UPSC has published the NDA 1 2021 notification today on 30 Dec 2020 and the Exam Date is on 18th April 2021, Candidates who are looking forward to joining the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy can apply for the NDA 1 2021 for the NDA 147th course and 109th INAC commencing from 2nd January 2022. Below you can find the important details related to NDA 1 2021 exam like age limits, educational qualification, exam date, vacancies and more.
Age Limits: Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 02nd July, 2002 and not later than 1st July, 2005 are eligible.
Educational Qualifications: For Army Wing of National Defence Academy :—12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy :—12th Class pass with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
Candidates who are appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination can also apply for this examination.
NDA 1 2021 EVENTS | IMPORTANT DATES |
Notification Release date | 30 December 2020 |
NDA 1 2021 Application Start | 30 December 2020 |
NDA 1 2021 Apply Last Date | 19 January 2021 |
Release of Admit card | 2 Weeks before Exam |
NDA 1 2021 Exam date | 18 April 2021 |
Declaration of result | May – June 2021 |
Vacancies: 370 to include 208 for Army, 42 for Navy and 120 for Air Force (including 28 for ground Duties) 30 Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme)
NDA 1 2021 SELECTION PROCEDURE: To select the candidates UPSC follows 2 stages of the selection process. As this is a national level entrance examination the applications will be very high to imagine. So, they follow the below method to select the candidates:
- Written Examination
- SSB Interview
- Medical Test
- Document Verification
- Merit List
NDA 1 2021 WRITTEN TEST: To filter the candidates applied from the whole nation written test helps the conducting authority to filter the candidates easily. The exam will be conducted in Pen and Paper (offline) mode.
SUBJECT | DURATION | MARKS |
Mathematics | 2 Hrs & 30 Min | 300 |
General Ability Test | 2 Hrs & 30 Min | 600 |
Total | 900 |
NDA 1 2021 SYLLABUS: Every aspirant to NDA should go through the syllabus before examination. This is very important. Even though it is from 10+2 level but the question paper pattern will be high pattern.
SUBJECT | SYLLABUS |
MATHEMATICS | ALGEBRA |
MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS | |
TRIGONOMETRY | |
ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS | |
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS | |
INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | |
VECTOR ALGEBRA | |
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY | |
GENERAL ABILITY TEST | PART A – ENGLISH |
PART B – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE | |
Physics | |
Chemistry | |
General Science | |
History, Freedom Movement etc | |
Geography | |
Current Events |
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