

  • All Category Female : 0/-

  • Pay the Examination Fee Through Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card or Pay the Exam Fee Through Cash E Challan Fee Mode Submit the Exam Fee at State Bank of India SBI Any Branches in India.

Selection Procedure

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 at 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 Cadet Entry.

Scheme of Indian Naval Academy will be assessed on Officers Potentiality and those for the Air Force in Pilot Aptitude Test and for Officers Potentiality.

PABT applicable to candidates with Air Force as first choice would also be conducted for all SSB qualified candidates with one of the choice as Air Force subject to their eligibility and if they are so willing. 

Two-stage selection procedure based on Psychological Aptitude Test and Intelligence Test has been introduced at Selection Centers/Air Force Selection Boards.

All the candidates will be put to stage one test on first day of reporting at Selection Centers/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.

The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all eligibility conditions for admission to the examination.

Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. 

Scheme of NDA Entrance Examination

1. The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follows: 

a) Mathematics (01) - 2-½ Hours (300 Marks) 

b) General Ability Test (02) - 2-½ Hours (600 Marks) 

Total 900 Marks 

2. The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers (Test Booklets) OF MATHEMATICS AND PART "b" OF GENERAL ABILITY TESTS WILL BE SET BILINGUALLY IN HINDI AS WELL AS English 

3. In the question papers, wherever necessary, questions involving the metric system of Weights and Measures only will be set. 

4. Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write answers for them. 

5. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects at the exam 

6. The candidates are not permitted to use calculator or Mathematical or logarithmic table for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall 

The paper will be of both language Hindi & English. Answering Method: Each question will have four optional answer candidates have to choose the right one only 

There will be negative marking for incorrect response given by candidates in the objective type questions. Candidates use only black ball pen to mark answers.



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