NDA Exam 2021

NDA is a national level exam conducted by Union Public Service commission (UPSC) to recruit candidates for Army, Navy and Air Force. The exam is divided into two parts as NDA(1) and NDA(2) and is conducted twice a year

To be eligible to apply for NDA, a candidate must be:
(1) A citizen of India, or;
(2) A subject of Nepal, or;
(3) A subject of Bhutan, or;
(4) A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before1 January, 1962, with an intention to permanently settling in India or;
(5) A person originally Indian who may have migrated from Burma, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, The United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with an intention to permanently reside in India.

(* Provided the candidates belonging to category (2), (3), (4), (5) shall have certificate of eligibility issued in their favour by the Govt. of India. However, Certificate of eligibility will not be necessary for the candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.)

The educational qualification to get admitted into NDA is as follows:

The Army Wing of NDA	The candidate must have passed class 12 or equivalent examination from a recognised board.
The Air Force and Navy Wings of NDA and 10+2 Cadet entry scheme at INA	The candidate must have passed class 12 or equivalent examination with Physics and Mathematics.

• Candidates appearing in Class 12 are eligible or equivalent exam can apply.
• Candidates who are appearing in Class 11 are not eligible.

• To be eligible for NDA (1), candidates should not be born earlier than 2nd July, 2001 and not later than 1st July, 2004.
• To be eligible for NDA (2), candidates must not be born earlier than 2nd January, 2002 and not later than 1st January, 2005
• A candidate must be aged between 16.5 years to 19 years to be eligible for NDA exam.
• The commission will consider the Date of Birth as mentioned on Class 10 or 12 certificate
• Candidates are expected to submit these required certificates after declaration of results of written exam.
(Only unmarried male candidates are eligible to apply for the exam. Candidates are not allowed to get married their training is complete. If any candidate decides to get married during his training period then he is discharged and then is required to refund all the expenditure spent on him to the government.)

The registration process is divided into two parts:

PART 1:

• The candidate can apply for NDA exam by filling the application form which is available on official website of UPSC i.e. upsc.gov.in
• The application form first requires the candidates to fill their details carefully Ex. Name, Address, Date of Birth, Marital Status, Community, etc.
• After filling the above details the candidate is required to choose the branch preference of Indian Army, Navy and Air Force and rate them from 1 to 4 based on his preference.
• The candidate is then required to verify all the details filled in the form as no changes can be made to the form after the final submission. After verification, candidate is required to click on I Do Not Agree/ I Agree.
• After the above step, the candidate will be provided with their registration IDs. And the same registration IDs are sent to the respective candidate’s email ID.

PART 2:

• Once the registration IDs are generated, the candidates are now required to pay the final application fee, which can be paid both through online and offline mode too.
• The next step requires the candidate to select the examination centre.
• And the last step requires the candidate o upload his Photograph and Signature as per the dimensions prescribed by the authority.

The number of vacancies for NDA/NA (I) 2021 are:

145th National Defence Academy (Indian Army)	208
145th National Defence Academy (Indian Navy)	42
145th National Defence Academy (Indian Navy)	120
107th Indian Naval Academy Course	48
Total	418

The number of vacancies for NDA/NA (II) 2020 are:

146th National Defence Academy (Indian Army)	208
146th National Defence Academy (Indian Navy)	42
146th National Defence Academy (Indian Air Force)	120
108th Indian Naval Academy Course	43
Total	413

The expected salary of NDA officers at different ranks of Army, Navy and Defence is as follows:

Rank	Post
Stipend of the candidates in IMA during their training	INR 56,100/-
Lieutenant	INR 56,100/- to INR 1,77,500/-
Captain	INR 61,300/- to INR 1,93,900/-
Major	INR 69,400/- to INR 2,07,200/-
Colonel	INR 1,30,600/- to INR 2,15,900/-
Brigadier	INR 1,39,600/- to INR 2,17,600/-
Major General	INR 1,44,200/- to INR 2,18,200/-
Lt. General HAG Scale	INR 1,82,200/- to INR 2,24,100/-
HAG+ Scale	INR 2,05,400/- to INR 2,24,400/-
VCOAS/ Army Cdr/ Lt Gen (NFSG)	INR 2,25,000/- Fixed<
COAS INR	2,50,000/- Fixed

The list of NDA promotions for officers in Army, Navy and Air Force is as follows:

Minimum Service Required for Promotion	Indian Army	Indian Navy	Indian Air Force
On being Commissioned	Lieutenant	Sub Lieutenant	Flying Officer
After 2 years of service	Captain	Lieutenant	Flight Lieutenant
1After 6 years of service	Major	Lt Commander	Squadron Leader
13 years of service	Lieutenant Colonel	Commander	Wing Commander
On Selection	Colonel (Selection)	Captain (selection)	Group captain (Selection)
26 years of service	Colonel (Time Scale)	Captain (Time Scale)	Group captain (Time Scale)
On Selection	Brigadier	Commodore	Air Commodor
On Selection	Major General	Real Admiral	Air Vice Marshal
On Selection	Lieutenant General	Vice Admiral	Air Marshal
On Selection	General	Admiral	Air Chief Marshal

The application process will start from 30th December, 2020 and will end by 19th January,2021 for NDA(1) exam (Tentative).
The application process will start from 9th of June, 2021 and will end on 29th of June, 2021 for NDA(2) exam (Tentative).

Yes, the NDA exam is bilingual with Hindi and English as the selected languages. Yes, the NDA exam follows negative marking policy in its written test.

The exam pattern of NDA exam is as follows:
The first exam i.e. a written test is an offline pen-paper based exam. The exam is an Objective type or MCQ based exam which is divided into two parts, namely Mathematics and General Ability Test. The test is of 900 marks and comprises of 270 questions overall.

Qualifying some pre determined Physical standards as prescribed by NDA are a must to get selected as a NDA officer. Some of the important physical factors are listed below:
If a candidate wants to go for Indian Army, he should be 157 cm tall and if a person wants to go for Air Force, he should be 163 cm tall.

Height (in cm)	Weight (in kgs)
152-183	16-17 Years	17-18 Years	18-19 Years
	42.5-62.5	44-65	45-66.5

Physical standards for NDA exam – Navy 2020.

Height (in cm)	Weight (in kgs)
152-183	16 Years	18 Years	20 Years
	44-63	45-65	46-67