The National Defence Academy is a joint services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force get training together before they go on to pre-commissioning training in their corresponding service academies. It is the first tri-service academy in the world. The place which is made to change boys into men. The cradle of military leadership. Candidates for NDA are selected through a written examination, SSB, and personal interview which is held twice a year in the months of April and November. About, 320,000 candidates apply for the examination every year.

To join National Defence Academy, a candidate must appear in the entrance exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission which is known as the NDA exam. It is conducted twice a year. The UPSC is individually responsible for issuing guidelines for selection and the final conduct of the entrance examination. The NDA exam covers 3 levels, the written examination, SSB, and personal interview.

There are 3 wings that come under NDA. They are Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, and Indian army. All the cadets from three wings joining the NDA after their 10+2 Examination are trained in the Academy for three years completing in graduation and get their degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Apart from this, they also get trained in outdoor skills.

The required age limit for the NDA Examination is 16.5 to 19 years. So, at maximum, a person can take 3 attempts for this exam.

Applicants are asked to pay Rs 100 as fees either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using the net banking facility of State Bank of India/ State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur/ State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala /State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit / Debit Card. There is a fees exemption for SC/ST/PH Applicants/ Sons of JCOs/NCOs/ORs.

The official notification for UPSC NDA (2) 2021 Recruitment was released on 9th June 2021. An Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 5th September 2021 for admission to the Army, Navy, and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 148th Course, and for the 110th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 2nd July 2022.

The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the UPSC NDA (2) 2021 Exam will be as under:

Note: Vacancies are temporary and may be changed depending on the availability of training capacity of the National Defence Academy and Indian Naval Academy.

Below is the Important Dates of the UPSC NDA (2) 2021 Exam:

Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January 2003 and not later than 1st January 2006 are eligible.

Note: Candidates who are appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination can also apply for this examination.

Candidates appearing in the 11th class exam are not eligible for this examination.

UPSC NDA (2) 2021 exam will consist of 2 stages, i.e., written exam and SSB Interview. UPSC prepares a list of candidates who secure the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination as fixed by the Commission at their preference. Such candidates shall appear before a Services Selection Board (SSB) for Intelligence and Personality Test where candidates for the Army/Navy wings of the NDA and 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme of Indian Naval Academy will be assessed on Officers Potentiality and those for the Air Force in addition to the above will have to qualify Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS).

The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed, and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follows:

There will be Negative Marking of One-third marks for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.

UPSC NDA 2 2021 Exam will be conducted in offline mode consisting of Objective Multiple Choice Questions.

The question papers (test booklets) of mathematics and Part “B” of the General Ability Test will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English. Part-1 will be English Paper.

No, there will be no sectional cut-off in the exam.

The Examination will be taken at the following Centres :

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bengaluru, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur, and Vishakhapatnam.

Candidates shortlisted in the written exam are expected to appear before a Services Selection Board (SSB) for Intelligence and Personality Test where candidates for the Army/Navy wings of the NDA and 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme of Indian Naval Academy will be imposed on Officers Potentiality and those for the Air Force in addition to the above will have to qualify Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS).

• The candidate must be in good physical and mental health and free from any disease/disability which is likely to conflict with the efficient performance of military duties.
• The minimum acceptable height is 157 cms (162.5 cms. for Air Force). The chest should be well developed. A fully expanded chest should not be less than 81 cms. The minimum range of expansion after full inspiration should be 5 cms.
• Distance Vision (Corrected): Better Eye 6/6; Worse Eye 6/9. Myopia should not be more than -2.5D including astigmatism and manifest hypermetropia not more than +3.5D including Astigmatism. The Colour vision standard will be CP-III (Defective Safe).

Check NDA Officers’ Salary after 7th Pay Commission, Pay Scale, Allowances, Promotion Avenues, Incentives, Scholarship, Cost of Training in National Defence Academy and Naval Academy from the link given below:

UPSC declares the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) Written Examination Results on its official website upsc.gov.in. It includes the Roll. Nos. of the candidates who have qualified for the interview by the Services Selection Board (SSB) of the Ministry of Defence for Admission to Army, Navy, and Air Force Wings.