Hey,

The National Defence Academy (NDA) is a joint defence service training institute for the Indian Armed Forces. NDA's goal is to train young gentlemen cadets to become military officers. The UPSC conducts the NDA exam to recruit candidates for the Army, Navy, and Air Force wings. After clearing the exam or after joing NDA, acdets undergo training for three years. After graduating from NDA, candidates are sent to their respective training academies for one year of traing before commissioning.

To know all the details about NDA exam pattern, subjects included, eligibility criteria, cutoff, etc, visit: https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-full-form

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Hello aspirant,

I hope that you are doing great.

With reference to your above mentioned query, I would like to tell you that yes, by the time you will complete your class 12th you are very much eligible to apply for The National Defence Academy(NDA).

The Union Public Service Commission prescribes the NDA eligibility criteria 2022 in the official notification. Candidates should check the NDA 2022 eligibility before filling the NDA examination form. NDA exam 2022 eligibility criteria comprise various factors like Nationality, age limit, educational qualification, marital status, and others.

With reference to your query, the frequency of conduct for the NDA Examination i for 2 years only. So, you can apply for and give your NDA examination for 2 years only.

The Eligibility criteria for NDA examination is as follows :

Nationality -

1. A Citizen of India

2. A subject of Nepal

3. A subject of Bhutan

4. A Tibetan refugee who moved to India, before January 1, 1962, with the intention of settling here permanently

5. A person of Indian origin who has migrated from the below-specified countries, with the intention of permanently settling in India.

• Pakistan

• Burma

• Sri Lanka

• East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia

• Vietnam

Age Limit - 16.5 to 19.5 years for all categories, i.e. there is no age relaxation in the NDA exam

Educational qualification  - For Indian Army - Passed Class 12 from State Education Board or a University
For Air Force and Naval - Passed 12th class with Physics and Mathematics from State Education Board or a University

Gender  - Male and Female

Height  - For Army, Navy, and Naval Academy - 157 cm (minimum)

For Air Force - 162.5 cm (minimum)

So, according to the above mentioned eligibility criteria you are very much eligible for NDA by the time you'll reach class 12th.

further, for more info about the exam and eligibility criteria, you can check the below link :

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/nda

I hope that this will help.

Hi

With your mentioned date of birth , you have 5 attempts

You are eligible for

• Nda 2024 - both 1&2

• Nda 2025- both 1&2

• Nda -1, 2026

You can check NDA eligibility criteria which is provided below:-

NDA eligibility criteria says that:-

-------------) Qualifucation required :-

• For army :- you need educational  qualification of 10 + 2 in any stream.

• For navy and Airforce :- To need qualifucation of 10 + 2 with Physics and Maths .

-------------) You must be  in the age group of 16.5 to 19.5 years old to be eligible.

So, going by above, to be eligible for nda -1 , 2024 , you should have been born between 2nd July 2005 to 1st July , 2008 and you fulfil this criteria with your mentioned date of birth and thus  eligible  . Similarly, you are eligible for nda -2, 2024 , both nda 2025 and nda 2026 -1.

-------------) Earlier for nda only boys were eligible but now, girls are also eligible for Army in nda . For details on this refer:- https://news.careers360.com/nda-2021-sc-allows-women-appear-in-national-defence-academy-exam-slams-army-for-gender-discrimination

-------------) You must be unmarried.

-------------) Nationality

For details you can visit our page, the link for the same is provided below

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-eligibility-criteria

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Hi aspirant,

According to the eligibility criteria set up by UPSC, the body which conducts the NDA examination a candidate needs to age between 16.5 to 19.5 years of age for being eligible. In addition to the age limit you must have completed your intermediate or be an appearing candidate. So following all this you would be eligible for NDA examination 2 2023 for the time and your last attempt would be NDA 1 2025.

Hope it helps!!

Ok... Read it only if your age criteria is enough to get in CSE exam after 6-7 years in NDA...

Let us assume that you qualified in NDA and after that you decided to go for UPSC but you want to complete your graduation from NDA.... than I will prefer you to go in NDA from TES entry scheme and spent 3 years in NDA after that you will get posted in army as TEMPORARY COMMISSION means for a short time as you have came from TES entry..... Then when you spent your 3 years in NDA after that you join army... Then START PREPARING FROM joining in Army for UPSC..... Giving about your five years in ARMY and prepare UPSC CSE and if you got selected then ... You can take retirement easily as you are from TES scheme usually TES entry hire officers for short term for ARMY , AIRFORCE AND NAVY .....

and yes when you go for UPSC interview it will be a + point for you that you are an ex serviceman

Dear aspirant!

Hope you are doing great! If you have completed your national defence academy (NDA) training and then you want to leave it for joining civil services so you have to be ready for giving Rs12,500 every week to the academy means 50,000 in a month.It depends on your week spent in NDA till how many weeks you would pay.

Hope it will help you.

Best wishes for your bright future.

Thank you!

Hey,
Well,Yes you can go for UPSC examination after getting into NDA. The basic eligibility criterua is that the candidate must hold a graduation degree in any discipline recognized by the government of India. The candidate must be a citizen of India and must be atleast 21 years of age and the maximum age must be 32 years. For Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe,a relaxation of five years is given.
Hope this helps.
Good luck.

Hello,

NDA is conducted by UPSC for admission of candidates to army, naval, air force wings of NDA and INA, the age limit is 16-19 years, the eligibility criteria is passed 10+2 from a recognized board, only in case of air force and naval it's compulsory to have mathematics and physics at 10+2 level, coming to the duration of training for Army/Naval/Air Force Cadets it's four years, the degree awarded at the end is BSc or BSc Computer/BA/BTech for Army, and BTech in case of Air Force/Naval, however I would say if you're not interested in joining NDA to sustain in the institution of long time then then don't go for it, NDA is not only an institution but it holds immense pride, and it's a different sentiment altogether serving for your country, if you don't have your career goals aligned in this direction then it's better you pursue your graduation in a field as per your preference, and appear for UPSC, you can also consider going for professional degree such as medical science/engineering, or any other, there is no such restrictions, you need to be just a graduate from a recognized university, and attain 21 years as on 1st August of the appearing year,

Hello,

The selection process in NDA (National Defense Academy) is divided into two parts

1. Written Examination

2. SSB Interview

The written examination of NDA is itself divided into two parts

1. NDA written exam for Mathematics

2. NDA written exam for GAT (General Ability Test)

Syllabus for Mathematics

1. Algebra

2. Calculus

3. Matrices and Determinants

4. Integral Calculus and Differential Equations

5. Trigonometry

6. Vector Algebra

7. Analytical Geometry of Two and Three Dimensions

8. Statistics and Probability

Hello Aspirant,

First of all you have to apply online for UPSC National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination, this is a online process. Form are available on the UPSC site in the month of January and may as this exam is conducted twice in a year. After that you have clear the written test, till now this test is completely offline based. Test are conducted in the month of April and September. This is a merit based exam. Once you have cleared it, you will receive a call letter for SSB interview from service ( army, navy & air force) you have applyed for. Some times call letter don’t arrive so no need to panic you can always download that from your registered email id. SSB is a five day, 2 stage process:- you will be allowed for 2 stage only if you clears 1 stage which is conducted on the 1st day of interview. once you clears the SSB you have to go through a medical examination which will be conducted at the same place where your SSB is conducted. After competition of all the stages UPSC publishes a final merit list of all selected candidates. This merit list is based on the total marks scored by a candidate in his written test and SSB interview.

For detailed information you can refer this article:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/nda