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Eligibility Criteria

AGE:

only unmarried male and female aspirants aged between 16.5 and 19.5 are eligible to apply for NDA.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 1. Educational qualification for NDA( ARMY WING ) : 12th pass from any recognized board.
  • 2. Educational qualification for NDA ( NAVY & AIRFORCE ) : 12th Class pass with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

PHYSICAL STANDARDS:

As per the official notification of UPSC the minimum acceptable height for ARMY is 157
cms and for airforce the minimum acceptable height is 162.5 cms.

Visual standards for NDA:

  • NDA – Vision Standard For ARMY
  • Distance Vision (Corrected) Better Eye 6/6; Worse Eye 6/9
  • Colour vision CP-III (Defective Safe).
  • Myopia should not be more than -2.5D
  • Hypermetropia should not be more than +3.5D

NDA -Vision Standards for Air Force:

  • Candidates who wear spectacle Not eligible for Air Force
  • Minimum distant vision 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other
  • correctable to 6/6 only for Hypermetropia
  • Colour vision CPI Hypermetropia: +2.0 D Sph Manifest Myopia: Nil Retinoscopic Myopia: 0.5 in any Meridian permitted Astigmatism : + 0.75 D Cyl (within + 2.0 D.Max)

NDA – Vision standard for Navy:

  • Uncorrected without glass -6/6, 6/9
  • Corrected with glass – 6/6, 6/6
  • Limits of Myopia – –0.75
  • Limits of Hypermetropia – +1.5
  • Binocular vision – III
  • Limits of colour perception – I

Physical Conditioning:

The aspiring candidates are advised to be in the good physical condition by following the routine mentioned below.

  • 1. Running 2.4 km in 15 minutes
  • 2. Skipping
  • 3. Pushups and sit ups (minimum 20 each)
  • 4. Chin ups (minimum 08)
  • 5. Rope climbing 3-4 metres

Eligibility: Boys & Girls

Language of Exam: English and Hindi

Official website: www.upsc.gov.in

Frequency of Examination: Twice in a Year (April & September)

Selection Process:

Stage I: Written Test

Stage II: SSB Interview

Exam pattern:
Stage I:

  • 1.GAT: 600 Marks (150 Objective type questions)
  • 2.Mathematics: 300 Marks (120 Objective type questions)

Exam duration: Five hours (Mathematics: 2½ hours, General Ability Test (GAT): 2½ hours)

The structure of the NDA exam pattern for written exam is as mentioned below

NDA exam pattern – Written
NDA written exam Subject Maximum marks Number of Question Duration
Paper 1 Mathematics 300 120 2hrs 30mins
Paper 2 GAT 600 150 2hrs 30mins
Total 900 270 5 hours

The marks distribution of NDA exam GAT section is Highlighted below

NDA General Ability test Sections Maximum mark
PartA- English -- 200
Part B - General Awareness Physics 100
History, Freedom Movement, etc. 80
Geography 80
Chemistry 60
General Science 40
Current Events 40
Total 600
EXAM PATTERN :
NDA Exam pattern – Negative Marking Scheme
written Exams Marks for each correct answer Marks deducted for each incorrect answer
Mathematics 2.5 0.83
GAT 4 1.33
Stage II:
NDA SSB Interview:
Stages Activities conducted
Screening Testing
  • • Verbal and non-verbal tests.
  • • PPDT
Screening Testing
  • • Thematic Appreciation Test [TAT]
  • • Word Association Test [WAT]
  • • Situation Reaction Test [SRT]
  • • Self-Description Test [ SD]
Group Testing Officers Test
  • • Group Discussion (GD)
  • • Group Planning Exercise (GPE)
  • • Progressive Group Task (PGT)]
  • • Half Group Task (HGT)
  • • Individual Obstacles Task (IOT)
  • • Command Task
  • • Snake race/Group Obstacle Race
  • • Individual lecture
  • • Final Group Task (FGT)
Personal Interview
Conference
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