NDA Exam 2025: Dates, Syllabus, Registration, and Preparation Guide
Prepare for National Defence Academy (NDA) Exam 2025 with crucial dates, syllabus, registration details, and effective preparation strategies.
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OVERVIEW OF NDA EXAM DETAILS
The NDA exam is held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Recruitment of candidates to the Army, Navy, and Air Force wings of the National Defence Academy (NDA) is through the National Defence Academy Entrance Exam which is conducted twice a year, generally in the month of April and September.
Participants should ensure they meet all requirements for admission to the NDA & NA exams before submitting their applications. Their admission at all examination stages will be conditional upon meeting the specified eligibility requirements.
Exam Particulars |
Exam Details |
Exam Name |
National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination (NDA & NA) |
Conducting Body |
UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) |
Exam Level |
National |
Exam Frequency |
Two times a year (April & September) |
Exam Course |
Admission of candidates for Army, Navy and Air Force wings of NDA and Indian Naval Academy courses |
Exam syllabus |
Maths and General Ability Test (GAT) |
Mode of Exam |
Written exam held in pen and paper mode |
Exam Stages |
Written exam and SSB Interview |
Exam Duration |
Mathematics: 2 hours and 30 min |
GAT: 2 hours and 30 min |
|
No. of Papers and Total Marks |
Paper 1:Mathematics |
Paper 2: General Ability Test |
|
Total Questions |
Mathematics: 150 |
General Ability Test: 120 |
|
Marking Scheme |
General Ability Test: 4 marks for correct answers and 0.33 marks for wrong answers |
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Mathematics: 4 marks for correct answers and 0.33 mark for wrong answers |
Exam fees |
INR 100 (SC/ST/Women candidates/Sons of JCOs/NCOs/ORs are exempted from fee payment) |
Total Marks |
Written Exam: 900 |
SSB Interview: 900 |
|
Language/Medium of Exam |
English and Hindi |
NDA 2 Vacancy 2024
404 total Vacancies are available for the NDA 2 2024 exam. Additionally, UPSC has made Vacancies available for female students in the Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme).
Academy |
Wings |
No. of Vacancies |
NDA |
Army |
208 (including 10 for female participants) |
Navy |
42 (including 06 for female participants) |
|
Air Force |
(i) Flying – 92 (including 02 for female participants) |
|
Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme) |
- |
34 (including 05 for female participants) |
Total |
|
404 |
The availability of training capacity at the National Defence Academy and Indian Naval Academy may cause the posted positions to change.
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HOW TO APPLY FOR NDA 2 2024 APPLICATION FORMS:
Candidates must use the website to submit their online NDA and NA application forms.
•Visit the official website of UPSC.
•Complete the one-time registration process if not registered earlier.
•Candidates who are already registered can directly fill out the application form
•The registration process can be completed in two steps, namely Part I and Part II.
•Part I include essential registration and other details while Part II includes uploads of scanned photographs, signature, fee payments, etc.
•When completing the application, select the exam locations of your choice.
•Candidates must properly fill out all of their personal, educational qualifications, address, and other details carefully
•Candidates are also given the facility to withdraw NDA 2 application form 2024
•Candidates need to upload scanned documents in the specific format
•Candidates should not send the hard copy of the application form to the examination authority
•Take a printout of the application form after the final submission
NDA Application Fee:
Candidates must pay a fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only) by depositing cash, using State Bank of India's net banking service, using a Visa, Mastercard, or Rupay credit or debit card, or by specifying exceptions for SC/ST candidates, female candidates, Wards of JCOs and NCOs, and ORs in Note 2 below.
Category |
Fees (In INR) |
General/OBC |
100 |
SC/ST/Sons of JCOs, NCOs, ORs |
Nil |
E-ADMIT CARD NDA & NA:-
Three weeks before the start of the NDA examination, the eligible candidates will receive an e-Admit Card. Candidates will be able to download the e-Admit Card from the UPSC website (upsconline.nic.in). No admit cards will be mailed. All applicants must enter a valid and active email address when completing the online NDA application form since the Commission may contact them through email.
NDA EXAMINATION CENTERS 2024:
More than 70 places offer the NDA exam. Choosing a desired exam city is a requirement for candidates when filling out the application. Candidates are assigned exam locations according to the first-to-apply rule. Below is a list of the towns hosting NDA exams.
Agartala |
Ghaziabad |
Panaji (Goa) |
Agra |
Gorakhpur |
Patna |
Ajmer |
Gurgaon |
Port Blair |
Ahmedabad |
Gwalior |
Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
Aizawl |
Hyderabad |
Puducherry |
Aligarh |
Imphal |
Pune |
Almora (Uttarakhand) |
Indore |
Raipur |
Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) |
Itanagar |
Rajkot |
Aurangabad |
Jabalpur |
Ranchi |
Bengaluru |
Jaipur |
Sambalpur |
Bareilly |
Jammu |
Shillong |
Bhopal |
Jodhpur |
Shimla |
Bilaspur |
Jorhat |
Siligudi |
Chandigarh |
Kochi |
Srinagar |
Chennai |
Kohima |
Srinagar (Uttarakhand) |
Coimbatore |
Kolkata |
Thane |
Cuttack |
Kozhikode (Calicut) |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Dehradun |
Leh |
Tiruchirapalli |
Delhi |
Lucknow |
Tirupati |
Dharwad |
Ludhiana |
Udaipur |
Dispur |
Madurai |
Varanasi |
Faridabad |
Mumbai |
Vellore |
Gangtok |
Mysore |
Vijayawada |
Gaya |
Nagpur |
Vishakhapatnam |
Gautam Buddh Nagar |
Navi Mumbai |
Warangal |
THE CANDIDATES SHOULD LOG ON TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR THEIR SSB CENTRE & DATE OF INTERVIEW AFTER CLEARING THE NDA & NA WRITTEN EXAMINATION:-
www.careerindianairforce.cdac.in
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NDA WRITTEN EXAMINATION RESULTS, QUALIFIED CANDIDATES' INTERVIEWS, ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINAL RESULTS, AND ADMISSION TO THE TRAINING COURSES OF THE FINALLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES:
Candidates who achieve the minimum qualifying marks in the NDA & NA written test as determined by the Commission at their discretion will be put on a list by the Union Public Service Commission. Such candidates must appear before a Services Selection Board for the NDA & NA Intelligence and Personality Test, where those selected for the Army/Navy wings of the NDA and the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme of the Indian Naval Academy will be judged on their officer potential. In addition to the mentioned requirements, those selected for the Air Force must also pass the Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS). If they are eligible for SSB and willing, candidates who have the Air Force as one of their top selections will also participate in CPSS.
NDA & NA EXAM SELECTION PROCEDURE 2024:
•UPSC conducts the NDA exam in two stages: a written test and an SSB Interview.
•The first stage is the written exam, in which candidates must perform competently to proceed further with the selection process. Candidates who clear this stage will be called for an SSB Interview.
Note - Every candidate for the Air Force's Flying Branch only takes the Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS) (Pilot Aptitude Test) once. His first-test scores will consequently stand as valid for all subsequent interviews he has with the Air Force selection board. A candidate who receives a negative score on the CPSS is not eligible to sit for the general duties (pilot) branch, naval air arm, or flying branch admission exams at the National Defence School.
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