NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY (NDA) & NAVAL ACADEMY EXAMINATION, 2017

UPSC invites applications for National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination 2017. The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination.

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LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: The Online Applications can be filled upto 10th February, 2017 till 6.00 PM.

Total Vacancies:

National Defence Academy : 335 (208 for Army, 55 for Navy and 72 for Air Force)

Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme) : 55

Total : 390

Exam Date: An Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 23rd April, 2017 for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 139th Course, and for the 101st Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 2nd January, 2018.

Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status :

Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 02nd July, 1998 and not later than 1st July, 2001 are eligible

Pay Sclae:

(a) Rank Pay Band (Rs.)

Lt to Maj:  Rs.15,600—39,100/- (PB-3)

Lt Col to Maj Gen: Rs. 37,400—67,000/- (PB-4)

Lt Gen HAG Scale: Rs. 67,000/-(annual increment @3%)--79,000/-

HAG+ Scale*: Rs.75,500/-(annual increment @3%) 80,000/-

(*Admissible to 1/3rd of total strength of Lt Gens)

VCOAS/Army Cdr/Lt Gen (NFSG): Rs. 80,000/- (fixed)

COAS: Rs. 90,000/- (fixed)

(b) In addition to pay, Grade Pay will also be given as under :—

Lt:  Rs. 5,400/-

Capt:  Rs. 6,100/-

Major: Rs. 6,600/-

Lt Col: Rs. 8,000/-

Col: Rs. 8,700/-

Brig: Rs. 8,900/-

Maj Gen: Rs. 10,000/-

(c) A Fixed sum of Rs. 6,000/- p.m. is also payable as Military Service Pay (MSP) to the officers from the rank of Lt to Brig.

CENTRES OF EXAMINATION:

The Examination will be held at the following Centres :

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata,  Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur,

Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram,  Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam.

Educational Qualifications:

(i) 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.

(ii) 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 of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

Candidates who are appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination can also apply for this examination.

Application FEE: Rs. 100

Candidates are required to apply online by using the website upsconline.nic.in

Candidates (excepting SC/ST candidates/Sons of JCOs/NCOs/ORs specified in Note 2 below who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India/State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/MasterCard Credit/Debit Card.

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY :

(a) Nationality : A candidate must either be :

(i) a citizen of India, or

(ii) a subject of Bhutan, or

(iii) a subject of Nepal, or

(iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

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SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

1. The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follows:—

2. THE PAPERS IN ALL THE SUBJECTS WILL CONSIST OF OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS ONLY. THE QUESTION PAPERS (TEST BOOKLETS) OF MATHEMATICS AND PART “B” OF GENERAL ABILITY TEST WILL BE SET BILINGUALLY IN HINDI AS WELL AS ENGLISH. Candidates have to mark their response by completely blackening with black ball pen to indicate your response.

3. In the question papers, wherever necessary, questions involving the metric system of Weights and Measures only will be set.

4. Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write answers for them.

5. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects at the examination.

6. The candidates are not permitted to use calculator or Mathematical or logarithmic table for answering objective type papers (Test Booklets). They should not therefore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall.

THERE WILL BE PENALTY (NEGATIVE MARKING of one-third) FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS.

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