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How many marks do we need to get in NDA exams to pass the test ? Please give my answer to my NDA related question.

NDA stands for the National Defence Academy and it conducts the examination for the admission for the recruitment in the defence services.

The examination is conducted in the tow stages as the written and the SSB. There is no fixed score as cut off for the admission in both the stages. The examination for the written is of 900 marks in which there are 300 of the Mathematics paper and 600 of the General Ability.

But as according to the previous cut off the candidates who score about 35-40% are definitely qualify in the written stage and they become eligible for the SSB. For more information about it visit at the www.upsc.gov.in.

UPSC conducts written Exam NDA(National Defence Academy) twice a year in the month of April and September.NDA having three branch : (1) Indian Navy (2) Indian Air Force (3) Indian Army

Selection Procedure
- NDA Exam
- SSB Interview
Candidates who qualified the NDA exam will be called for SSB Interview.SSB interview will be run for a five days in which candidates will be eliminated round by round.Final merit list made on the basis of NDA exam & Interview performance & candidates will be appointed finally.

Eligibility
- You should be Indian Citizen
- You must have passed/appearing 12th class from recognized board.For Navy & Air Force branch , You must have PCM as a main subjects in science stream
- Your age must be between 16 to 19 years on the 1st July of the examination year.
- You must be Physically Fit.

Important Dates
- Online Application Starts From : 20/06/2015
- Last Date of Application : 17/07/2015
- NDA Exam : 27/09/2015

Syllabus Topics
》General Awareness
》Current Affairs
》English
》Quantitative Aptitude
》Maths
》Reasoning

Originally Posted by Pankaj Dara

How many marks do we need to get in NDA exams to pass the test ? Please give my answer to my NDA related question.

If you have scored above 50% marks in written exam then you are eligible for NDA exam.

Candidates who have completed the 12th standard from a recognized board or equivalent exam are eligible for NDA exam. Final year of 12th standard are eligible for NDA exam. Your age should be in between to 16.5 years to 19 years.

Written examination will be divided into 2 parts-

Mathematics-300 marks.
General ability Test- 600 marks.

Total time duration for 2 papers is 300 mins

General Ability Test -

English 200 marks
General Knowledge 400 marks

The marks required to pass the written test and Service Selection board of National Defense Service examination is different for different years. NDA exam is conducted twice every year by UPSC.

Just see the example for better analysis of marks required to pass the written test.

For NDA II, in written test, the minimum marks to clear the written test was 283 marks out of 900 and 30% marks in each subject. Overall 656 was cut off marks for getting selected in NDA.

For more cut off marks of NDA exam Click here .

# NDA is the abbreviation of National Defence Academy.

# NDA is the most popular way or gateway to join Indian defence forces i.e. Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.

# NDA Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in the months of April and September every year.

# Prescribed minimum educational qualification is intermediate in any stream irrespective of stream taken and marks obtained.

# Candidate with any stream or any subjects taken are considered eligible for NDA Examination.

# There is no any restriction over mark obtained. Candidate with any marks obtained (i.e. above pass marks) intermediate are eligible to apply. Only the thing required that candidate must have passed intermediate.

# UPSC also allowed those candidates who have either appeared or going to appear the board examination.

# Few others general eligibility conditions required by candidate are:

* Must be boy.
* Must be Indian citizen.
* Must be unmarried.
* Must be in the age limit of 16.5-19 years.
* Physically and medically fit in all respect.
* Must have good moral character.