Sorry a girl candidate is not eligible for National Defence Academy (NDA) exam to join defense academy of India . Only unmarried male candidates are eligible for the exam.

NDA exam eligibility:

Nationality :

A candidate must either be :
a citizen of India, or
a subject of Bhutan, or
a subject of Nepal, or
a Tibetan refugee

Qualification :
Candidate should pass 12th Class of 10+2 System of Education/Equivalent for Army and with Physics and Maths for AF & Navy.


Age Limits:
16 – 19 ½ year

Marital Status
Unmarried

Likely SSB Date
Sep to Oct and Jan to Apr

Duration of Training :

3 Yrs at NDA and 1 Yr at IMA(For Army cadets)/
3 Yrs at NDA and 1 Yr at Naval Academy(For Naval cadets)/
3 Yrs at NDA and 1 & 1/2 Yrs at AFA Hyderabad (For AF cadets)

Scheme of Examination:

1. The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks alloted to each subject are as follows:



2. The papers in all the subjects consist of objective type questions only.


Paper-1 Mathematics (Code No. 01) ( Maximum marks 300)

Paper-II General Ability Test (Code No. 02) (Maximum marks 600) comprise the following


Part A English( Maximum Marks - 200)
Part B General Knowledge (Maximum Marks - 400)

General Knowledge has six sections with the break-up of 400 marks as below:

Section for Physics 100 marks.
Section for Chemistry 60 marks.
Section for General Science 40 marks.
Section for History, Freedom Movement (Social Studies) 80 marks.
Section for Geography 80 marks.
Section for Current Events 40 marks