NDA Entrance Examination will be conducted  by the Union Public Service Commission on 20th April  2008, for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 121st Course and Naval Academy for the 41st 10+2 (Executive Branch) course commencing from 30th December 2008.  The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be 335 (195 for the Army, 39 for Navy,  66 for the Air Force and 35 for the Executive Branch of Naval Academy).

UPSC will hold the entrance exam for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy on April 20, 2008.

Common Application form is available at designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout India.

Last date for receipt of completed application form: November 19, 2007.

Eligibility :

Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status : "Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January, 1990 and not later than 1st July, 1992 are eligible".

Educational Qualifications :

(i) For Army wing of National Defence 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 Defence Academy and for the 10+2 (Executive Branch) Course at the Naval Academy :- 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equilvalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
Candidates who are appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2  pattern of School Education or equivalent exmination can also apply for this examination.

Note 1 : Candidates appearing in the 11th class exam are not eligible for this examination.

Note 2 : Those candidates who have yet to qualify in the 12th class or equivalent examination and are allowed to appear in the UPSC Examination should note that this is only a special concession given to them. They are required to submit proof of passing the 12th class or equivalent examination by the prescribed date (i.e. 5th December 2008) and no request for extending this date will be entertained on the grounds of late conduct of Board/University Examination, delay in declaration of results or any other ground whatsoever.

Note 3 : Candidates who are debarred by the Ministry of Defence from holding any type of commission in the Defence Services shall not be eligible for admission to the examination and if admitted, their candidature will be cancelled.  

Note 4 :  Those candidates  who have failed INSB/PABT earlier are not eligible for Air Force.

(d) Physical Standards :
Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2008 as per guidelines
(e)    A candidate who has resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from any of the training academics of Armed Forces is not eligible to apply.

Scheme of NDA Entrance Examination:

1. The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follows :–

Paper I - Mathematics - 300 Marks
Paper II - General Ability Test - 600 Marks

Duration time for the Exam: 2-½ Hours (for both the exams)

2. The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers (Test Booklets) OF MATHEMATICS AND PART "b" OF GENERAL ABILITY TESTS WILL BE SET BILINGUALLY IN HINDI AS WELL AS  English.

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

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

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

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