UPSC Recruitment 2024

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

 NATIONAL  DEFENCE ACADEMY & NAVAL ACADEMY EXMINATION - 2025

(COMMISSION'S WEBSITE http://upsc.gov.in) 

Application Start Date :

Application Last Date :

Application Fee :Rs.100/- ( for general candidates) 

Age : 16.5 to 19.5 years. 

Total Vacancy : 406 

Application Fee : Rs. 100/- ( Exempt for SC/ST and Female Candidates) 

NOTE : Black Ball Pen use must  be use in Examination. 

Details of Vacancies

Name of Force	No. Of Vacancies	Female Candidates
1) National Defense Academy	Total - 406 posts available
A) Army	208	10
B) Navy	42	06
A) Airforce
a. Flying	92	02
b. Ground Duties (Tec)	18	02
c.Ground Duties (Non-Tech)	10	02
Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme)	36	05

        CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

a) Nationality : A candidate must be unmarried male/ female  and must be :

1) a citizen of India, or 

2) a subject of Nepal, or

3) a person of Indian original who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in  India 

         

   All Communication in the regarda    should contain the following particulars. 

1. NAME AND YEAR OF THE EXAMINATION. 
2. REGISTRATION I. D. (RID) 
3. ROLL NUMNBER (IF RECEIVED) 
4. NAME OF CANDIDATE ( IN FULL AND IN BLOCK LETTERS). 
5. COMPLETE POSTAL  ADDRESS AS GIVEN IN THE APPLICATION. 
6. VALID AND ACTIVCE EMAIL ID. 

       EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :

1).FOR ARMY WING NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY :-

• 12 th class pass  of the 10+2  pattern of school Education Or   equivalent conducted by a State Education board  or a University. 

2). For Air Force & Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and  for the 10+2 Cadets Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy  :- 

• 12th  Class pass with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of the the 10+2 pattern of school Education Or equivalent conducted by a State Education Board Or a University. 

How To Apply ; 

1. Candidates are required to apply online by using the website upsconline.gov.in.A candidates who is willing to apply for National Defense Academy and Naval Academy Examination shall be required to apply on-line and submit the requisite information and supporting documents towards various claims, such as date of birth, educational qualification, etc as may be sought by the Commission alongwith the Registration and Online Application Form. For detailed instructions for filling up the form, the Notice for National Defense Academy and Naval Academy Examination (1), 2025 may be referred. The failure to provide the required information/documents along with the Online Application Form Or within the correction+window, if any, provided by the Commission will entail cancellation of candidates for the examination. 
2.    Registration has to done only once in life time. This can be done anytime throughout the year. If the candidate is already registratered, he /she can proceed straightway for filling up to the online application for the examination. 

Modification in Registration Profile :

• In case, the candidate wants to effect any change in his /her Registration profile, it shall be allowed only once in the lifetime after the registration at Registration platform. The option to change in Registration profile data shall be available till expiry of 7 days from the next day after the closure of application window of his/her first final application for any Examination of the Commission. In case, the candidate after registration applies for the first time in this examination;last date of modification of Registration would be 07/01/2025.

Physical Standard :

• Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to National Defense Academy and Naval Academy Examination(1), 2025 as per guidelines given in Appendix-4.

•  A candidates who has resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from any of the training Academies of Armed Forces is not eligible to apply. 

     SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

Subject	Code	Duration	Maximum marks
Mathematics	01	2 1/2 Hours.	300
General Ability Test	02	2 1/2 Hours.	600
Total			900
SSB Test/Interview			900

 

 - Negative of 1/4 wrong answer (0.25) 

2. THE PAPERS IN ALL THE SUBJECT WILL CONSIST OF OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION ONLY. THE QUESTION PAPERS (TEST BOOKLETS) OF MATHEMATICS & PART B" OF GENERAL  ABILITY TEST WILL BE SET BILINGUALLY IN HINDI  AS WELL AS ENGLISH. 

3.In the  question papers , wherever necessary, question involving the metric system of Weight and Measures only will be set. 

4.Candidates must be the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a write answer for them. 

5. The Commission have description to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subject at the examination. 

6.The candidates are not permitted to use calculator or Mathematics or Logarithmic table for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall. 

   SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION :

PAPER - 1

1.ALGEBRA

2.MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

3.TRIGONOMETRY

4.ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS.

5.DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

6.INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION. 

7.VECTOR ALGEBRA

8.STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY. 

PAPER -2 

GENERAL ABILITY TEST

PART -A . ENGLISH

PART -B. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Section-A  (Physics) 

Section-B  (Chemistry) 

Section-C ( General Science) 

Section-D (History, Freedom Moments etc.) 

Section -E ( Geography) 

Section - F (Current Events) 

Note : Out of maximum marks assigned to part B' of this paper, questions on Section A', B', C', D', E' will carry approximatapproximately 25%, 15%, 10%, 20%, 20% and 10%  Weightages respectively. 

Intelligence and Personality Test. 

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