In India some of the most important Defence entrance are:

• AFCAT - Air Force Common Admission Test

• CDS - Combined Defence Services

• NDA - National Defence Academy / Naval Academy

• CAPF - Central Armed Police Force

Now AFCAT exam is organized twice a year by Indian Air Force. Every year around 334 seats are released. The exam is an online exam of duration 2hrs 30 mins.The application for AFCAT is on and the application can be done between 1/06/2021-30/06/2021. The exam is expected to be between 28-30 August,2021.

You can attempt this exam after your graduation. It has demands for Engineers, Flying staffs as well as Non-technical posts. So after 12 if you wish to take admission in UG courses you can obviously appear for AFCAT.

To know more about AFCAT visit the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/iaf-afcat

UPSC CDS is a combined Defence Service exam which is also conducted twice a year. By this exam you can join:

• Indian Military Academy
• Indian Naval Academy
• Air Force Academy
• OTA (Men)
• OTA (Women - Non-Technical)

You can attempt this exam after your graduation. Each academy have need of different graduation stream which you can check by visiting the link below:

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

Now the NDA exam is also a defence entrance exam conducted twice a year with 400 vacancies every year. These examination is only for Mens. The qualification required are provided below:

For Indian Army - Passed Class 12 from State Education Board or a University
For Air Force and Naval - Passed 12th class with Physics and Mathematics from State Education Board or a University

To know more visit the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/nda

The CAPF exam is conducted once a year with around 150 seats. This exam also needs a graduation degree.

To know more visit the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/upsc-capf

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!