NDA Exam 2024, Application Form, Admit Card, Result, Exam Pattern, Eligibility Criteria, Syllabus, Notification

UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) is the authority which organizes NDA (National Defense Academy) entrance exam every year. It is a national level entrance exam through which various candidates become eligible for selection into training academies of Indian Navy, Indian Military and Air Force. Candidates have to qualify the entrance test followed by SSB interview rounds & medical tests in order to be eligible for entry into NDA. Candidates can go through our article to know complete details about NDA 2024 application form, exam dates, eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus, etc. The NDA recruitment examination form for the 400 vacancies across Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force has been released by the Union Public Service Commission, the online application for NDA (1) 2024 has already started on 22 December 2023 and it will last till 11 January 2024, interested aspirants can apply online before the last date.

NDA 1 2024 Notification: Exam Summary

NDA Recruitment 2024

Interested job fighters can apply from second week of June 2024. End date to register will be first week of July 2024. According to the official notification both NDA – I and NDA – II exam will now be held together oin the first week of September 2024. 

NDA Registration 2024 Start and Last Dates

NDA Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must check the eligibility criteria before applying for the exam:

Age & Gender: 

Only unmarried male category applicants who are born not earlier than 02nd January 2002 and not later than 1st January 2005 they are eligible to apply for mentioned posts 

Nationality: 

A citizen of India, or a subject of Bhutan, Nepal, or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India with the intention of permanently settling in India

Educational Qualification: 

• For National Defence Academy: Passed the 10+2 board exams from a recognized board.

• For Naval Academy: Passed Class 12 board or equivalent with Physics and Maths as compulsory subjects from a recognized board.

Fitness:

• Applying candidates must be physically fit as per the physical standards set by the commission of NDA admissions.
• Candidates who have withdrawn or resigned from any training academies of Armed forces on disciplinary grounds are not eligible.

NDA Application Form

The NDA recruitment examination form for the 400 vacancies across Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force has been released by the Union Public Service Commission, the online application for NDA (1) 2024 has already started on 22 December 2021 and it will last till 11 January 2024, interested aspirants can apply online before the last date.

Easy process to fill NDA Application Form

• NDA  form will be available online on the official site of UPSC After the availability we will update on this page 
• Those who wish to take the NDA exam should apply for the same before first week of July 2024.
• Visit the official website of UPSC that is upsconline.nic.in.
• On the home page press on the link “Online Application For Various Examinations Of UPSC”.
• Press on the link “Click here for Part-I” Registration.
• Read the NDA instructions carefully.
• Fill up NDA application form with all the necessary details.
• Process the payment of UPSC NDA Application Fee.
• After completing the process press on to “Submit”.

NDA Application Fee 2024

Mode of payment:

Deposit fee through SBI Net Banking, Credit Card, or Debit Card.

NDA 2024 Exam Pattern

Check below complete details about NDA Exam pattern & marking scheme:

• Mode of Exam: The paper will be held in offline (pen and paper) mode.
• Number of Sections: In the paper, there will be two sections – Mathematics & General Ability.
• Exam Duration: Candidates will be given 5 hours to complete the paper (2 hours 30 minutes each for Mathematics and GA section).
• Questions type: There will be objective type of questions in the paper.
• Paper Language: The paper will be bilingual – in English as well Hindi language.
• Marking pattern: For each wrong answer, 33% of the marks assigned to the question will be deducted.

Exam pattern for Written Exam

Examination will be conducted in two papers:

• Paper 1: Maths and the time duration for NDA Maths exam is 2 hours 30 minutes.
• Paper 2: General Ability Test consist of two sections – English and General Knowledge and the total time duration of the exam is 2 hours 30 minutes.

Intelligence and Personality Test

The SSB procedure consists of two stages. Only those candidates who clear written exam are permitted to appear for SSB round. The details o SSB exam are given below:

NDA Admit Card 2024

NDA I admit card 2024 will be released three weeks before the exam. The link to download the admit card is made available on the official website. Candidates can download the admit card by logging either with the roll number or registration number. The hard copy of the admit card is not sent to candidates by post.

NDA Result

Once the NDA written exams will get completed, the officials will announce the NDA Written Exam results on the official website. Along with score card, they will also release a merit list of students who are eligible to appear for the second round – SSB Interview.

NDA 2024 Preparation Tips

• The applicants who will have complete information about the exam paper pattern and exam syllabus has been able to prepare well for the entrance exam.
• The applicants should study daily and revise for the entrance exam daily.
• The applicants should not leave any topics for the last moment preparation.
• The applicants should also prepare short quick notes, flow charts, and mind maps which can help them in better revision.
• The applicants should sleep early and eat healthy food.

NDA (1) 2024 Answer Key

Once the entrance exam of NDA 2024 will be over, UPSC will release the answer key of the examination online at the UPSC website. Refer to this section below to know more about the NDA answer key

• Aspirants have to visit the UPSC website, (upsc.gov.in) to check the NDA answer key.
• Candidates have to navigate to the examination > Answer Key link to download UPSC NDA 2024 answer key.
• As the examination is conducted with a different set, candidates have to to be careful while downloading the answer key of the correct set.
• The answer key can also be used to estimate the scores for UPSC NDA 2024.

End Note:

We hope the above given below details of NDA Recruitment 2024 will be helpful for you. For any query about NDA Recruitment you are advised to drop your comments in below section and we will get back to you as soon as possible.