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can we join the army after completing the 12 th class for commerce group students


Virendhar Jangid 5th Aug, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 5th Aug, 2021

Hello

Yes, you can join army after 12th through NDA entrance exam.

This is because,

there is no stream barrier to be eligible for army so even if your 12 commerce you are eligible for it but yes  as a  commerce student you are not  eligible for navy and Airforce as for that it is mandatory to have studied physics and maths in 12th

For your reference

NDA eligibility criteria is given below,

NDA eligibility criteria says that:-

*Qualification required :- For army , candidates with educational  qualification of 10 + 2 in any stream  are eligible. To be eligible for NDA examination for Navy and Air force, only candidates having educational  qualification of 10 + 2 with Physics and Maths are  eligible.

*Age:-one must be  in the age group of 16.5 to 19.5 years old to be eligible.

*Only male candidates are eligible and the candidate must be unmarried .

*Nationality :- To be eligible you should be

-)A citizen of India/ Nepal / Bhutan

-)Or, A Tibetan refugee ( of before January 1, 1962) who moved here in India with the intention of  settling in India permanently

-)Or,  an Indian origin person who migrated from following countries with the intention of permanently settling in India -  Burma/ Pakistan/ Sri Lanka/ Uganda / East African Countries of Kenya/ the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar)/ 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

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.


Thank you

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