Dear Aspirant,

NDA/NA Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Commission twice a year in the month of april and december to select young boys and girls in indian armed forces as officers.

Medical standard of eyesight for NDA is as follows-

A candidate should be able to read in a distant vision chart 6/6 in better eye and 6/9 in worse eye with or without glasses. Myopia should not be more than 2.5 D and hypermetropia not more than 3.5 D including Astigmatism.

Glasses are allowed in NDA medicals

Medical standard of eyesight for NDA is given below:-

A candidate should be able to read in a distant vision chart 6/6 in better eye and 6/9 in worse eye with or without glasses. Myopia should not be more than 2.5 D and hypermetropia not more than 3.5 D including Astigmatism.

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Hope it will be help full to you,

Thanks.

These are the physical requirements
Distance Vision (Corrected): Better Eye 6/6; Worse Eye 6/9. Myopia should
not be more than -2.5D including astigmatism and manifest hypermetropia not more
than +3.5D including Astigmatism. Internal examination of the eye will be done by
means of ophthalmoscope to rule out any disease of the eye. A candidate must have
good binocular vision. The Colour vision standard will be CP-III (Defective Safe).
Candidates should be able to recognize white, signal red and signal green colours
correctly as shown by Martins Lantern at a distance of 1.5 metre or read the requisite
plate of Ishihara Book / Tokyo Medical College Book. Candidates who have undergone
or have evidence for having undergone Radial Keratotomy, to improve the visual acuity
will be permanently rejected for all the services. Candidates who have undergone Laser
Surgery for correction of refractive error are also not acceptable to defence services.
Vision standard for Naval candidates :
Uncorrected without glass 6/6, 6/9
Corrected with glass 6/6, 6/6
Limits of Myopia 0.75
Limits of Hypermetropia +1.5
Binocular vision III
Limits of colour perception I

Visual Standards for Air Force :
Candidates who habitually wear spectacles are not eligible for Air
Force, Minimum distant vision 6/6 in one eye and
6/9 in other, correctable to 6/6 only for Hypermetropia. Colour vision CP-I
Hypermetropia : +2.0 D Sph Manifest Myopia : Nil Retinoscopic Myopia : 0.5
in any Meridian permitted Astigmatism : + 0.75 D Cyl (within + 2.0 D.Max)
Maddox Rod Test
(i) at 6 meters Exo-6 prism D
Eso-6 prism D
Hyper-1 prism D
Hypro-1 prism D
(ii) at 33 cms Exo-16 prism D
Eso-6 prism D
Hyper-1 prism D
Hypo-1 prism D
Hand held StereoscopeAll of BSV grades ConvergenceUp to 10 cm Cover test for
distant and nearLatent divergence/convergence recovery rapid and complete.
Hope this helps

Hi Suma,

The National Defense Academy examination is held for admissions to the different defense wing colleges in India. For the medical fitness, your vision should be 6/6 for the  better eye and 6/9 for the  worse eye without glasses and 6/6 in both the eyes with glasses. If you fail to meet  these criteria, you are not eligible to join the NDA.

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