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when can I apply for NDA after passing out from 12th class in 2024? am I eligible to apply for it if my date of birth is 23rd Feb, 2008?


gpratibha2008 2nd Feb, 2022
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 2nd Feb, 2022

Hi

You are eligible for nda after passing 12th and in 12th appearing year i. e 2024 as well.

Yes, you are for NDA -1&2, 2024 with your mentioned date of birth . Besides this you are also eligible for

  • Nda -1&2, 2025
  • Nda -1&2, 2026

You can check NDA eligibility criteria which is provided below:-

NDA eligibility criteria says that:-

-------------) Qualifucation 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 .

††12th appearing provisionally eligible

-------------) You must be  in the age group of 16.5 to 19.5 years old to be eligible.

Exam

NDA Age limit

Date of Birth Criteria

NDA -1, 2024

16.5 years to 19.5 years

2nd July 2005 to 1st July , 2008

NDA - 2, 2024

2nd January , 2006, to 1st January , 2009


-------------) 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.

To help you further,

>>>>> Selection process is given below:-

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.

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


Thank you


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