The UPSC administers the NDA exam, which is required for admission to the Army, Navy, and Air Force wings of the NDA. This exam serves as a stepping stone for aspirants interested in joining the Armed forces, Marine corps, or Air Wing.
NDA I and NDA II are national-level exams held twice per year to assist candidates in pursuing a career in the military. The National Defence Academy and Naval Academy (NDA & NA) Examination will be a two-step procedure in which candidates must first pass the exam and then pass the Service Selection Board’s personality assessment or question and answer session (SSB). The UPSC is merely responsible for granting selection guidelines and overseeing the final administration of the entrance exam.
The Supreme Court issued an interim injunction on August 18 allowing women to take the UPSC National Defence Academy and Naval Academy (NDA & NA) exam. The Supreme Court has ordered the responsible authorities to make the appropriate provisions to allow women to take the UPSC NDA (II) exam.
What are the Eligibility Criteria?
- For admission to the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) Examinations (I) and (II), 2022, candidates must be physiologically and psychologically fit. Every year, a large number of applicants fail the medical exam.
- As a result, applicants are suggested to have a medical exam before trying to apply for the exam. Wax (ears), Deviated Nasal Septum, Hydrocele/Phimosis, Overweight/Underweight, Under Sized Chest, Piles, Tonsillitis, and Varicocele are among the minor defects/ailments that aspirants should address.
- For female candidates, the height requirement for entry into the Armed Forces is 152 cm. Gorkhas and candidates from India’s North-Eastern Hills, Garhwal, and Kumaon will be accepted if they are at least 148 cm tall.
- Candidates who are under the age of 18 at the time of the examination will be given a growth allowance of 02 cm. The Flying Branch requires a minimum height of 163 cm. Other anthropometric standards, such as sitting height, leg length, and thigh length, are also required by Flying Branch.
- A candidate must be either an Indian citizen, (ii) a Nepalese subject, or (iii) an Indian national who has permanently settled in India from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, or the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia, or Vietnam.
- Candidates for the Army Wing of the National Defence Academy must have completed Class 12 of the 10+2 schooling system or an equivalent examination administered by a State Education Board or a University.
- Candidates for the Air Force and Naval Wings of the National Defence Academy, as well as the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy, must have a Class 12 pass or equivalent in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
- Candidates who are in the 12th grade and are taking the 10+2 school education pattern or an equivalent exam can also apply for this exam. Candidates who passed the SSB interview but were unable to present their Matriculation/10+2 or equivalent certificate in the original at the time of the SSB interview should submit self-attested photocopies.
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