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NDA Exam 1 2024 will be conducted on April 2024. UPSC NDA 2024: NDA exam stands for National Defence Academy exam, it is a nationwide exam. The NDA exam is a crucial and most awaited exam for Indian Army Aspirants. The NDA exam is conducted by UPSC(Union Public Service Commission). UPSC conducts the NDA exam twice a year. The purpose of this exam is to recruit eligible candidates in the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.
The NDA exam is conducted twice a year, first in April and second in September. The exam is conducted in offline mode and the application will be accepted in online mode. After clearing the written exam, candidates have to appear for the crucial SSB interview which will be organized in two rounds. After clearing the written and interview process, candidates have to go through an SSB medical examination process which is a necessary part to qualify for the selection into National Defence Academy.
Once the candidate is selected for admission in NDA will be sent for the training process at NDA, Khadakwasla. After completing the training tenure they become NDA graduates and then get posted in the respective academies of any of 3 Indian forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) such as IMA (Indian Military Academy), INA (Indian Naval Academy), and AFA (Air Force Academy).
All the information related to the UPSC NDA exam such as notification, important dates, no. of vacancies, the application process, selection process, cut-off marks, etc. has been discussed in this article below. Also, candidates are instructed to follow the UPSC website regularly for the NDA 2024 recruitment procedure.
Admit Card for UPSC NDA 1 2024 will be released. Those who have filled out the form can visit the Official website to procure the same.
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Table of Contents
Particulars | Details |
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Exam Name | UPSC National Defence Academy 2024 |
Popularly Known As | UPSC NDA 2024 |
Conducting Authority | Union Public Service Commission |
Exam Frequency | Twice a year |
Exam Level | National Level |
Marital Status | Only Unmarried candidates are allowed |
Application Mode | Online |
Exam Mode | Offline i.e. Pen and Paper based |
No. of Papers |
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Number of exam centers | 42 |
Duration | Mathematics: 2 hours 30 minutes, General Ability Test: 2 hours 30 minutes |
Selection Process |
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Official Website | upsc.gov.in |
Exam helpdesk | 011-23381125, 011-23385271, 011- 23098543 |
Soon, the Union Public Service Commission will release the exam calendar for all the upcoming exams conducted by UPSC in 2024. UPSC conducts the NDA exam twice a year, first in April and second in September. Here we have provided the tentative dates of both NDA-I and NDA-II exams. The exact dates will be decided by the officials of UPSC and will be released along with the announcement of official notification.
Events | Dates | Dates |
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NDA-I | NDA-II | |
Releasing date of Official Notification | March 2024 | 18 May 2024 |
The application window will open from | March 2024 | 18 May 2024 |
Last date to apply online for NDA | March 2024 | 14 June 2024 |
Last date to pay the application fee by cash | March 2024 | 14 June 2024 |
Withdraw of application | March 2024 | 21 June 2024 |
Admit card will be available from | March 2024 | 22 August 2024 |
NDA Exam date | April 2024 | 4 September 2024 |
Declaration date of NDA Result | May 2024 | November 2024 |
SSB interview | July 2024 | September 2024 |
Along with the release of the official notification, the UPSC will announce the no. of total and exact vacancies in the NDA for both the sessions of April and September. Till then, you have to try to do focus on your studies.
The candidates who will get selected through this recruitment process, have to go through the training process. During the crucial training period, they will get a training stipend of INR. 56,100. Later the training period, the stipend will be converted to salary with increments depending upon the level of the post.
Here we have provided you the database of salaries depending on rank and pay level.
Rank | Pay Level |
Lieutenant to Major | Lieutenant: Level 10 – INR (56,100 – 1,77,500) Captain: Level 10 B – INR (61,200 – 1, 93,900) Major: Level 11 – INR (69,400 – 2,07,200) |
Lieutenant Colonel to Major General | Lieutenant Colonel: Level 12 – INR (1,21,200- 2,12,400) Colonel: Level 13 – INR (1,30,600- 2,15,900) Brigadier: Level 13 – INR (1,39,600 – 2,17,600) Major General: Level 14 – INR (1,44,200 – 2,18,200) |
Lieutenant General HAG Scale | Level 15 INR 1,82,200 – INR 2,24,100 |
HAG + Scale | Level 16 – INR 2,05,400 – INR 2,24,400 |
VCOAS | Level 17 – INR 2,25,000 |
Army Cadet | Level 17 – INR 2,25,000 |
Lieutenant General (NFSG) | Level 17 – INR 2,25,000 |
COAS | Level 18 – INR 2,5,000 |
The application form will be released online for NDA-I and NDA-II exams on the official website of UPSC on 22 December 2021 and 18 May 2024 respectively. Candidates should check the dates properly by visiting the website of UPSC and should fill out the form before the application’s ending date i.e. 11 January and 14 June 2024 respectively.
In this section, we have discussed every piece of information about the application process such as form filling, required documents, format details of documents, fee details, etc. So to fill the UPSC NDA application form, read all the steps thoroughly.
The particulars for the NDA application fee are given below in the table.
Category | Application Fee |
General | Rs. 100/- |
OBC | Rs. 100/- |
SC/ST/NCO/JCO/OR | Nil |
The format of the required document i.e. Photograph and Signature should be the same as the description mentioned by the authorities. The photograph should be of recent days with a background as a white color and the signature should be the permanent signature of the candidates written with black/blue ball ink pen. The specification of the documents are as follow:
Document | File Format | Resolution (Height*Width) | File Size | Bit Depth |
Photograph | .jpg | 110* 140-pixel | (3-40) KB | 24 Bit |
Signature | .jpg | 110* 140-pixel | (1-40) KB | 24 Bit |
Relevant Links | ||
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Delhi Police | AFCAT | Haryana Police |
TNUSRB | Rajasthan Police | Territorial Army |
If you are ready to join NDA and want to fill the form of UPSC NDA 2024, then you must have to be aware of the required eligibility for this exam such as Nationality, Age limit, Qualification, etc.
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The exam pattern of NDA has merely two parts:
It has merely two papers, namely Paper-I: Mathematics & Paper-II: General Knowledge consisting of a total of 900 marks. The question paper will be objective type and will be conducted in offline mode. The medium of the question paper will be bilingual i.e. Hindi and English. The negative marking will be there in the exam.
The detailed exam pattern of the NDA exam is given below in the table:
Paper | Paper I (Mathematics) | Paper-II (English & General Knowledge) |
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Mode | Offline | Offline |
Sections | Arithmetic, Trigonometry, Algebra | English, History and Freedom Movement, Geography, Current Events, General Science, Physics, Chemistry, |
Medium of Examination | Bilingual i.e. English and Hindi | Bilingual i.e. English and Hindi |
Type of Questions | MCQs | MCQs |
No. of Questions | 120 Questions | 150 Questions |
Duration | 150 Minutes | 150 Minutes |
Maximum Marks | 300 Marks | 600 Marks |
Distribution of Marks | 300 Marks | English (200 marks) General Science (40 marks) Chemistry (60 marks) Physics (100 marks) Current Events (40 marks) History and Freedom Movement (80 marks) Geography (80 marks) |
Marking Scheme | 2.5 for every correct answer | 4 for every correct answer |
Negative Marking | 0.83 for every incorrect answer | 1.33 for every incorrect answer |
NDA Interview will comprise of two parts:
First candidates have to clear the written exam after that they will call for interview rounds. Candidates who qualify for stage one of the NDA interview process will have to appear for stage two of the interview process.
After clearing the Interview process followed by a written exam, candidates will be called for Medical Test for final selection.
Union Public Service Commission sets the exam syllabus of the NDA exam. For the latest pattern of the NDA exam, all the candidates are advised to follow the official website. The syllabus contains mainly three sections Maths, English, and General Knowledge.
Part ‘A’ – English: In this part, the knowledge of Grammar and its Usage, Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Cohesion to test the candidate’s proficiency in English will be tested.
Part ‘B’ – General Knowledge: In this part, questions from different subjects Chemistry, Physics, General Science, History, Geography, Social Studies, and Current Events will be tested.
Mainly, the level of the questions in all the subjects will be of class 10+2 level.
The admit card or say hall ticket of the NDA exam will be released by the officials of the Union Public Service Commission on its official website. Candidates will have to go to the official website to download the hard copy of their hall ticket for the NDA exam. Admit card/ hall ticket is the most important document that is to be carried out at the exam center.
The invigilator at the exam center will check your existence with your Photo identity card. So, at the examination center, along with the NDA Admit Card, candidates will have to carry the following documents:
Here are the best preparation tips for you for the UPSC NDA exam 2024. Candidates are advised to read these tips and try to execute them in their preparation, these will going to make a good change in your preparation.
The NDA exam will be held in 41 cities across the country. The list of all the cities are given below in the table:
Exam City | Exam City |
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Agartala | Kolkata |
Allahabad | Kohima |
Aizawl | Kochi |
Ahmedabad | Lucknow |
Bareilly | Mumbai |
Bengaluru | Madurai |
Bhopal | Nagpur |
Cuttack | Port Blair |
Chandigarh | Patna |
Chennai | Panaji (Goa) |
Dharwad | Ranchi |
Dehradun | Raipur |
Delhi | Shimla |
Dispur | Sambalpur |
Gangtok | Srinagar |
Hyderabad | Shillong |
Itanagar | Tirupati |
Imphal | Thiruvananthapuram |
Jammu | Udaipur |
Jaipur | Vishakhapatnam |
Jorhat | Almora |
To avoid disqualification/ termination from the exam, candidates should have to take care of the following instructions and guidelines issued by the officials. Which are as follows:
The syllabus of the UPSC NDA examination is based on the topics covered in the NCERT books of 10+2 level. So it is highly recommended to start your preparation with NCERT books. But to get a standard and some advanced knowledge and to solve different levels of the question, candidates will have to read some standard books also which are specially designed for the NDA exam. The list of such books are as follows:
Books | Author/ Publication Name |
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English Grammar and Composition | Wren and Martin |
History Of Modern India (History) | Bipan Chandra |
Oxford School Atlas (Geography) | Oxford |
Social Problems In India (Indian Society – GS1) | Ram Ahuja |
Mathematics for NDA and NA: National Defence Academy and Naval Academy | R S Aggarwal |
NDA Mathematics (Hindi) | RPH Editorial Board |
Science and Technology in India (Science and Technology) | Kalpana Rajaram: Spectrum |
Study Package MATHEMATICS NDA & NA Entrance Exam | Arihant |
Quantitative aptitude for competitive examinations | R S Aggarwal |
Manorama Yearbook | Mammen Mathew |
Objective General English for Competitive Exams | S.P. Bakshi |
The below section tells you more about the UPSC NDA answer key. After the successful completion of the NDA 2024 exam, the officials of UPSC will release the official answer key for each shift of the examination on its official website. Candidates are advised to match their answer sheet with the final answer key released by the UPSC.
The result for the written exam of UPSC NDA will be published post one month of NDA examination on the official site of UPSC. The result will consist of Roll no. of qualified candidates only in the pdf form. Once who get qualified for the interview round, have to register themselves again to attend the interview. After the interview, a final list of qualified candidates will be released post 2 weeks of the interview session. The final result will be accessible within one month of publishing the final result.
The selection to the NDA will be based on the two-stage process:
First candidates have to appear for the written exam, which consists of 900 marks, and then must have to qualify for the cutoff set by the officials. After clearing the cut-off, a merit list of the selected candidates will be published then. Now those who are shortlisted will have to register themselves on the official website of joinindianarmy.nic.in within 15 days of the issued merit list.
After the registration, the interview center and respective dates will then be notified on their registered contact details. The SSB interview round of NDA plays an important role in the selection, for this round candidates have to clear both stages of selection one by one i.e. first they have to clear OIR and PPDT for the first round of interviews. After clearing the first round, shortlisted candidates will again have to appear for the second interview round which is basically a Group Discussion and Psychology Test.
After clearing all these above processes, the final merit list of the candidates will be published for recruitment in NDA.
S. No | Stages | Activities conducted |
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1. | Testing | Verbal and Non-verbal test Screening PPDT |
2. | Psychological Test | Word Association Test [WAT] Thematic Appreciation Test [TAT] Situation Reaction Test [SRT] Self Description Test [ SD] |
3. | Group Testing Officers Test | Group Discussion (GD) Group Planning Exercise (GPE) Half Group Task (HGT) Progressive Group Task (PGT) Command Task Individual Obstacles Task (IOT) Individual lecture Snake race/Group Obstacle Race Final Group Task (FGT) |
5. | Personal Interview | Personal Interview |
6. | Conference | Conference |
After completing the written exam and interview process, to ensure the final selection, candidates have to through the document verification process. Candidates will have to appear at Service Selection Center (SSC) and must have to carry all the required original documents along with their xerox copy of each. The required documents are listed below:
After all the procedures of selection, candidates have to go through the medical examination. The eligible candidates will be recruited in NDA iff (if and only if) they get the fitness certificate from the medical examiner of SSB. Otherwise, the candidature will be rejected if they disqualify the medical test.
The required minimum cut off marks to qualify the UPSC NDA written examination will be released by the officials just after the commencement of the written exam result. Only those candidates will be considered for the next two rounds of interviews those who scored more than the UPSC NDA cut-off marks.
UPSC will set the minimum qualifying marks/ cut off marks for NDA 2024 on the basis of the following different factors:
Section | Expected Cut Off |
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Mathematics | 190 – 230 out of 300 |
General Ability Test | 380 – 430 out of 600 |
Here we have given the previous year’s cut off for the NDA exam (written). These cut-off trends will help you to get an idea about the expected cutoff for the NDA 2024 exam.
Year | NDA(I) (Max Marks:900) | NDA(II) (Max Marks:900) |
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2020 | 355 marks | – |
2019 | 342 (with minimum 25% marks in each section) | 346 |
2018 | 338 (with minimum 25% in each section) | 325 (with minimum 25% in each subject) |
2017 | 342(With minimum 25 % marks in each section) | 258 |
2016 | 288 (With minimum 25 % marks in each section) | 315 |
2015 | 306 (With a minimum of 30% marks in each section) | 269 (With minimum 25% marks in each subject) |
2014 | 348 | 368 |
2013 | 337 | 313 |
2012 | 333 | 322 |
2011 | 290 | 253 |
2010 | 263 | 193 |
Year | NDA 1 Qualified | NDA 2 Qualified |
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2015 | 423 | |
2016 | 548 | |
2017 | 371 | 390 |
2018 | 379 | 520 |
2019 | 447 | – |
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi- 110069
Phone: 011-23098543 / 23381125 /23385271 / 23098591
Official website: www.upsc.gov.in
Email- feedback-upsc@gov.in
The purpose of the NDA exam is to train and recruit eligible candidates in the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.
Every year, the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) conducts the NDA exam.
Every year, the NDA exam is conducted twice a year.
The official website of UPSC to apply for the NDA exam is www.upsc.gov.in.
The minimum age of the candidates to apply for the NDA exam is 15.7 years or 16 years during the starting of the course.
The medium of the question paper of the NDA 2023 exam will be bilingual i.e. both Hindi and English except for English Paper.
There are two stages of the selection procedure to the gateway of NDA:
After clearing the above two stages, candidates have to go through the Document verification process and Medical Examination process.
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