Hi Arjit,

Hope you are doing good.

No, you won't be able to apply if you are in 11th standard. You have  to wait for one more year to be eligible for this exam

But what you can do you can start your preparation now to prepare yourself to the best for this exam. If you want to apply for army wings then you only need to complete your 12th standard from the recognized board from any stream but if you want to apply for navy or airforce wing then Physics and mathematics are compulsory to have in the 12th standard. Age criteria for appearing in NDA 2022 1 is that you must be born between July 2, 2003, to July 1, 2006.

And if you want more information regarding the eligibility criteria for NDA. You can click the link below.

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

Hello Aspirant,

Candidates applying for NDA exam must have passed or are appearing in the Class 12 exam. Candidates cannot apply for the exam after Class 11.

Army Wing of NDA the candidate should be 12th passed by State Education Board or a University but for Air Force and Naval Wings of NDA AND 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme of Indian Naval Academy

Age Limit: Candidate's age must be between 16.5 to 19.5 years to be eligible for NDA 2022 examination. NDA I- Applying candidates must be born between 2nd July 2003 to 1st July 2006. NDA II- Applying candidates must be born between 2nd January 2003 to 1st January 2006.

Hi

You cannot register for NDA in class 11.

This is because,

You need qualification of 10+2 to be eligible for NDA. So, you can register of NDA either after passing 12th or in the year of appearing for 12th board examination as 12th appearing students are also provisionally eligible.

For your reference,

>>>>>>> Eligibility criteria  is given below

NDA eligibility criteria says that:-

-------------) Qualification required :-

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

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

12th appearing students are provisionally eligible.

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

-------------) 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

>>>>> Selection process

The selection process consist of 2 stages :-

******** Qualify the written examination :- it consist of 2 papers :-

• Mathematics

• General Ability Test

You get 2 hours and 30 minutes for each paper.

********SSB interview :- If you clear written examination then you will called for a 5 day SSB interview

If you clear SSB interview then you will have you to go through medicals to check your fitness if you clear the medicals as well then congratulations you are in.

Thank you

Hello aspirant,

I want to inform you that no, you can not apply for NDA now, I will not suggest that first finish your 12th boards then apply for NDA exam as it will definitely open more fields for you and always follow the steps and move ahead step by step.

Hopefully I have cleared your doubt.

Hello

Hope you are doing good. No, you can not appear for NDA exam in class 11. The minimum eligibility criteria to appear for NDA exam is to be appearing in class 12th or must have completed class 12. And the age limit is 16.5 to 19.5 years of age.

Good luck.