my dob is 20-08-2003. Will I be eligible for NDA 1 2022

Hello student as you'll 18.6 Yr old so yes you're eligible to appear in NDA 1 2022.

As per eligibility criteria - Candidates age should be between 16.5 to 19.5 year old.

Candidates must have passed class 12 from any recognized board.

For Army there's no special eligibility criteria but for airforce and naval candidates should have Maths and physics in their class 12.

For more details refer to the link mentioned below -

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

Hello Aspirant,

Yes you will be eligible for NDA 2022 because according to the eligibility criteria of NDA released by UPSC for 2021 the candidate should have born between July 2, 2002, to July 1, 2005 and his/her age should be in between 16.5 years-19.5 years. Now if the eligibility criteria remains same, then above Date range will change to July 2, 2003, to July 1, 2006 for NDA 2022 and also your age will be around 18 years by NDA 2022 according to the date of Birth mentioned by you.

So you will be eligible for NDA 2022 with respect to the age criteria but to be eligble for NDA 2022 you need to fulfil some other criteria as well which you can check out from the link given below :-

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

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello student!

According to the official site of NDA, the age criteria for NDA-2(As two papers happens in a year) 2021, is that if a student Candidates is born in between 2nd January 2002 to 1st January 2006, i.e whose age falls between 16.5 to 19.5 years can apply for it and sit in the examination.

Now with this analysis, we can conclude that, for 2022, the eligibility criteria will be something like below.

• For NDA I(2022), the candidate must be born between 2 ^nd July 2003 to 1 ^st July 2006. For NDA II, the candidate must be born between 2 ^nd January 2004 to 1 ^st January 2007.

As your date of birth fall in the range of NDA-1 only , so you can apply for that only. You may not be able to sit for NDA-2 next year which is supposed to be held in September, as your date of birth is not the subset of the limits officially given.

You can get more and detailed information about this exam and eligibility criteria by following the link below.

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

or

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

Hope it helps.

Feel free to connect me in comment section for further discussion regarding it.

All the very best!

Hi Vicky,

As per the the eligibility criteria of National Defence Academy , unmarried male candidates who have completed their Class 12 or equivalent examination can apply for the exam. The other criterias includes nationality, age and physical dimensions. According to the age criteria, a candidate needs to be of minimum age 17 or maximum 20 at the time of applying.

So you will be eligible for NDA 1 2022.

Hope it helps!!

Hello Pratap,

Candidates who are in the age group of 16.5 years to 19.5 years are eligible for NDA exam. Yes you are eligible for NDA 1 2022 as per the instructions given by NDA regarding age criteria for the exam.

For NDA 1 in 2022, candidates should be born not earlier than July 2, 2003 and not later than July 1, 2006.

For NDA 2 in 2022, candidates must have born not earlier than January 2, 2004, and not later than January 1, 2007.

To get more information about NDA eligibility criteria go through below link.

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

Hope this helps.

Thank you!!