NDA 2018 Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility , Syallabus , Pattern

UPSC is the examination authority for NDA (a national level examination) to recruit eligible applicants in Indian Defence Forces that includes Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the NDA exam in various cities across the country. The examination is scheduled twice in a year, NDA (I) in the month of April 2018 and NDA (II) in the month of September 2018. A large number of students appear in the NDA exam to secure their career in Indian Defence Services. The interested applicants can check out the important details related to NDA 2018 in this article below.

UPSC NDA 2018 Overview

EXAM NAME	UPSC NDA / NA Exam 2018
CONDUCTED BY	Union Public Service Commission
OFFICIAL WEBSITE	www.upsc.gov.in
EXAM TYPE	National Level Entrance Exam
RECRUITS FOR	Recruit candidates in the Army, Navy and Air Force
MODE OF EXAM	Pen And Paper Based mode
SECTION	Mathematics, GAT (Section 1- English) and GAT (Section 2- General Knowledge)
TOTAL MARKS	900 (0.33 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer)
TYPE OF QUESTIONS	Multiple Choice Question
EXAM DURATION	Two and half hours will be given for each code, i.e. Code 1 (mathematics) and Code 2 (general ability test)
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA	10+2 or equivalent examination
EXAM DATE	9th September 2018

NDA 2018 Important Dates

Subjects	Code	Duration	Maximum marks
Mathematics	01	2 hours & 30 minutes	300
General Ability Test	02	2 hours & 30 minutes	600
SSB Test/Interview			900
Total			1800

For NDA (II)

NationalityNDA 2018 Eligibility Criteria

The applicants must be an Indian citizen or a subject of Bhutan/Nepal/Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1st January 1962 to become a permanent resident of India.

Age limitation

Only unmarried male applicants can apply for NDA 2018.
For NDA (I), the applicants should not be born before 2nd July 1999 & not later than 1stJuly 2002.
For NDA (II), the applicants should not be born before 2nd January 2000 and not later than 1st July 2003.

Educational Qualification

For Air Force & Naval Wings of National Defence Academy & for 12th Cadet Entry Scheme at Indian Naval Academy– The applicants should have cleared 12th standard or equivalent examination with Physics & Mathematics from any state education board or university.
For Army Wings of National Defence Academy– The applicants should have cleared 12thstandard or equivalent examination organized by any State education board or university.
The applicants who are appearing in 12th standard or equivalent can also apply for NDA.

Physical Standards

The applicants must be physically fit as per the guidelines set by National Defence Academy & Naval Academy examinations.
The applicants who have resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from any of the training academies of Armed Forces are not eligible to apply for NDA.

NDA 2018 Exam Pattern

The NDA exam will be offline based and there will be MCQ type questions in NDA exam. There will be a penalty for each wrong answer. The applicants will have to use only black ball pen to marks their answers. The examination will have 2 parts- Mathematics & General Ability Test.

Subjects	Code	Duration	Maximum marks
Mathematics	01	2 hours & 30 minutes	300
General Ability Test	02	2 hours & 30 minutes	600
SSB Test/Interview			900
Total			1800

NDA 2018 Exam Syllabus

The examination syllabus of NDA 2018 has been divided into 2 parts- Mathematics & General Ability Test. The General Ability Test includes questions from different topics such as Chemistry, English, General Science, GK, Geography, Physics & Current Affairs.

NDA PREVIOUS PAPERS
National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2018