Hello Mohit,

Thanks for reaching to us, regarding your question, qualifying NDA SSB does not solely depend on your height and weight there are various others factors on the basis of which candidates are selected.

The procedure is a two-stage Selection process – stage I and stage II. Only those candidates who clear the stage I are permitted to appear for stage II.

·         Stage I comprises Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) test & Picture Perception and Description Test (PP&DT). The candidates will be shortlisted based on the combination of performance in OIR Test and PP&DT. Stage II Comprises of Interview, Group Testing Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests and the Conference. These tests are conducted over 4 days.

For medical and physical standards

• The candidate must be in good physical and mental health and free from any disease/disability.
• There should be no evidence of weak constitution, bodily defects or underweight. The Candidate should not be overweight or obese.
• The minimum acceptable height is 157 cms(162.5 cms. for Air Force).
• The chest should be well developed.
• The hearing should be normal.
• Visual standards:- The distance vision (corrected) should be 6/6 in better eye and 6/9 in the worse eye.
• The candidates should have a sufficient number of natural and sound teeth.