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i am in class 11th commerce stream .i want to know whether there is any entrance examination for getting selected into army after passing class12th.if there is a entrance examination then please inform me with the syllabus from which the questions is going to be asked.

dear friend

if you want to join the INDIAN ARMY, then you have to give National Defense Academy (NDA) exam conducted by UPSC which is conducted twice in a year.

Eligibility Criteria -

Sex and marital status- Only unmarried male candidates are eligible for it

Age limit- The age limit set for the candidates for NDA exam is 16.5 years to 19 years.

Educational qualification - The candidates who have passed 10+2 are will appear in the final examination of 10+2 are eligible for it.

Selection Procedure

You will have to give a written exam first of all.

It will consist of 2 papers and the time allotted for each paper will be 2.5 hours.
Paper one will be of Mathematics. It will consist of 120 Objective type questions only which will carry a maximum of 300 marks.

Paper 2 will be on General ability . It will be divided into two parts. Part A will consist of 50 questions from English Language of 200 marks.
Part B will be of General Knowledge it will consist of 100 questions of a total of 400 marks.

After qualifying the written exam you will have to give the intelligence and personality test conducted by Services Selection Board (SSB). This will be of 900 marks. It will include the following tests -

Your performance in a group will be tested through group tests like group discussion, group planning, outdoor group tasks etc.

There will also be some psychological test like Situation REaction Test (SRT) and pictures story writing.

And in the end there will also be a Personal interview. For more details about the various tests in SSB test check the image.



After qualifying the intelligence and personality test you will have to go through medical examination

hope this will help you
Best Of Luck

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