National Defense Academy

NDA - National Defense Academy Examination

Hi friends, in this page I want to share ideas about NDA exam, Syllabus, Notification, Previous Year Question Papers, Results and links.

NDA exam is famous among the students who have finished their inter college or +2 examinations.   Since, by this exam only the male citizens of India can able to become officers at very young age of 21(approximately).  So there are huge number of applications are received at every time, though only the best of the best are getting selected.

Ok let we see about this exam in detail,

What is NDA Exam?

NDA – National Defense Academy Examination is conducted by UPSC – (Union Public Service Commission) twice a year for the selection of candidates to the Indian defense forces such as Army, Navy and Air Force.

The exams are conducted during the months of April and September.  And the notification for these exams will come by the month of May and December.

The candidates short listed by this exam will be called for SSB Interview.  And those who clear the interview, medically fit are inducted into training at training academies. (Based on the number of vacancies)

Ok, let we come to the number of seats in the training academies,

For Army,

Army wing of National Defense Academy, khadakwasla, Pune – 195 vacancies

For Navy, khadakwasla, Pune - 39 vacancies

Indian Naval Academy Course, khadakwasla, Pune – 35 vacancies (10+2 cadet entry scheme)

The candidates Joining Indian Naval Academy would undergo 4 years

B. Tech Course and would be given an opportunity to join Executive and Technical

Branches of the Navy subject to availability of vacancies

For Air Force,

Air Force Wings of National Defense Academy, khadakwasla – 66 vacancies

The number of vacancies given above is tentative only; it may very depend on the individual notification.

Ok, now your question is, “I want to know the eligibility to apply for this exam? Right”……..

Eligibility:-

I want to separate the eligibility criteria into two,

i) Age

ii) Education

Eligibility by Age:-

Un married male candidates in the following age groups are eligible

Training center	Age
National Defense Academy	16 ½ - 19 years

The candidate must not have attained the age 19 years on the 1st January or 1st of July of the year succeeding the year of examination.

Also, they should not marry at the time of their training in NDA.

Eligibility by Education:-

 For Army wing of National Defense Academy :- 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

(ii) For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defense Academy and for the

10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy:-

12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

Candidates who are appearing in the 12^th Class under the 10+2 pattern of School

Education or equivalent examination can also apply for this examination.

Important: - The candidates who are pursuing their 11^th standard are not eligible to apply for this.

The candidates who are appearing in 12^th standard, i.e. their results are yet to come are given permission to apply for this, though they should submit the proof of pass on the prescribed date on the relevant notification.

How Training is given to the selected candidates?

The selected candidates for the three services, viz., Army, Navy and Air Force are given preliminary training both academic and physical for a period of 3 years at the National Defense Academy which is an Inter-service Institution. The training during the first two and half years is common to the cadets of three wings. The cadets on passing out will be awarded B.Sc./B.Sc. (Computer)/BA. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. The selected candidates of the Naval Academy will be given preliminary training both academic and physical, for a period of 04 years at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala. The cadets of 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme will be awarded a B. Tech Degree on successful completion of training.

On passing out from the National Defence Academy, Army Cadets go to the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, Navel Cadets to Indian Naval Academy Ezhimala  and Air Force cadets to AFA, HYDERABAD.

At the I.M.A. Army Cadets are known as Gentlemen Cadets and are given strenuous military training for a period of one year aimed at turning officer capable of leading infantry Sub-units. On successful completion  of training Gentlemen Cadets are granted Permanent Commission in the rank of Lt .  subject to being medically fit in “SHAPE” one. The Naval cadets are selected for the Executive Branch of the Navy, on passing out from the National Defence Academy and are given  further training at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala for a period of one year on successful completion of which they are  promoted to the rank of Sub Lieutenants Air Force Cadets receive flying training for a period of 1½ years. However, at the end of 1 year of training they are given provisional Commission in the rank of Flying Officer. After successful

completion of further training of six months they are absorbed as permanent commissioned officers on probation for a period of one year.

Physical Standards:-

HEIGHT/WEIGHT STANDARDS FOR                  ARMY/AIR FORCE                          TABLE-I
Height in Centimeters (Without shoes)	Weight in Kgs. 16-17        17-18          18-19 years         years          years
152 ............        42.5         44.0                45.0 155 ............        43.5         45.3                47.0 157 ............        45.0         47.0                48.0 160 ............        46.5         48.0                49.0 162 ............        48.0         50.0                51.0 165 ............        50.0         52.0                53.0 167 ............        51.0         53.0                54.0 170 ............        52.5         55.0                56.0 173 ............        54.5         57.0                58.0 175 ............        56.0         59.0                60.0 178 ............        58.0         61.0                62.0 180 ............        60.0         63.0                64.5 183 ............        62.5        65.0                 66.5

HEIGHT/WEIGHT STANDARDS FOR                              NAVY                          TABLE-II
Height in Centimetres (Without shoes)	Weight in Kgs. 16                18          20 year           year        year
152 ...............      44                45                  46 155 ...............      45                 46                 47 157 ...............      46                 47                 49 160 ...............      47                 48                 50 162 ...............      48                 50                 52 165 ...............      50                 52                 53 168 ...............      52                 53                 55 170 ...............      53                 55                 57 173 ...............      55                 57                 59 175 ...............      57                 59                 61 178 ...............      59                 61                 62 180 ...............      61                 63                 64 183 ...............      63                 65                 67

 Friends, here I have covered detailed information about eye sight for NDA entry, since in our blog friends are asking questions more related to eye sight only.  So here it follows

Vision standard for Naval candidates

Uncorrected without glass 6/9

Corrected with glass 6/6

Limits of Myopia -0.75

Limits of Hypermetropia +1.5

Binocular vision I I I

Limits of colour preception I

Visual standards for Air Force

Candidates who habitually wear spectacles are not eligible for Air Force, Minimum distant vision 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other, correctable to 6/6 only for Hypermetropia, Color vision CP-I Hypermetropia : + 2.0 D SphManifest Myopia : Nil

Retinoscopic Myopia : - 0.5 in any Meridian permitted.

Astigmatism : +0.75 D Cyl (within + 2.0 D-Max)

Maddox Rod Test

(i) at 6 meters - Exo - 6 prism D

Eso - 6 prism D

Hyper-1 Prism D

Hypro-1 Prism D

(ii) at 33 cms - Exo - 16 Prism D

Eso - 6 prism D

Hyper - 1 prism D

Hypo - 1 prism D

Hand held Stereoscope - All of BSV grades Convergence - Up to 10 cm

Cover test for distant and near -Lateral divergence/convergence recovery rapid and complete Radial Keratotomy, Photo Refractive Keratotomy/laser in Situ, Kerato -mileusis (PRK/LASIK) surgeries for correction of refractive errors are not permitted for any Air Force duties. Candidates having undergone cataract surgery with or without IOL implants will also be declared unfit.

Binocular vision must possess good binocular vision (fusion and stereopsis with

good amplitude and depth.

Candidates who have undergone LASIK surgery are not considered fit for permanent commission in flying branch in IAF.

(s) USG abdomen examination will be carried out and any congential structural anomaly or disease of the abdominal organs will be a cause for rejection in Armed Forces.

(t) The candidates should have sufficient number of natural and sound teeth. A minimum of 14 dental points will be acceptable. When 32 teeth are present, the total dental points are 22. A candidate should not be suffering from severe pyorrhea.

(u) Routine ECG and EEG for Air Force candidates must be within normal limits.

(v) Physical conditioning: Prospective candidates are advised to keep themselves in good physical condition , by following the under mentioned routine :-

(a) Running 2.4 km in 15 minutes

(b) Skipping

(c) Pushups and sit ups (minimum 20 each)

(d) Chin ups (minimum 08)

(e) Rope climbing - 3-4 meters

All the other medical tests are carried out by separate departments such as cardiology, dermatology etc.

To know more about SSB Medical examination CLICK HERE

STANDARD AND SYLLABUS OF THE EXAMINATION:

The following are the SYLLABUS FOR NDA EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS (CODE No. 01)

1.ALGEBRA

Concept of a set, operations on sets,Venn diagrams.  De Morgan laws.  Cartesian

product, relation, equivalence relation.  Representation of real numbers on a line.  Complex numbers   -   basic properties, modulus, argument, cube roots of unity.

Binary system of numbers. Conversion of a number in decimal system to binary

System and vice - versa.  Arithmetic , Geometric and Harmonic progressions.

Quadratic  equations with real coefficients. Solution of linear in equations of two

variables by graphs.  Permutation and Combination. Binomial theorem and its

applications .  Logarithms and their applications.

2. MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS:

Types of matrices, operations on matrices. Determinant of a matrix, basic properties of determinants. Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix, Applications - Solution of a system of linear equations in two or three unknowns by Cramer's rule and by Matrix Method.

3. TRIGONOMETRY:

Angles and their measures in degrees and in  radians.  Tr igonomet r ical   rat ios.

Trigonometric identities Sum and difference formulae. Multiple and Sub-multiple angles. Inverse trigonometric functions. Applications - Height and distance, properties of triangles.

4.  ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS :

Rectangular Cartesian Coordinate system. Distance formula. Equation of a line in various forms. Angle between two lines. Distance of a point from a line. Equation of a circle in standard and in general form. Standard forms of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola. Eccentricity and axis of a conic. Point in  a three dimensional space, distance between two points. Direction Cosines and direction ratios. Equation of a

plane and a line in various forms. Angle between two lines and angle between two planes. Equation of a sphere.

5. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS :

Concept of a real valued function - domain, range and graph of a function. Composite functions, one to one, onto and inverse functions. Notion of limit, Standard limits - examples.  Continuity of functions - examples , algebraic operations on continuous functions. Derivative of function at a point , geometrical and physical interpretation of a derivative - applications. Derivatives of sum, product and quotient of functions, derivative of a function with respect to another function, derivative of a composite function . Second  order derivatives. Increasing and decreasing functions. Application of derivatives in problems of maxima and minima.

6 . INEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS :

Integration as inverse of differentiation, integration by substitution and by parts, standard  integrals  involving algebraic expressions, trigonometric, exponential and hyperbolic functions. Evaluation of definite integrals - determination of areas of plane regions bounded by curves -applications.  Definition of order and degree of   a differential equation, formation of a differential equation by examples. General and particular solution of a differential equations, solution of first order and first degree differential equations of various types - examples. Application in problems of growth and decay.

7. VECTOR ALGEBRA :

Vectors  in  two and  three dimensions, magnitude and direction of a vector. Unit and null vectors, addition of vectors, scalar multiplication of a vector, scalar product or dot product of two vectors. Vector product or  cross product of two vectors. Applications-work done by a force and moment of a force and in geometrical

problems.

8. STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY:

Statistics: Classification of data, Frequency distribution , cumulative Frequency distribution - examples.  Graphical representation - Histogram, Pie Chart , frequency polygon  -  examples. Measures of Central tendency - Mean, median and mode. Variance and standard deviation - determination and comparison.

Correlation and regression. Probability: Random experiment , outcomes and associated sample space,

events, mutually exclusive and exhaustive events, impossible and certain events Union and Intersection of events . Complementary, elementary and composite events. Definition of probability – classical and statistical - examples. Elementary theorems on probability - simple problems. Conditional probability, Bayes' theorem -

simple problems.  Random var iable as funct ion on a sample space.  Binomial distribution , examples of random experiments giving rise to Binominal distribution.

GENERAL ABILITY TEST – (CODE No. 02)

Paper	Subject	Code No	Marks
II	General Ability Test	02	600
Part – A	English		200
Part - B	General Knowledge		400

Part ‘A’ - ENGLISH (Maximum Marks 200)

The question paper in English will be designed to test the candidate’s understanding of English and workman like use of words. The syllabus covers various aspects like : Grammar and usage, vocabulary, comprehension and cohesion in extended text to test the candidate’s proficiency in English.

Part ‘B’ - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (Maximum Marks-400)

The question paper on General Knowledge will broadly cover the subjects : Physics, Chemistry, General Science, Social Studies, Geography and Current Events.

The syllabus given below is designed to indicate the scope of these subjects included in this paper. The topics mentioned are not to be regarded as exhaustive and questions on topics of similar nature not specifically mentioned in the syllabus may also be asked. Candidate’s answers are expected to show their knowledge and intelligent understanding of the subject.

Section ‘A’ (Physics)

Physical Properties and States of Matter, Mass, Weight, Volume, Density and Specific Gravity, Principle of Archimedes, Pressure Barometer. Motion of objects , Velocity and Acceleration, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Force and Momentum, Parallelogram of Forces, Stability and Equilibrium of bodies, Gravitation, elementary ideas of work, Power and Energy. Effects of Heat, Measurement of temperature and heat, change of State and Latent Heat, Modes of transference of Heat. Sound waves and their properties, Simple musical instruments. Rectilinear propagation of Light, Reflection and refraction. Spherical mirrors and Lenses. Human Eye. Natural and Artificial Magnets, Properties of a Magnet, Earth as a Magnet. Static and Current Electricity, conductors and Non-conductors, Ohm’s Law, Simple Electrical Circuits, Heating, Lighting and Magnetic effects of Current, Measurement of Electrical Power, Primary and Secondary Cells, Use of X-Rays.

General Principles in the working of the  following :

Simple Pendulum, Simple Pulleys, Siphon, Levers,  Bal loon,  Pumps,  Hydrometer, Pressure  Cooker ,  Thermos Flask , Gramophone,  Telegraphs,  Telephone, Periscope,   Telescope, Microscope, Mariner’s Compass; Lightening Conductors, Safety Fuses.

Section ‘B’ (Chemistry)

Physical and Chemical changes. Elements, Mixtures and Compounds, Symbols, Formulae and simple Chemical Equations, Law of Chemical Combination (excluding problems). Properties of Air and Water. Preparation and Properties of Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbondioxide, Oxidation and Reduction. Acids, bases and salts. Carbon - different forms. Fertilizers - Natural and Artificial Material used in the preparation of substances like soap, Glass, Ink, Paper, Cement, Paints, Safety Matches, and Gun-Powder. Elementary ideas about the Structure of Atom, Atomic, Equivalent and Molecular Weights, Valency.

Section ‘C’ (General Science)

Difference between the living and non- living. Basis of Life - Cells, Protoplasms and Tissues. Growth and Reproduction in Plants and Animals. Elementary knowledge of Human Body and its important organs.

Common Epidemics, their causes and prevention. Food - Source of Energy for man. Constituents of food, Balanced Diet. The Solar System - Meteors and Comets,

Eclipses. Achievements of Eminent Scientists.

Section ‘D’ (History, Freedom Movement etc.)

A broad survey of Indian History, with emphasis on Culture and Civilisation. Freedom Movement in India. Elementary study of Indian Constitution and  administration. Elementary knowledge of Five Year Plans of India. Panchayati Raj, Co-operatives and Community Development. Bhoodan, Sarvodaya, National Integration and Welfare State, Basic Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Forces shaping the modern world; Renaissance, Exploration and Discovery; War of American Independence. French Revolution, Industrial Revolution and Russian Revolution. Impact of Science and Technology on Society. Concept of one World,

United Nations, Panchsheel, Democracy. Socialism and Communism. Role of India

in the present world.

Section ‘E’ (Geography)

The Earth, its shape and size. Lattitudes and Longitudes, Concept of time.  International Date Line. Movements of Earth and their effects.

Origin of Earth. Rocks and their classification; Weathering - Mechanical and Chemical, Earthquakes and volcanoes.

Ocean Currents and Tides

Atmosphere and its composition; Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure, Planetary

Winds, cyclones and Anti-cyclones; Humidity; Condensation and Precipitation; Types

of Climate. Major Natural regions of the World. Regional Geography of India - Climate, Natural vegetation. Mineral and Power resources; location and distribution of agricultural and industrial activities. Important Sea ports and main sea, land and air routes of India. Main items of Imports and Exports of India.

Section ‘F’ (Current Events)

Knowledge of Important events that have happened in India in the recent years. Current important world events. Prominent personalities - both Indian and International including those connected with cultural activities and sports.

NOTE :

Out of maximum marks assigned to part ‘B’ of this paper, questions on Sections ‘A’,

‘ B ’ ,   ‘ C ’ ,   ‘ D ’ ,   ‘ E ’   a n d   ‘ F ’   will carry approximately 25%, 15%, 10%, 20%, 20% and 10% weightages respectively.

So the syllabus is over friends, (hope all are feeling it as easy). Let we come to the Scheme of examinations.

As per the syllabus above, the total numbers of examinations are TWO.

Mathematics.

General Ability Test.

The exams are conducted with a duration of 2 - 1/2 hours and total marks are 900 (300+600).

SUBJECT	DURATION OF EXAM		CODE		MARKS
Mathematics	2 - 1/2 hours		01		300
General Ability Test.	2 - 1/2 hours		02		600
			TOTAL MARKS		900

The questions are of objective type questions only, with multiple choices.