Dear aspirant

Application form for NDA I will be released from 21st December 2022 & for NDA II it will be made available from 17th May 2023.

Applying candidate age should be between 16.5 to 19.5 years.

For NDA I, the candidate must be born between 2nd July 2004 to 1st July 2007. For NDA II, the candidate must be born between 2nd January 2005 to 1st January 2008.

For NDA 1, you will be eligible in 2023 but unfortunately you will not will be eligible for NDA 2 in 2023

Hope i was able to clear your doubt

All the best

Hello Vimlesh,

Sorry to say but you will be disqualified in NDA medical examination because of your bent band bone,however in case of fracture only you may get selected if it doesn't make problem in doing any physical tasks.

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Hi

Being in class  11th right now you are not eligible as to be eligible for nda, you need to be at least class 12th board examination appearing student or should have already passed it.

If you are in class 11th right now in 2022 then you will be giving your class 11th final examination in 2023 and then you will be giving your class 12 final examination in the year 2024

I am extremely sorry but,

You are not eligible for NDA  2024

This is because,

To be eligible for nda -1,2024 examination , you should have born between 2nd July 2005 to 1st July , 2008 but you fail to fulfill this criteria with your mentioned date of birth

You can check NDA eligibility criteria which is provided below:-

NDA eligibility criteria says that:-

-------------) Qualifucation required :-

• For army :- you need educational  qualification of 10 + 2 in any stream.

• For navy and Airforce :- To need qualifucation of 10 + 2 with Physics , chemistry and Maths .

-------------) Age limit:-

-------------) Earlier for nda only boys were eligible but now, girls are also eligible for nda . For details on this refer:- https://news.careers360.com/nda-2021-sc-allows-women-appear-in-national-defence-academy-exam-slams-army-for-gender-discrimination

-------------) You must be unmarried.

-------------) Nationality

For details you can visit our page, the link for the same is provided below

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-eligibility-criteria

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ADITYA KUMAR

Hello Aspirant

Yes, you meet the requirements for NDA 2023 because you were born between the dates of 2 July 2004 and 1 July 2007, which means you meet the eligibility requirements.

Earlier for NDA only boys were eligible but now, girls are also eligible for Army in NDA . For details on this refer:- https://news.careers360.com/nda-2021-sc-allows-women-appear-in-national-defence-academy-exam-slams-army-for-gender-discrimination

You chance's  depends  on your age. How old are you?

NDA Allow all candidates to fill form in 12 Appearing or passed. In the age of 16 half - 19-half only.

You can fill form in 12 th or Appearing. You can give two times NDA exam in class 12 until your age not completed. 16half-19half.

Dear aspirant hope you are doing well..

You can download the previous years question papers. Download link is given below.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-question-papers/amp

You can also get the exam pattern, previous years cut off , NDA syllabus using the link given below.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-question-papers/amp

Preparation tips for NDA, read the given article.

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-question-papers/amp

Books for NDA

• Chapter wise-Section wise Solved Papers NDA & NA Arihant
• Study Package for NDA/NA Entrance Exam Tata McGraw-Hill Education India
• Pathfinder for NDA & NA National Defence Academy Naval Academy Entrance Examination  Arihant
• Study Package for NDA/NA Entrance Exam
• Tata McGraw-Hill Education India

Hope it's helpful thank you

Hello Pallavi,

It is good to know that you have interest join defence forces through NDA entry

NDA stands for National Defence Academy, NDA/NA Examination is conducted  by UPSC twice a year in the month of April and December.

There are two papers in NDA/NA Examination :-

Paper-1 Mathematics 300 Marks

Syllabus of class 11 & 12 mathematics and the chapters for NDA/NA Examination are as follows:-

• 1. ALGEBRA Concept of set, operations on sets, Venn diagrams. De Morgan laws, Cartesian product, relation, equivalence relation. 20 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 inequations 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. Trigonometrical ratios. 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 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. INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS : 21 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 variable as function on a sample space. Binomial distribution, examples of random experiments giving rise to Binominal distribution.

Paper 2  600 Marks

There are two parts in 2nd paper

1st English

2nd GAT (General Ability Test).

You can visit official website of UPSC and get detailed official syllabus for NDA/NA Examinaiton.

upsc.nic.in

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Hello,

According to the specified DoB, she will be qualified for NDA 2023.

According to her DoB, she will be 19 years old by June 2023, and as it falls between July 2, 2006, and July 1, 2003, she will be eligible for the NDA 2023 . As a result, she can participate in the NDA 2023.

Eligibilty Criteria for NDA :-

• The age requirement for NDA 1 2023 is 16.5–19.5 years old, with a birthdate range of July 2, 2006–July 1, 2003.
• Indian Army - Must have received a passing grade in the 12th grade from an accredited university or state education board.
• Indian Air Force and Naval - Must have received a passing grade in mathematics and physics in 12th grade from an accredited university or state education board.
• The candidate need to be single.

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Hello Aspirant,

So as per your DoB, you are only eligible for NDA 2 2022. Not for any more attempt of NDA as per your age.

For your reference the complete eligibility criteria for NDA as per the latest notification is mentioned below :-

>>> Either you should be an Indian National or a subject of Nepal or a subject of Bhutan or people of Indian origin migrated from Zaire, Ethiopia, East African Countries of Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Burma, Pakistan, Zambia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam to settle in India or Tibetan refugees came to India, to settle in India before January 1, 1962

>>> For NDA 2 2022 the age should be 16.5-19.5 years old and should have born in between January 2, 2004 to January 1, 2007.

>>> Indian Army - Should have passed 12th standard from valid State Education Board or a University.

>>> Indian Air Force and Naval - Should have passed 12th standard with Physics and Mathematics from valid State Education Board or a University.

>>> The candidate should be unmarried.

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hi,

The eligibility for NDA to join the  Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy:

Candidates must have passed the Class 12th exam in the 10+2 pattern of schooling or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics administered by a State Education Board or a University.

There will not be any problem while applying to Airforce with applied mathematics as a subject since you only need to prepare mathematics according to the syllabus.