National Defense Academy Details

by Jennifer Aniston Author

Union Public Service Commission organizes National Defense Academy and Naval Academy Examination. Every year this exam is conducted at various centers. A large number of candidates appear in this exam and secure their career with Indian Defense Services. Union Public Service Commission organizes National Defense Academy(NDA) exam2017 twice in a year in the month of April and September for offering admission to all the eligible candidates in defense sector which are Army, Navy and Air force. In month of April 1^st Exam is conducted and in the month of September 2^nd Exam is conducted.

Eligibility Criteria-

Candidates should be Indian Nationals, a subject of Nepal or Bhutan, Tibetan Refugee who came to India before 1^st January, 1962 with the intention of settling in India permanently

If a candidate wants to apply for Exam-1, the candidate should be born in between 2^nd July, 1998 to 1^st July, 2001

If a candidate wants to apply for Exam-2, the candidate should be born in between 2^nd January, 1999 to 1^st July, 2002

For Army Wing of National Defense Academy, the candidate must have passed 12^th class from a recognized education board

For Air Force and Naval Wing, the candidate should have cleared 12^th class with Physics and Mathematics from a well-recognized board.

Important Dates-

For Exam 1

· Notification will release on 18^th January, 2017

· Online registration process will start from 18^th January, 2017

· Last date for online registration is 10^th February, 2017

· Admit card will be issued 2 weeks before the exam

· Exam will be conducted on 23^rd April, 2017

For Exam 2

· Notification will release on 7^th June, 2017

· Online registration will start from 7^th June, 2017

· Last date for online registration is 30^th June, 2017

· Exam will be conducted on 10^th September, 2017

Application Form-

The application forms are made available from 18^th January, 2017. The last date to submit the form is 10^th February, 2017. The following steps have to followed for applying the application form which are as-

Candidates have to visit the official website of the UPSC which is www.upsc.gov.in

Get the registration link and register yourself

Fill all the required details

Submit the form

Make the payment of the fee which can be done both online as well offline

Print the confirmation page

Upload all the documents required

Application Fee-

For general and OBC candidates the fee is Rs.100

Candidates of other categories are not required to pay any fee as they are exempted to pay the fee

For online payment candidates can make use of debit card, credit card or net banking

For offline payment candidates can make payment with Cash in any of the State Bank of India