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NDA Eligibility Criteria

24 February 2010 17 Comments


UPSC conducts National Defence Academy ( NDA ) Entrance Exam. This leads to admission in Army, Navy & Air Force wings.  This is conducted twice every year generally in April & September. Those who wants to proceed their career in defence, should go for this.

The eligibility criteria for NDA exam is as follows :



  1. Age, sex & marital status – Only males can apply. The applicant should be at least 16 1/2 yrs. of age & should not be more than 19 yrs on 1st Jan or 1st July of the year in which exam is to held. The applicant should be unmarried & can not marry until the training period. If he does so then all the expenditures incurred on him by the government has to be refunded.
  2. Educational Qualification – The candidate should be at least 12th pass under the 10+2 pattern or equivalent conducted by State education Board or University ( For Naval & Air Force wings, the candidates should have physics & mathematics as compulsory subjects in the qualifying exam). The candidate appearing in the qualifying exam can also apply.
  3. Nationality – The candidate should be either an Indian or a subject of Bhutan or Nepal or Tibetan refugee.
  4. Physical Standards – The candidates should fulfill the physical standards as mentioned in order to qualify himself for the exam. Anybody having minor ailments like ear wax, hernia, hydrocele / phimosis, DNS, gynaecomastia, piles, varicocele, tonsillitis should undergo rectification as soon as possible so that medical examination carried out at military hospital will be speedily. He should fulfill the following criteria -
    * should be good physical & mental health & free from any disability or disease which is likely to interfere with the performance.
    * should not be overweight or under weight. He should not have weakly constitution.
    * Height should be at least 157.5 cms & 162.5cms for Air Force wing.
    * Chest should be fully expanded. The fully expanded chest should not be less than 81cms.
    * There should not be any disease of bones or joints of the body.

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    # 27 April 2010 at 10:28 PM
  • praveen said:

    i wanted to know what is pilot aptitude test,,,i meant to ask what procedures,,,minimum conditions,,,..to become a pilot . pleasse give me full information as i have no one to guide me…i hope u will not tell me to refer some other sites or books…

    # 9 July 2010 at 3:17 PM
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    # 24 August 2010 at 10:22 PM
  • anshul said:

    please verify the eligibility criteria im 19and half years old am i eligible for this exam

    # 17 October 2010 at 4:12 PM
  • varun said:

    i am in 11th class and not taken maths&physics can i give this exam or not.

    # 12 November 2010 at 3:27 PM
  • Shubhanshi said:

    hlo sir i m shubahsnhi studying at 11th standard n m a commerce stream girl so firstly i wanna know taht is a commerce stream student eligible for participating in nda exam n can girls too apply koz i’ve heard taht now women can also participate in nda

    # 12 November 2010 at 8:29 PM
  • aditya shrotriya said:

    hello sir m studing in 10 class n wnt 2 giv nda exam pls verify that i m elegible to giv the exam or not because my date my date of birth is 22 nov 1994 and according to that i m already 16 bt i havnt cleard 10 till now n i dont hv passing certificate of class 10 so pls verify my problem thank you

    # 11 December 2010 at 5:53 PM
  • praveen said:

    i am doing b.tech 2nd year can i apply for nda exam

    # 21 December 2010 at 2:28 PM
  • prashant kumar said:

    I am in 11th class can I apply for NDA exam

    # 7 January 2011 at 1:26 PM
  • shahwaar said:

    hello i am 11th standard student. vill u tell me i am elgile to write the xam ?

    # 9 January 2011 at 1:11 PM
  • jaskanwar said:

    hello ..i m 18 years old and going to be 19 this dec. … so can i apply for technical in nda this year now on ?
    ….

    # 26 January 2011 at 4:26 PM
  • Dayanand said:

    Sir, i’m doin my mechanical engg., and i’m 17 years old.
    I’m vry indeed to join in defence academy.
    so plz mail me the NDA exam dates or any other entrance exam which connects Army,Navy or Airforce.

    # 31 January 2011 at 5:41 PM
  • siddharth verma said:

    hello! sir my name is siddhart and i am permoted in 10 class sir i wants to give an nda entrance exam.sir i am born on 28/dec/1995 and i will say something about age limit in nda exam or estrem.sir science is compulsry for nda exam or nt and wat about the age limit in thies exam.sir pls varify thies

    # 15 March 2011 at 2:51 PM
  • vikal mishra said:

    hello! sir my name is vikal mishra and i am from delhi i want to say something about nda entrance examination.sir wat will be the age limit in thies exam and wat was the qualifiction that required.and sir main thing is that wat about the estrem.i am waiting for ur repply.

    # 15 March 2011 at 3:01 PM
  • dushyant said:

    My date of birth is 20-06-1995.
    Can i apply for NDA Entrance Exam 2011 ?
    I have doubt because i think my age is less.
    Please tell me as soon as possible.

    # 14 April 2011 at 11:01 AM
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