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Union Public Service Commission UPSC invites application for the 149th NDA and NA Course. An Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 10th April, 2022 for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 149th Course, and for the 111th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 2nd January, 2023.

The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be as under:

Admission to the above courses will be made on the results of the written examination to be conducted by the Commission followed by intelligence and personality test by the Services 
Selection Board of candidates who qualify in the written examination.

Important Dates

Online Application Form Starts: 22 December 2021

Online Application Form Ends: 11 January 2022 upto 6.00 PM

Online Applications withdrawn : 18 January to 24 January 2022 till 6.00 PM

Publication of Admit Card: 15 March 2022

UPSC NDA I 2022 Date of Examination : 10 April 2022

Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing : 2 January 2023

Eligibility

(a) Nationality: A candidate must be unmarried male/female and must be :

• a citizen of India, or
• a subject of Nepal, or
• 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.

b) Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status :

Only unmarried male/female candidates born not earlier than 02nd July, 2003 and not later than 1st July, 2006 are eligible.

Candidates must undertake not to marry until they complete their full training. A candidate who marries subsequent  to the date of his application though successful at this or any subsequent Examination will not be selected for training. A candidate who marries during training shall be discharged and will be liable to refund all expenditure incurred on him by the Government

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 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 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent 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.

Candidates appearing in the 11th class exam are not eligible for this examination.

Those candidates who have yet to qualify in the 12th class or equivalent examination and are allowed to appear in the UPSC Examination should note that this is only a special concession given to them. They are required to submit proof of passing the 12th class or equivalent  examination by the prescribed date (i.e. 24th December, 2022) and no request for extending this date will be entertained on the grounds of late conduct of Board/University Examination, delay in declaration of results or any other ground whatsoever.

d) Physical Standards: 

• Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2022 as per guidelines given in Appendix-IV.
• A candidate who has resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from any of the training academies of Armed Forces is not eligible to apply. 

Centres of Examinations:

The Examination will be held at the following Centres :

Agartala, Agra, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, , Aizawl, Almora (Uttarakhand), Anantpur (Andhra Pradesh), Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Bareilly, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Faridabad, Gangtok, Gaya, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur ,Gurgaon ,Gwalior, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur , Jammu , Jodhpur, Jorhat, , Kochi, ,Kohima, Kolkata, Kozhikode (Calicut), Leh, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Puducherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot ,Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong , Shimla , Siligudi , Srinagar, Srinagar (Uttarakhand), Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupati, Udaipur ,Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayavada, Vishakhapatnam,  Warangal

Documents Required

• Recent passport size color photograph
• Signature
• 10th Marksheet
• Aadhar Card / Voter Card / PAN Card / Passport / Driving License / School Photo ID / Any other photo ID Card issued by the State / Central Government.
• Category Certificate (if any)

Application Fee

SC/ST candidates/Sons of JCOs/NCOs/ORs are exempted from payment of fee

Rs 100/- for All Other Categories

Official Notification

Notification – English

Notification – Hindi

Admit Card

• No Admit Card will be sent by post.
• Bring this e-Admit card (print out), along with the (original) Photo Identity Card, whose number is mentioned in the e-Admit Card , in each session to secure admission to Examination Hall. E-Admit Card must be preserved till the declaration of the final result as its production before Service Selection Board is necessary.
• Pease note that entry into the Examination Venue shall be closed 10 minutes before the scheduled commencement of the Examination i.e. 9:50 AM for the Forenoon Session and 01:50 PM for the Afternoon Session. No candidate shall be allowed to enter into the Examination Venue after closure of the entry.
• Use of normal or simple wrist watches by candidates is allowed inside the Examination Rooms/ Halls. However, use of watches fitted with any special accessory that might be used as communication device or smart watches is strictly prohibited and candidates are not allowed to take such watches into the Examination Rooms/ Halls.
• Answers other than those made by Black Ball Point Pen would not be evaluated.

Scheme of Examination

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

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.

Penality for wrong answers
Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.

For both writing and marking answers in the OMR sheet (Answer Sheet) candidates must use black ball pen only Pens with any other colour are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen. Candidates should note that any omission/mistake/discrepancy in encoding/filling of details in the OMR answer sheet especially with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code will 
render the answer sheet liable for rejection. Candidates are further advised to read carefully the “Special Instructions” contained in Appendix-III of the Notice.