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What is the eligibility criteria for appearing in the NDA entrance exam. Can a student of class XI PCM apply for entrance exam or class XII is compulsory?

To apply for NDA examination, you must have passed class 12 examination.

Result awaited students can also apply for this examination.

National Defence Academy recruits people to serve in Indian wings such as airforce, navy and army.

Few more criterias are

You must be Indian
You must be a male candidate
Your age must be between 16.5 to 19 years.
You must be unmarried

To apply for naval and air force, you must have passed the qualifying examination with PCM subjects.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What is the eligibility criteria for appearing in the NDA entrance exam. Can a student of class XI PCM apply for entrance exam or class XII is compulsory?

No, XI appearing students are not eligible to apply for National defence academy (NDA) examination. To be eligible for NDA Examination, you must have completed your Intermediate examination from a recognized board. You can apply for NDA only when you appear your intermediate examination or pass your intermediate (12th) examination.

NDA examination is conducted by UPSC twice in a year. Only unmarried aspirants are eligible to join the defence through the NDA. The selection procedure to join NDA is not an easy task. First, you have to appear for the written test conducted by UPSC. If you crack the written test, then you are eligible for SSB interview. Final selection will be based on Medical test.

~~ Age Criteria: Your age should between 16.5 - 19 years (at the time of commencement of training).

Those who clear all the stages are eligible to join any one of the wings on the basis of educational criteria,

~~ Army wings: Any 12th pass candidate are eligible for this wing.

~~ Naval wings: 12th with physics & maths as a compulsory subjects.

~~ Air-Force wings: you have to pass 12th examination with maths & physics as a compulsory subjects.

Those who cracks all the stages are eligible for the 3 year training period either in IMA, Naval academy or in AFA Hyderabad (as the preference chooses at the time of online application form).

If you are interested in NDA to join defence, then I suggest you to please complete your intermediate examination first and then apply for NDA. To get more details, please visit the official website of UPSC.

No,XI student can not appear for NDA entrance exam.If candidate want to appear in this exam must be pass class 12th with good marks.

Only unmarried male candidates are appear in this exam.Womens are not allowed.Candidate who want to appear must be a citizen of India or a subject of Bhutan and Nepal.

Date of NDA exam is 19 April 2015.Last date of application form submission is 23 January 2015.

Candidate must be in good physical and mental health and free from any disease.Candidate minimum height should be 157.5 cm

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Hi,

Yes to apply for National Defence Academy(NDA) examination Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics is mandatory 10+2.

Eligibility criteria for NDA:

--> Candidate have to complete 12th board exam with PCM and must score at least 50% in 12th exam.

--> Age of the candidate must be in between 16.5 to 19 years in the December month of the year of examination.

--> Only male candidates can apply for NDA.

--> Citizen of India can apply for NDA.

NDA examination is conducted twice an year. NDA I is conducted in the month of March and NDA II is conducted in the month of September.

You can find the latest exam dates in the official website of UPSC which is www.upsc.gov.in

NDA stands for the National Defense Academy. Union Public Service Commission conducts entrance examination twice every year for this academy.

Eligibility criteria for the NDA/NA entrance exam:

1. You must have done your 10+2 or appearing for it from a recognized board. For Indian Airforce and Indian Navy, you must have mathematics and physics in 10+2 as compulsory subjects.

No, a student of 10+2 PCM stream cannot apply for the NDA entrance exam, you can only apply for the exam in 10+2 appearing year.

As you are right now in 10+1, you have one more year to go for the exam till then prepare for the exam with hard labour and determination.

Examination pattern:

Written test contains questions from Mathematics, English, General awareness and science. So you should practice questions on these subjects.

After clearing written test, you will be called for the Service Selection Board.

2.The age criteria for candidates of every category is 16.5-19.5 years. No age relaxation applicable to anyone.

3. You must be unmarried male Indian citizen.

4. Physical fitness is compulsory.

For any more details, you can visit the official website of UPSC that is www.upsc.gov.in.

The eligibility criteria for National Defense Academy entrance exams conducted by UPSC is:

~~10+2 passed or appearing from a recognized board like CBSE, ICSE etc.

So, you can not apply for the exam in 10+1 with PCM stream.

~~Age limit is : 16.5-19.5 years.

~~Candidate must be unmarried male.

~~You should be physically and mentally fit.

Official website: www.upsc.gov.in.

No you are not eligible for the National Defense Academy ( NDA ) entrance examination conducted by the UPSC for it twice in a year for those students who are interested in joining defense services .

* The eligibility criteria is candidates must have passed the +2 board examination from a recognised board .

* The candidates age must be 16.5-19 years old .

* It is compulsory that candidates must have Physics , Mathematics and English as main subjects for Air force and Navy wings but for Army candidates with Commerce but still having Mathematics as main subjects are eligible for it .

The examination is conducted in two stages -

* Written - It is total of 900 marks and 6 hrs in which there is two paper . Paper I of Mathematics of 300 marks and Paper II of 600 marks of General Ability .

About the candidates who have secured 40% marks are selected for the next round .

* SSB - It stands for Service Selection Board where candidates are called for the testing of quality they have and to check whether the candidates have the quality to be an officer or not . The Medical are also taken there and finally selected candidates are taken to join the service .

Dear friend,
Right now you are not eligible to join NDA
The basic qualification to apply for NDA is 12th pass
from a recognised board
The age limit is 16 1/2-19 years
Nationality Indian
Physically and medically fit
Only unmarried male candidates are eligible
Minimum height is 152cms
So I suggest you to complete your 12th exam and apply
for NDA
Wish you good luck!

Sorry to inform you that there is no provision for NDA examinations by which a 11th class student can go for NDA examination as the minimum educational qualification for this examination is 12th board appearing from a recognized college/school .

Apart from this you need to have some more basic qualification as here under :-

You must be a citizen of India .

You must be an unmarried male candidate .

Your age must be within 16.5 years to 19 years .

The same examination is conducted by union public service commission twice every year and is held in two phases as written examination and Service selection board interview .

Also NDA has three wings which are Indian Navy , Indian Air force and Indian Army .

So for this examination you must first complete your senior secondary education and go for this examination .

For more details about the same examination kindly visit the official website of UPSC

i.e; www.upsc.gov.in .

Only 12th appearing or passed candidates are eligible to apply for NDA examination.
So,you are not eligible as you are in XI .
Wait till you fulfill the required eligibility criteria.
Labor hard ,practice more and qualify at first attempt.

The minimum qualification required to join NDA is 12th class degree from a recognized board.So, a student in 11th class can't apply for the entrance exam.

NDA stands for National defense Academy.It has three wings namely

Indian Military Academy,

Indian Naval Academy,

Indian Air Force Academy.

UPSC conducts the NDA exam twice a year for recruitment in Indian Defense Services.

The qualification required for Indian Military Academy is 12th class of 10+2 system of education in any stream and for Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy,it is 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

The age limit to apply for the NDA exam is from 16.5 years to 19 years.Only unmarried male can apply for the exam.

The candidate should be physically and mentally fit as per the standards of NDA exam to become eligible to join Indian Army.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What is the eligibility criteria for appearing in the NDA entrance exam. Can a student of class XI PCM apply for entrance exam or class XII is compulsory?

Eligibility Criteria for the National Defense Academy Entrance exam:

1. Candidate must have completed his 10+2 from a recognized board. Even if you are appearing for it, you can apply for the exam.

So, no a student of class XI PCM cannot apply for the NDA exam. 10+2 passed or appearing is compulsory to apply for the exam.

2. The age limit is 16.5-19.5 years.

3. Only unmarried male candidates can apply for the exam.

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NDA is held twice a year. Let us proceed with your query step by step and try to find out whether you are eligible or not. The eligibility criteria are-

1. Age should be between 16.5 to 19 years.
2. At least intermediate cleared with any stream.
3. Male candidate
4. Unmarried candidate.
5. Must have completed 10+2 with any percentage marks and in any stream/subjects.
6. Candidates who are awaited their result in 10+2 are provisionally eligible


Now, as we can see, that you still have one year left since you have not completed your intermediate, hence you are not eligible to give the examination.

So, our advise would be that you have one complete year and your make complete use of it. Build yourself both physically and mentally for the examination.

Hello Friend,

Sorry to say but a class XI student with PCM as compulsory subjects cannot appear for the NDA Exam.

This is because you need to have passed atleast 12th with PCM as mandatory subjects from any recognized board in order to set yourself eligible for this exam.

The Acronym "NDA" stands for National Defense Academy. This Academy is for those candidates who want to serve the nation by joining the defense services under any of the following sections :

1) Indian Militant Academy

2) Air Force Academy

3) Indian Naval Academy

The NDA Examination is conducted twice every year by the Union Public Service Commission.

The Full Eligibility Criteria For NDA Examination are :

>> The candidate must have passed Higher Secondary Level Examination from any recognized board with PCM as key subjects.

>> Your age must lie in between 16.5 - 19 years.

>> You cannot expect a relaxation in either age or educational qualifications no matter you belong to whichever category.

>> Both Male and Female candidates are eligible to apply for this exam.

>> You must be mentally and physically fit.

>> You must be a citizen of India.

>> You must be unmarried.

So, check the complete eligibility criteria required for NDA exam and you will find whether you are eligible for the exam at this moment or not.

This is the information I have to the best of my knowledge regarding your query. Hope the information will help you to the extent you want.

No, a student who has passed 11th in PCM is not eligible for NDA. One should have 12th pass or in appearing then he will be able for NDA. And also only male and unmarried candidates can apply for NDA. So, you will have to pass 12th standard.

Can a candidate (with pcm in 2 )apply for all preferences(Navy,Army,Airforce) at one time.

Can a candidate with pcm ( 2 ) may apply for all preferences(Army/Navy/Airforce) NDA in one time?