NDA 1 2017 exam will be conducted by UPSC in April 2017, Union Public Service Commission, UPSC will be organizing the National Defence Academy NDA I 2017 examination on 23rd April 2017.

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NDA 1 2017 exam eligibility:

• Age Limit, Sex and Marital Status: Only unmarried male candidate whose age lies between 16(1/2) to 19(1/2) years at the time of course commencement will fall under the correct category of nda exam eligibility.
• Educational Qualification:
  • 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 candidate’s fall under the correct category of nda exam eligibility.
  • 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 or appearing of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University candidate’s fall under the correct category of nda exam eligibility.
• Nationality: To fall under the correct category of nda exam eligibility, candidate must be either – A citizen of India, or a subject of Nepal, or a subject of Bhutan, or a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India. or a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
  • Provided that a candidate belonging to categories in above mentioned paragraph shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
  • Certificate of eligibility will not, however, be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.

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Selection Preocedure of NDA 1 2017 Entry

The Union Public Service Commission shall prepare a list of Applicants who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination as fixed by the commission.

TWO-STAGE SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Two-stage selection procedure based on Psychological Aptitude Test and Intelligence Test has been introduced at Selection Centres/Air Force Selection Boards/Naval Selection Boards All the candidates will be put to stage one test on first day of reporting at Selection Centers/Air Force Selection Boards/ Naval Selection Boards Only those candidates who qualify at stage one will be admitted to the second stage/remaining tests.

Those candidates who qualify stage II will be required to submit the original Certificates along with one photocopy each of :

(i) Original Matriculation pass certificate or equivalent in support of date of birth,

(ii) Original 10+2 pass certificate pass certificate or equivalent in support of educational qualification.

Candidates who appear before the Services Selection Board and undergo the test there, will do so at their own risk and will not be entitled to claim any compensation or other relief from Government in respect of any injury which they may sustain in the course of or as a result of any of the tests given to them at the Services Selection Board whether due to the negligence of any person or otherwise. Parents or guardians of the candidates will be required to sign a certificate to this effect.

MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS:

To be acceptable, candidates for the Army/ Navy/Naval Academy and Air Force should secure the minimum qualifying marks separately in

(i) Written examination as fixed by the Commission at their discretion and

(ii) Officer potentiality Test as fixed by the Services Selection Board at their discretion.

Over and above candidates for the Air Force, and all the SSB qualified candidates as per their willingness, eligibility and preference for Air Force, should separately qualify the PABT.

Subject to these conditions the qualified candidates will then be placed in a single combined list on the basis of total marks secured by them in the Written Examination and the Services Selection Board Tests. The final allocation/selection for admission to the Army, Navy, Air Force of the National Defence Academy and 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme of Indian Naval Academy will be made upto the number of vacancies available subject to eligibility, medical fitness and merit-cumpreference of the candidates. The candidates who are eligible to be admitted to multiple Services/ Courses will be considered for allocation/ selection with reference to their order of preferences and in the event of their final allocation/selection to one Service/ Course, they will not be considered for admission to other remaining Services/ Courses.

NOTE:  EVERY CANDIDATE FOR THE AIR FORCE IS GIVEN PILOT APTITUDE TEST ONLY ONCE. THE GRADE SECURED BY HIM AT THE FIRST TEST WILL THEREFORE HOLD GOOD FOR EVERY SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW HE HAS WITH THE AIR FORCE SELECTION BOARD. A CANDIDATE WHO FAILS IN THE FIRST PILOT APTITUDE TEST CANNOT APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO THE NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY EXAMINATION FOR THE AIR FORCE WING OR GENERAL DUTIES (PILOT) BRANCH OR NAVAL AIR ARM.

ATTEMPTING PILOT APTITUDE TEST:

Candidates who have been given the Pilot Aptitude Test for any previous N.D.A. course should submit their application for this examination for the Air Force Wing, only if they have been notified as having qualified in the Pilot Aptitude Test. The form and manner of communication of the result of the examination to individual candidates shall be decided by the Commission at their discretion and the Commission will not enter into correspondence with them regarding the result. Success in the examination confers no right of admission to the Academy. A candidate must satisfy the appointing authority that he is suitable in all respects for admission to the Academy.

DISQUALIFICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE NDA TRAINING COURSE

Candidates who were admitted to an earlier course at the National Defence Academy or to the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme of Indian Naval Academy but were removed therefrom for lack of officer-like qualities or on disciplinary grounds will not be admitted to the Academy. Candidates who were previously withdrawn from the National Defence Academy or Indian Naval Academy on medical grounds or left the above Academy voluntarily are however, eligible for admission to the Academy provided they satisfy the medical and other prescribed conditions