» UPSC NDA Eligibility Criteria

UPSC conducts the National Defence Academy ( NDA ) Entrance Exam. This leads to admission in Army, Navy & Air Force wings.  This is conducted twice every year generally in April & September. Those who want to proceed their career in defense should go for this.

The eligibility criteria for NDA exam is as follows :

1. Age, sex & marital status – Only males can apply. The applicant should be at least 16 1/2 yrs. of age & should not be more than 19 yrs on 1st Jan or 1st July of the year in which exam is to hold. The applicant should be unmarried & cannot marry until the training period. If he does so then all the expenditures incurred on him by the government has to be refunded.
2. Educational Qualification – The candidate should be at least 12th pass under the 10+2 pattern or equivalent conducted by State Education Board or University ( For Naval & Air Force wings, the candidates should have physics & mathematics as compulsory subjects in the qualifying exam). The candidate appearing in the qualifying exam can also apply.
3. Nationality – The candidate should be either an Indian or a subject of Bhutan or Nepal or Tibetan refugee.
4. Physical Standards – The candidates should fulfill the physical standards as mentioned in order to qualify himself for the exam. Anybody having minor ailments like ear wax, hernia, hydrocele/phimosis, DNS, gynaecomastia, piles, varicocele, tonsillitis should undergo rectification as soon as possible so that medical examination carried out at the military hospital will be speedy. He should fulfill the following criteria -
   * should be good physical & mental health & free from any disability or disease which is likely to interfere with the performance.
   * should not be overweight or underweight. He should not have a weakly constitution.
   * Height should be at least 157.5 cms & 162.5cms for Air Force wing.
   * Chest should be fully expanded. The fully expanded chest should not be less than 81cms.
   * There should not be any disease of bones or joints of the body.