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What if any female candidate wants to join NDA? What are the criteria and also let us know what are the career opportunities?

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

Recruitment to different wings of defense like Army, Navy and Airforce is done on the basis of result scored in both stages of written test and service selection board.

Eligibility Criteria for the NDA entrance exam:

>>A candidate can apply for the NDA entrance exam one he has done 10+2 from a recognized board. For Airforce and Navy, mathematics and physics is compulsory.

>>The age limit is 16.5-19.5 years.

>>Only unmarried male Indian candidates can apply for the exam.

So, female candidates have no opportunity in case of NDA exam. Unmarried female candidates can apply for Combined Defense Services after completing bachelor's degree.

Hence there is no possibility for female candidates to join National Defense Academy.

No, you are not eligible to appear for the NDA examination. The examination is conducted by the UPSC every year for the candidate who want to join the defense services after the 10+2.

The examination is conducted twice in a year and the eligibility to appear for the examination is :-
* Candidate must have passed the 10+2 from the recognised board.
* Candidate age must be between 16.5-19 years.
* Only male unmarried candidate are eligible.

So you cannot apply for the examination. But if you are interested in joining the defence services you can apply after your graduation for the CDS examination.

CDS stands for the Combined Defence Services and the examination is conducted by the UPSC in which both male and female candidate can apply.

The examination is conducted in two stages as the Written and the SSB. The candidate need to qualify in both the examination for the final selection.

For more information about any of the examination visit at the www.upsc.gov.in.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What if any female candidate wants to join NDA? What are the criteria and also let us know what are the career opportunities?

No, female candidates are not eligible for NDA exam.

NDA stands for National Defence Service exam. NDA Examination is conducted for 3 wings-Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Indian Army.

The candidates who have completed the 12th standard from a recognized board or equivalent exam are eligible for NDA exam.

NDA exam doesn't require any percentage criteria for NDA exam.

Final year of 12th standard candidate are eligible for NDA exam.

Your age should be in between to 16.5 years to 19.5 years. There is no age relaxation for SC/ST candidates.

No dear it is Not possible to give NDA exam being a Female candidate. Actually to apply for NDA you need to be " Unmarried Male " Candidate. Otherwise you are not eligible for it.

If you really want to enter into the defense sector then first you should complete " Graduation " there by you will get a chance to give an exam called " CDS ( Combined Defense Services ).

Still if you have a doubts regarding the eligibility criteria and information about NDA you can follow the below information.

<> You should complete 12th with minimum 70% of marks from the recognized university.

<> Minimum Age should be : 16 1/2 years

Maximum Age should be : 19 years

<> Final year candidates of 12th can also be eligible for NDA Examination.

Being a female candidate,you are ineligible to join NDA because , only male candidate can apply for the NDA .

UPSC conducts NDA exam twice a year with the name;NDA I and NDA II to make recruitment in Indian defense services .

NDA stands for National Defense Academy.There are three wings in NDA ,namely ;

Indian Military Academy.

Indian Naval Academy.

Indian Air Force Academy.

The criteria which has to be fulfilled to get admission in NDA are following:-

-The candidate must be a citizen of India.

-The age limit for the candidate is 16.5 years to 19 years.

-Only unmarried male candidate can apply for the exam.

-The qualification required to join NDA is 12th class of 10+2 education system from a recognized board for Indian Military Academy and 10+2 with Physics,Chemistry and Mathematics for Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy.

-The candidate should be physically fit as per the Physical Standards required to join NDA.

-The selection process involves

*Written Examination

* Personal Interview by Service Selection Board

Hello dear..

The eligibility criteria for applying in the NDA is:

1)10+2 with physics and maths for air force and navy and with any discipline for army.
2)There is no percentage bar.
3)Age limit-16.5 to 19 years.
4)Only male candidate are applicable.

-> Sorry to say that being a girl candidate you are not allowed to sit in NDA exam. NDA exam is conducted by UPSC for only male candidates. So you can't able to write NDA exam any way.

-> but you can apply for CDS OTA exam which is also conducted by UPSC for the post in defence. you can't able to apply for other wings like INA, IAFA, IMA because these are only conducted for male candidates.

-> Eligibility for CDS OTA Exam:

1. Candidate must be unmarried(Both girls and boys).

2. Age limit not more than 25 years.

3. Graduation

i)For Indian Military Academy/Officers’ Training Academy: Degree from a recognized university or equivalent.
ii) For Indian Naval Academy: Bachelor of Engineering
iii) For Air Force Academy: Degree of a recognized University with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level or Bachelor of Engineering

4. Candidate must be physically and mentally fit.

-> CDS exam is conducted by UPSC twice a year. So there are 2 options for everyone.

-> So all the best

NDA exam stands for National Defence Academy , This exam is conducted twice in a year through UPSC .There are certain eligibility criteria for this exam are as follows :

The candidates should be a citizen Of India.
The candidates should be a 10+2 pass from a recognize board.
The age limit is 16 - 19 years .
The candidates should be Male candidates ( Unmarried )


For more details visit website of UPSC.
http://www.upsc.gov.in

NDA stands for National Defense Academy and the examination is held by Union Public Service Commission two times every year for the recruitment in defense services and are commonly known as NDA I & NDA II.

The eligibility criteria for the same examination are here under :-

* You must be an unmarried Indian male candidate,

* Your age must be within 16.5 years to 19 years.

* You must hold a higher secondary school degree or a degree equivalent to it with any stream from a recognized institution.

* You must be physically and mentally fit as per the service norms.

Hence it is quite obvious from the above eligibility criteria that a female candidate is not eligible for the NDA examination.

But to have the career option in defense field females have the option of Combined Defense Services ( CDS ) examination held by UPSC twice every year.

For appearing in this examination, the general qualification required is a bachelor degree with any discipline from a recognized university with age lying within 19 years to 25 years. The stream of academics and upper age limit varies with varying wings of CDS.

For more information regarding these examinations you can visit the link www.upsc.gov.in.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What if any female candidate wants to join NDA? What are the criteria and also let us know what are the career opportunities?

According to the latest eligibility criteria prescribed by UPSC only unmarried male candidates are eligible to give NDA exam so female candidates cannot apply for NDA. But still, female candidates can apply for CDS(combined defence services), AFCAT(air force common admission test) entries and indian navy direct entries.
� all the best 😊

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What if any female candidate wants to join NDA? What are the criteria and also let us know what are the career opportunities?

No female candidates are not eligible to sit for the NDA Examination. But you can give CDS exam after graduation if you want to if you are interested to join the OTA.

CDS Eligibility Criteria:-

To join OTA you need to satisfy following criteria:-

• You need to be a citizen of India.
• Unmarried Women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorces are eligible to apply.
• You need to be a graduate in any discipline of your choice from a recognized university.
• This exam can also be given by the final year candidates.
• The lower age limit for this exam is 19 years and the upper age limit is 25 years.

OTA Exam Pattern:-

• English (Objective type)- 100 marks
• General Knowledge (Objective type)- 100 marks

Notifications for this examination comes out twice every year, once in the month of August and once in the month of March because this exam is conducted twice every year.