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as i am a science student so can i give nda exam sir and what is the age limit for nda


Atul rawat 1st May, 2022
Answers (3)
Lasya Suryanarayanan 27th May, 2022

Hi,

Yes you are eligible to appear for the exam and the age limit is from 16.5 -19.5 years. good luck!

ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 1st May, 2022

Hi

Yes, being from science, you are eligible for NDA

Age limit is:-

  • Between 15.5 and 18.5  years while filling form

  • Between 16.5 and 19.5 years at the time of joining after qualifying NDA

For reference,

>>>>>>>>>>>> NDA ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA is given below:-

-------------) Qualification required :-

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

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

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

Exam

NDA Age limit

Date of Birth Criteria

NDA -1, 2022


  • Between 15.5 and 18.5  years while filling the NDA application form


  • Between 16.5 and 19.5 years at the time of joining after qualifying NDA examination


2nd July 2003 to 1st July , 2006

NDA - 2, 2022

2nd January , 2004, to 1st January , 2007

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

-------------) Nationality



NATIONALITY

You should be citizen of India

Or should be citizen of

-----) Nepal

-----) Bhutan

-----) or you need to be a  Tibetan refugee, who came before 1st January  1962 to permanently settle here in India

or you should be Indian origin person  migrated to permanently settle in India from :

------) Burma

-----)Pakistan

-----)Sri Lanka

-----)Uganda

-----) Kenya

-----) Tanzania

-----)Malawi

-----)Zambia

-----)Zaire

-----)Ethiopia

-----)Vietnam.



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

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


To help you further,

Other relevant details about NDA is given below:-

>>>>>>>>>>>>> SELECTION PROCESS

The selection process consist of 2 stages :-

******** Qualify the written examination :- it consist of 2 papers :-

  • Mathematics

  • General Ability Test

You get 2 hours and 30 minutes for each paper.

********SSB interview :- If you clear written examination then you will called for a 5 day SSB interview

If you clear SSB interview then you will have you to go through medicals to check your fitness if you clear the medicals as well then congratulations you are in.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> EXAMINATION PATTERN


Here's a brief of NDA examination pattern

Papers

Subject

No. of Questions

Maximum marks

Duration

Paper 1

Mathematics

120

300

2 hours 30 minutes

Paper 2

GAT

150

600

2 hours 30 minutes

Total


900

5 hours

NDA Examination pattern  for Maths

Total Questions

120

Total Marks

300

Marks allotted to each question

2.5

Negative marking for each incorrect response

-0.83


NDA examination pattern for General Ability Test

Sections

Maximum marks

Part A - English

200

Part B - General Knowledge

Physics

100


Chemistry

60

General Science

40

History, Freedom Movement, etc.

80

Geography

80

Current Events

40

Total

600



>>>>>>>>>>>> NDA EXAMINATION OVERVIEW

********* Conducting Body

UPSC

********* Frequency of Conduct

2 times in a year

********* Languages

  • English

  • Hindi

********* Mode of Application

Online

********* Mode of Exam

Offline

********* Exam Duration

5 Hours

********* Number of Seats

400 Seats


Thank you

Piyush 1st May, 2022

hello aspirant,

If you are a Science Student with Mathematics as your Subject, then YES, definitely you can give NDA Examination.

The Basic Eligibility criteria for NDA says that : Candidates must have a Pass certificate in 10+2 exam from a recognized board or University . Candidates should have passed their 10+2 or equivalent from State Education Board or University with Physics and Mathematics. Candidates should have passed their 10+2 or equivalent from State Education Board or University with Physics and Mathematics.

Further, To put it simply, candidates should be between the age of 16.5 years and 19.5 years to be eligible for the exam. Females and married male candidates are not eligible to apply for NDA Exam.

Further, if you wish to know the complete details regarding the NDA Eligibility criteria then you can follow the below mentioned link to know more about it : https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-eligibility-criteria

I hope that this will help.

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