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UPSC NDA 2022: Exam Dates, Eligibility, Admit Card, Pattern, Syllabus and Cut Off

UPSC NDA 2022: NDA exam stands for National Defence Academy exam, it is a nationwide exam. The NDA exam is a very crucial and most awaited exam for those who join our respective Indian Army. The NDA exam is conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission). UPSC conducts the NDA exam twice a year. The main purpose of this exam is to recruit eligible candidates in the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.

The NDA exam is conducted twice a year, first in April and second in September. The exam is conducted in offline mode and the application will be accepted in online mode. After clearing the written exam, candidates have to appear for the crucial SSB interview which will be organized in two rounds. After clearing the written and interview process, candidates have to go through an SSB medical examination process which is a necessary part to qualify for the selection into National Defence Academy.

Once the candidate selected for admission in NDA will be sent for the training process at NDA, Khadakwasla. After completing the training tenure they become NDA graduates and then get posted in the respective academies of any of 3 Indian forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) such as IMA (Indian Military Academy), INA (Indian Naval Academy), and AFA (Air Force Academy).

All the information related to the UPSC NDA exam such as notification, important dates, no. of vacancies, the application process, selection process, cut-off marks, etc. has been discussed in this article below. Also, candidates are instructed to follow the UPSC website regularly for the NDA 2022 recruitment procedure.

UPSC NDA 2022 Overview

UPSC NDA 2022 Important Dates

Soon, Union Public Service Commission will release the exam calendar for all the upcoming exams conducted by UPSC in 2022. UPSC conducts the NDA exam twice a year, first in April and second in September. Here we have provided the tentative dates of both NDA-I and NDA-II exams. The exact dates will be decided by the officials of UPSC and will release along with the announcement of official notification.

UPSC NDA 2022 Vacancy Detail

Along with the release of official notification, the UPSC will announce the no. of total and exact vacancies in the NDA for both the sessions of April and September. Till then, you have to try to do focus on your studies.

UPSC NDA 2022 Salary Details

The candidates who will get selected through this recruitment process, have to go through the training process. During the crucial training period, they will get a training stipend of INR. 5o6,100. Later the training period, the stipend will be converted to salary with increment depending upon the level of the post.

Here we have provided you the database of salary depending on rank and pay level.

UPSC NDA 2022 Application Process

The application form will be released online for NDA-I and NDA-II exams on the official website of UPSC in December 2021 and June 2022 respectively. Candidates should have to check the dates properly by visiting the website of UPSC and should fill the form before the application ending date.

In this section, we have discussed every piece of information about the application process such as form filling, required documents, format details of documents, fee details, etc. So to fill the UPSC NDA application form, read all the steps thoroughly.

How to Apply for UPSC NDA 2022?

1. First of all, every candidate should have to visit the official webpage of UPSC i.e. upsconline.gov.in.
2. Here search for the notification of the NDA-I/ NDA-II exam and open the registration form for the same. For Part-I of the registration process, complete the registration process by entering all the details which are required to fill the registration form.
3. For Part-II, candidates are needed to provide the details such as Personal Information, Contact Number, Email-id, etc.
4. In the next step, they have to upload their scanned copy of their signature and recent passport size photograph.
   • First of all, every candidate should have to visit the official webpage of UPSC i.e. upsconline.gov.in.
   • Here search for the notification of the NDA-I/ NDA-II exam and open the registration form for the same. For Part-I of the registration process, complete the registration process by entering all the details which are required to fill the registration form.
   • For Part-II, candidates are needed to provide the details such as Personal Information, Contact Number, Email-id, etc.
   • In the next step, they have to upload their scanned copy of their signature and recent passport size photograph.
5. In the last step, candidates will have to make payment for the complete submission of their application process.

NDA 2022 Application Form Fee

• The application fee for UPSC NDA-I and UPSC NDA-II will be paid online as well as offline. Candidates can choose any of the convenient methods according to their choice.
• For online mode, payment can be made through SBI net banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card.
• For offline mode of payment, candidates have to take a hard copy of digitally generate the challan and have to submit the required fee at the nearest SBI branch along with the Challan 1 day of generation of challan.

The particulars for the NDA application fee are given below in the table.

Document Required to be Uploaded

The format of the required document i.e. Photograph and Signature should be the same as the description mentioned by the authorities. The photograph should be of recent days with a background as a white color and the signature should be the permanent signature of the candidates written with black/blue ball ink pen. The specification of the documents are as follow:

UPSC NDA 2022 Eligibility Criteria

If you are ready to join NDA and want to fill the form of UPSC NDA 2022, then you must have to be aware of the required eligibility for this exam such as Nationality, Age limit, Qualification, etc.

Nationality

• The nationality of the candidates should be Indian.

OR,

• The candidate should be a subject of Bhutan/ Nepal or Tibetan refugees who have been permanently migrated to the country India before January 1, 1962.

OR,

• An individual whose country origin is India, and has migrated (with the intension of permanent settlement) from different countries like Pakistan/ Sri Lanka/ Burma/ East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania/Malawi/ Zambia/Zaire, and Ethiopia/ Vietnam.

Age Limit

• Male candidates with DoB not after July 1, 2005, can apply for the UPSC NDA I 2022 exam.
• Male Candidates who have been born between January 2, 2003 – January 1, 2006, can apply for UPSC NDA II 2022 exam.
• The minimum age of candidates should be 15.7 years or 16 years during the starting of the course.
• The maximum age of candidates should be 18.7 years or 19 years during the starting of the course.

Marital/Gender Status

• Only unmarried male candidates are allowed to appear for the NDA exams.
• No female candidates are allowed to appear for the NDA exams.

Minimum Qualification

• All the male students who have completed/ appearing in the Intermediate level education or equivalent can apply for this exam.
• For Army Wing of NDA (National Defence Academy): Male students who have passed the class XII or equivalent exam which was conducted by a state education board are eligible to apply for the exam.
• For Air Force and Naval Wings of NDA and 10+2 cadet entry scheme at the INA (Indian Naval Academy): Male students who have passed the class XII or equivalent exam with Mathematics and Physics which was conducted by a state education board are eligible to apply for the exam.

Additional Standards

• All those male candidates who are willing to get admission in NDA (National Defence Academy) and INA (Indian Naval Academy) must satisfy the physical standards fixed by the officials.
• All those male candidates who have quit or departed on disciplinary grounds from any of the training academies of IAM (Indian Armed Forces) can not apply for the NDA exam.

UPSC NDA 2022 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern of NDA has merely two parts:

1. Written Exam
2. SSB Interview

NDA Exam Pattern: Written Exam

It has merely two papers, namely Paper-I: Mathematics & Paper-II: General Knowledge consisting of a total of 900 marks. The question paper will be objective type and will be conducted in offline mode. The medium of the question paper will be bilingual i.e. Hindi and English. The negative marking will be there in the exam.

The detailed exam pattern of the NDA exam is given below in the table:

NDA 2022 Interview

NDA Interview will comprise of two parts:

1. Physicological Aptitude Test
2. Intelligence Test

First candidates have to clear the written exam after that they will call for interview rounds. Candidates who qualify for stage one of the NDA interview process will have to appear for stage two of the interview process.

NDA 2022 Medical Test

After clearing the Interview process followed by a written exam, candidates will be called for Medical Test for final selection.

UPSC NDA 2022 Exam Syllabus

Union Public Service Commission sets the exam syllabus of the NDA exam. For the latest pattern of the NDA exam, all the candidates are advised to follow the official website. The syllabus contains mainly three sections Maths, English, and General Knowledge.

Mathematics Syllabus

• Matrices and Determinants
• Integral Calculus and Differential Equations
• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Vector Algebra
• Analytical Geometry of two and three Dimensions
• Differential Calculus
• Statistics and Probability

General Knowledge Syllabus

Part ‘A’ – English: In this part, the knowledge of Grammar and its Usage, Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Cohesion to test the candidate’s proficiency in English will be tested.

Part ‘B’ – General Knowledge: In this part, questions from different subjects Chemistry, Physics, General Science, History, Geography, Social Studies, and Current Events will be tested.

Mainly, the level of the questions in all the subjects will be of class 10+2 level.

UPSC NDA 2022 Admit Card

The admit card or say hall ticket of the NDA exam will be released by the officials of the Union Public Service Commission on its official website. Candidates will have to go to the official website to download the hard copy of their hall ticket for the NDA exam. Admit card/ hall ticket is the most important document that is to be carried out at the exam center.

How to download Admit Card for the NDA exam?

• Step 1: Go to the official website of the UPSC and click on the exam link of NDA under the active exam link section.
• Step 2: Now click on the admit card link of NDA under the NDA exam section link.
• Step 3: After clicking on the admit card link, you will be redirected then into a new page to download the admit card.
• Step 4: Here you have to log in with your credential details such as Roll no./ Registration no. and password.
• Step 5: After entering the credentials, you have to click on the ‘Submit’ button over there.
• Step 6: Once you click on submit button, just after a new page will be open on the screen which will carry your NDA admit card.
• Step 7: First read all the details, and then move on to download the NDA admit card.
• Step 8: Now finally, take the digitally generated printout of the NDA admit card for future references.

Details Mentioned on the NDA Admit Card

• Candidate’s Name
• Roll Number
• Date of Birth
• Exam Date and Time
• Exam Centre
• Centre Code
• Candidate’s Photograph
• Candidate’s Signature
• Exam Centre Address

Documents to carry with the NDA Admit Card

The invigilator at the exam center will check your existence with your Photo identity card. So, at the examination center, along with the NDA Admit Card, candidates will have to carry the following documents:

• An original photo identity card (PAN/Aadhar/ Voter Id/Driver’s License/ Driver’s License/ Ration Card )as well as a photocopy of the same.
• 2 passport size photographs

UPSC NDA 2022 Preparation Tips

Here are the best preparation tips for you for the UPSC NDA exam 2022. Candidates are advised to read these tips and try to execute them in their preparation, these will going to make a good change in your preparation.

1. Before starting preparation, it is most important to know What to read and what not, How to read, From here to read, Resources, etc. Then for answers to all these questions, follow the official website of UPSC and read this article thoroughly to gather every exact piece of information which are important for the NDA exam.
2. Download the syllabus and read the whole syllabus at once to get familiar with all the topics.
3. Read NCERTs of class 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 to cover all the concepts of the NDA syllabus. You should also refer to some standard books to make your preparation one level up.
4. Practice the questions of mathematics very well as it carries 300 marks alone.
5. Cover the syllabus 1.5-2 months before the NDA examination to revise the syllabus up to a minimum of 3-4 times.
6. Revise the syllabus as many times as possible because revision plays an important role during the preparation.
7. Creat short and to the point tricky notes of each subject.
8. Give sectional as well, as full length offline or online mock tests and analyze them thoroughly.
9. Solve PYQs of the NDA exam for at least of the last 5 years.

UPSC NDA 2022 Exam Center

The NDA exam will be held in 41 cities across the country. The list of all the cities are given below in the table:

UPSC NDA 2022 Exam Day Preparation

To avoid disqualification/ termination from the exam, candidates should have to take care of the following instructions and guidelines issued by the officials. Which are as follows:

• To avoid termination, you have to bring a photo proof identity card, two passport size photos along with the NDA hall ticket/ admit card to the exam center as instructed by the officials.
• Candidates have to carry a black colored ballpoint pen to fill the answer sheet.
• No rough sheets to be carried out by the candidates, rough sheets for rough work will be provided in the examination hall at the time of the exam.
• Any kind of electronic device like mobile phone, calculator, smartwatch, etc are not allowed to carry at the exam center.
• The exam invigilators are very strict and if they notice any unfair means of yours then they have the right to take a strict decision against you including your termination from the current and upcoming NDA examination in the future as well.

UPSC NDA 2022 Recommended Books

The syllabus of the UPSC NDA examination is based on the topics covered in the NCERT books of 10+2 level. So it is highly recommended to start your preparation with NCERT books. But to get a standard and some advanced knowledge and to solve different levels of the question, candidates will have to read some standard books also which are specially designed for the NDA exam. The list of such books are as follows:

UPSC NDA 2022 Answer Key

The below section tells you more about the UPSC NDA answer key. After the successful completion of the NDA 2022 exam, the officials of UPSC will release the official answer key for each shift of the examination on its official website. Candidates are advised to match their answer sheet with the final answer key released by the UPSC.

How to Check/ Download the Answer Key of the NDA exam?

• Firstly, open the official website of UPSC into your browser. i.e.upsc.gov.in.
• Go to the examination section on the home page and then find the  Answer Key link of UPSC NDA to download the answer key.
• Now candidates can download the answer key in the pdf form of their respective question sets.
• Download the UPSC NDA answer key of the particular question set and match your copy of the answer sheet with the official answer key to get an idea about your score of the UPSC NDA exam.

UPSC NDA 2022 Result

The result for the written exam of UPSC NDA will be published post one month of NDA examination on the official site of UPSC. The result will consist of Roll no. of qualified candidates only in the pdf form. Once who get qualified for the interview round, have to register themselves again to attend the interview. After the interview, a final list of qualified candidates will be released post  2 weeks of the interview session. The final result will be accessible within one month of publishing the final result.

How to Check NDA 2022 Results?

• Step 1: First of all, open the UPSC’s official website i.e. upsc.gov.in.
• Step 2: On the homepage of UPSC, find the result section and choose the link for NDA 2022 exam result.
• Step 3: After clicking the result link for the NDA exam under the result section, candidates will get access to the pdf file which is the result of NDA 2022.
• Step 4: Now open the pdf and press ctrl +F and then enter your name or roll no. in the search box.
• Step 5: If you have qualified then your roll no. will be highlighted there.
• Step 6: Now, qualified candidates have to download the result and keep it safe for future references.

UPSC NDA 2022 Selection Process

The selection to the NDA will be based on the two-stage process:

1. Stage 1: Written Exam
2. Stage 2: Interview Process

Written Exam

First candidates have to appear for the written exam, which consists of 900 marks, and then must have to qualify for the cutoff set by the officials. After clearing the cut-off, a merit list of the selected candidates will be published then. Now those who are shortlisted will have to register themselves on the official website of joinindianarmy.nic.in within 15 days of the issued merit list.

After the registration, the interview center and respective dates will then notified on their registered contact details. The SSB interview round of NDA plays an important role in the selection, for this round candidates have to clear both stages of selection one by one i.e. first they have to clear OIR and PPDT for the first round of interviews. After clearing the first round, shortlisted candidates will again have to appear for the second interview round which is basically a Group Discussion and Psychology Test.

After clearing all these above processes, the final merit list of the candidates will be published for the recruitment in NDA.

SSB Interview Stages

NDA 2022 Document Verification Process

After completing the written exam and interview process, to ensure the final selection, candidates have to through the document verification process. Candidates will have to appear at Service Selection Center (SSC) and must have to carry all the required original documents along with their xerox copy of each. The required documents are listed below:

• Passport Size Photographs
• Birth Certificate
• Proof of Residence
• Admit card of UPSC NDA exam
• Final merit list
• Qualification Certificate
• Proof of Identity (Pan card/ Aadhar Card/ Voter ID, etc.)
• Category certificate for the Reserved category candidates

Medical examination

After all the procedures of selection, candidates have to go through the medical examination. The eligible candidates will be recruited in NDA iff (if and only if) they get the fitness certificate from the medical examiner of SSB. Otherwise, the candidature will be rejected if they disqualify the medical test.

UPSC NDA 2022 Cut off

The required minimum cut off marks to qualify the UPSC NDA written examination will be released by the officials just after the commencement of the written exam result. Only those candidates will be considered for the next two rounds of interviews those who scored more than the UPSC NDA cut-off marks.

Cut Off Parameters

UPSC will set the minimum qualifying marks/ cut off marks for NDA 2022 on the bass of the following different factors:

1. Total no. of candidates who appeared in the written exam.
2. The difficulty level of  the question paper of the NDA written exam
3. Total number of vacancies in the Academy
4. Performance of the candidates
5. Previous year cut off marks

NDA 2022 Cut Off (Expected)

NDA  Previous Years Cut off Marks

Here we have given the previous year’s cut off for the NDA exam (written). These cut off trends will help you to get an idea about the expected cutoff for the NDA 2022 exam.

NDA Statistics of Previous Years

Contact Details

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi- 110069

Phone: 011-23098543 / 23381125 /23385271 / 23098591

Official website: www.upsc.gov.in

Email- feedback-upsc@gov.in

UPSC NDA 2022 FAQs

What is the purpose of conducting the NDA exam?

The purpose of the NDA exam is to train and recruit eligible candidates in the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.

Who conducts the NDA exam every year?

Every year, the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) conducts the NDA exam.

What is the frequency of conducting the NDA exam?

Every year, the NDA exam is conducted twice a year.

What is the official website of UPSC to apply for the NDA exam?

The official website of UPSC to apply for the NDA exam is www.upsc.gov.in.

What is the minimum age requirement to apply for the NDA exam?

The minimum age of the candidates to apply for the NDA exam is 15.7 years or 16 years during the starting of the course.

What will be the medium of the question paper of the NDA 2022 exam?

The medium of the question paper of the NDA 2022 exam will be bilingual i.e. both Hindi and English except for English Paper.

How many stages are there for the selection procedure to the gateway of NDA?

There are two stages of the selection procedure to the gateway of NDA:

1. Written Exam
2. SSB Interview Process

After clearing the above two stages, candidates have to go through the Document verification process and Medical Examination process.