UPSC NDA Exam Pattern


UPSC NDA Exam Pattern : Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts NDA (National defence academy) and National Academy (NA) Exam (II) twice in a year for admission into Army, Navy, and Air Force Wings. Minimum Educational Qualification is 12th Class pass in 10+2 Pattern. The UPSC NDA & NA exam pattern details are given below…

UPSC NDA Exam Pattern

Exam Pattern: The UPSC NDA exam comprises of 2 stages.
I. Written Examination
II. Interview

I. Written Examination: There will be 2 papers in NDA (National defence academy)and National Academy (NA) written exam. The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers of Mathematics & Part B of General Ability Test will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English. Time duration for each paper is 2 ½ Hours . Subjects & Maximum Marks details mentioned below.

Scheme of Examination:

S. No                  Subjects                Time Duration                     Maximum Marks
1                     Mathematics            2 ½ Hours                                     300
2              General Ability Test      2 ½ Hours                                     600
Total 900
SSB Test/ Interview 900

i. In the question papers, wherever necessary , questions involving the metric system of Weights and Measures only will be set.
ii. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects at the examination
iii. The candidates are not permitted to use calculator or mathematical or logarithmic table for answering objective type papers.

II. Interview: Candidates who select in the written examination are called for Interview which is conducted by SSB.