Can you tell me about the Age limit required for the post of Sailor in Indian Navy? Also tell me about the Visual standards for Sailor Entry in Indian Navy?

Medical exam is conducted by authorized Military Doctors as per medical standard prescribed under current regulations applicable to the sailors of Indian Navy on entry.

Physical traits include minimum height of 157 cm with balanced body weight depending on the age and height of one. One should also have balanced chest with minimum expansion capability of 05 cms.

One must possess good mental and physical health, should be free from any disease / disability and have no cardio vascular disease, surgical deformities like Knock-Knees, Flat-Foot.

One should not have a past history of fits or psychiatric illness Vericose-vein etc. One must not have any type of infection in the ears.

One needs to get the ears cleaned for wax and tartar removed from teeth before appearing for the written test followed by PFT and Medical examination.

One should possess Color perception standard of CP II and Eyes Visual standards to meet the under mentioned prescribed standards for both the conditions that is with glasses and without glasses.


Age/Height 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32

152 43 44 45 46 47 48 48 49 49 50

155 44 45 46 47 49 50 50 51 51 52

157 45 46 47 49 50 51 51 52 53 53

160 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 53 54 54

162 47 48 50 52 53 54 54 55 55 56

165 48 50 52 53 55 56 56 57 57 58

168 50 51 53 55 57 58 58 58 59 59

170 52 53 55 57 58 59 60 60 61 61

173 54 55 57 59 60 61 62 62 62 63

175 56 57 59 61 62 62 63 64 65 64

178 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 67

180 60 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

183 62 63 65 67 67 68 70 71 72 72

185 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

188 68 70 71 72 74 75 76 77 78 79

190 70 72 73 74 76 78 79 80 81 82

193 72 74 76 77 78 80 81 82 83 84

195 75 77 78 79 81 82 83 85 86 87


Height and Weight Standards



Visual Standards for Sailor Entry

Type of Entry Without glasses With glasses
Better Eye Worse Eye Better Eye Worse Eye
AA 6/12 6/12 6/9 6/12
SSR 6/6 6/9 6/6 6/6
MR COOK & STEWARDS 6/36 6/36 6/9 6/12
MR MUSICIANS 6/60 6/60 6/9 6/24
NMRs 6/60 6/60 6/9 6/24