NDA 2025- Important Dates

The important dates has already been released by the UPSC for NDA 1 and 2 exams along with the UPSC Calendar 2025. The UPSC NDA-1 2025 Notification pdf has been released on 11th December 2024. Check the important dates for NDA 1 2025 from the below table and mark them on your calendar so you do not miss out on the exam dates.

Events	NDA-1 Dates	NDA-2 Dates
NDA Notification 2025	11th December 2024	28th May 2025
NDA Application Form 2025	11th December 2024	28th May 2025
Last date to apply	31st December 2024	17th June 2025
Application Withdrawal	To be notified	To be notified
NDA Admit Card 2025	3rd April 2025	September 2025
NDA Exam Date 2025	13th April 2025	14th September 2025

NDA Exam Vacancy 2025

The total number of vacancies to be recruited through the NDA 1 2025 exam has been released along with the official NDA 1 Notification 2025 of the UPSC NDA/NA 1 2025 exam on 11th December 2024. This year, NDA 1 Recruitment 2025 will be conducted for 406 vacancies. Check the below table for detailed vacancy distribution for this year’s vacancy.

NDA 1 Vacancy 2025
Department		Vacancies
National Defence Academy	Army	208 (including 10 for female candidates)
	Navy	42 (including 06 for female candidates)
	Air Force	(i) Flying – 92 (including 02 for female candidates) (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 candidates)
Total		406

NDA 2025 Application Fee

The Application fee for a General Category candidate is Rs 100/-

The fee can be deposited in any Branch of SBI by cash or can be submitted by using the net banking facility of the State Bank of India or directly by using Visa/ MasterCard/ Rupay Credit/ Debit Card.

Candidates belonging to SC/ ST candidates/ Sons of JCOs/ NCOs/ ORs are exempted from payment of the fee.

Category	Application Fee
General	Rs. 100/-
SC/ST candidates/female candidates/Wards of JCOs/NCOs/ORs	Exempted

UPSC NDA 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must hold the minimum qualification to be eligible for Defence Jobs. Below we have mentioned the details for Education Qualification, Age Limit, Nationality, and Physical Standards.

NDA Education Qualification

For Army Wing of National Defence Academy: The candidate should be 12th pass/HSC or equivalent examination from a State Education Board or a University

For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy: The candidate should have completed their 12th Class/HSC or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics from a State Education Board or a recognised University

NOTE: The candidates appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2 School Education or equivalent examination are too eligible to appear in the UPSC NDA examination.

NDA Age Limit

Only unmarried male/female candidates born not earlier than 2nd July 2006 and not later than 1st July 2009 are eligible to apply for the NDA 1 Exam 2025.

Nationality

The candidates must be unmarried male/female and should be:

a Citizen of India, or

a Subject of Bhutan, or

a Subject of Nepal, or

a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st of January 1962 to permanently settle in India, 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 to permanently settle in India

NDA Physical Standards

The candidates must be physically fit as per the physical standards for National Defence Academy and Naval Academy. They should be able to fulfill the following criteria:

(a) Running: 2.4 km in 15 minutes

(b) Skipping

(c) Pushups & Sit-ups: Minimum 20 each

(d) Chin-ups: Minimum 08

(e) Rope Climbing: 3.4 meters

NDA Height Requirements

For Ground Duty
Height Requirement	Minimum height	Maximum height
Except states mentioned below	157.5 cm	—
Height for Gorkhas and individuals belonging to North Eastern regions of India and hilly regions of Uttarakhand	152.5 cm	—
Candidates from Lakshadweep	155.5 cm	—
For Flying Duty
Height Requirement	Minimum height	Maximum height
Sitting Height	81.5 cm	96 cm
Leg Length	99 cm	120 cm
Thigh Length	—	64 cm

UPSC NDA Selection Process 2025

UPSC NDA 2 is the examination process that is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission to provide the opportunity to the youth of the country who wish to join defense jobs. The NDA will be conducted in two stages:

1. Written examination
2. Intelligence & Personality Test (SSB)

A candidate who qualifies in a written examination will be called for a personality test which will be conducted to check the intelligence and personality. The candidates have to clear both stages to get their names on the merit list. The merit list/final result will be generated by UPSC with the cumulative score of the Written Exam and the SSB will be considered for final selection.

NDA 2025 Exam Pattern

The candidates who are preparing for NDA I Exam 2025, must be familiar with the exam pattern that is followed by UPSC. We have discussed the details for NDA-1 Exam Pattern 2025 below:

1. The exam will be conducted in an offline mode

2. The questions will be in Multiple Choice Questions

3. The questions will be asked in bilingual languages (English & Hindi)

4. There will be a negative marking of 0.83 marks for Maths, 1.33 for English, and 1.33 marks for GK

5. Have a look at the detailed exam pattern for NDA I Examination

NDA 1 2025 Exam Pattern
Code	Subject	Max. Marks	Duration
1	Mathematics	300	2.5 hours
2	General Ability Test	600	2.5 hours
Total		900	5 hours

NDA Exam 2025 Syllabus

There would be two subjects Mathematics & General Ability Test for which the candidates have to be well-prepared. The candidates are advised to not skip any topic for the NDA Exam and begin their preparation along with the detailed syllabus. There will be questions from English (200 marks) and General Knowledge (400 marks) in the General Ability Test.

Topics covered under Mathematics

Algebra

Calculus

Matrices and Determinants

Integral Calculus and Differential Equations

Trigonometry

Vector Algebra

Analytical Geometry Of Two and Three Dimension

Statistics and Probability

Topics covered under the General Ability Test

The questions in this paper will be asked from the English language and General knowledge.

Topics covered under English

Spotting Errors

Comprehension

Selecting Words

Ordering of Words in a Sentence

Sentence Improvement

Antonyms

Synonyms

Topics covered under General Knowledge

Physics

Chemistry

General Science

History & Freedom Movement

Geography

Current Affairs/ Events