NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY & NAVAL ACADEMY EXAMINATION (I), 2025 - UPSC
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released 406 vacancy through National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination (I), 2025.
Post Details
The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be as under :—
| NationalDefence Academy : | Army | 208 (including 10 for female candidates) |
|---|---|---|
| Navy | 42 (including 06 for female candidates) | |
| Air Force |
(i) Flying –92
(including 02 for femalecandidates) (ii) Ground Duties (Tech) –18 (including 02 for female candidates) (iii) Ground Duties (Non Tech) –10 (including 02 for female candidates) | |
| Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme) : | 36 (including 05 for female candidate) | |
| Total: 406 | ||
Vacancies are provisional and may be changed depending on the availability of training capacity of National Defence Academy and Indian Naval Academy.
CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY:
(a)Nationality : A candidate must be unmarried male/female and must be :
(i) a citizen of India, or
(ii) a subject of Nepal, or
(iii) 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.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii) and (iii), above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. Certificate of eligibility will not, however, be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.
(b) Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status:
Only unmarried male/female candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 2006 and not later than 01st July, 2009 are eligible.
The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian Universityas equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Secondary School Examination or an equivalent examination certificates. These certificates are required to be submitted only the declaration of the result of the written part of the examination. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted. The expression Matriculation/ Secondary School Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.
(c) 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 StateEducation Board or a University.
(ii) For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy :—12th Class pass
with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of the 10+2 pattern of School
Education or equivalent conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
FEE
Candidates (excepting SC/ST candidates/female candidates / Wards 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 remitting the money in any Branch of State Bank of India by cash, or by using Visa/Master/RuPayCredit/Debit Card/UPI Payment or by using internet banking of any Bank.
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates are required to apply online by using the website upsconline.gov.in. A candidate who is willing to apply for National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination shall be required to apply on-line and submit the requisite information and supporting documents towards various claims, such as date of birth, educational qualification, etc. as may be sought by the Commission alongwith the Registration and Online Application Form. For detailed instructions for filling up the form, the Notice for National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2025 may be referred. The
failure to provide the required information/documents alongwith the Online Application Form or within the correction-window, if any, provided by the Commission will entail cancellation of candidature for the examination.
- Starting date of online application submission: 11th December 2024
- Last date of online application submission: 31st December 2024 till 6 PM
- Date of written exam: 13th April, 2025
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