NDA & NA Exam (I) 2021 Exam Conducted Today | Answer Key to be declared soon

NDA & NA Exam (I) 2021 Exam Conducted Today |Answer Key to be declared soon

Union Public Service Commission has conducted National Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) Exam I 2021 today i.e. 18^th April 2021. The Result will be published on its official website https://www.upsc.gov.in/,  the event was conducted with restrictions imposed by the Government, Students were suggested to follow the social distancing and wear a mask while entering the exam centre.

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The Examination was conducted in the forms of Two Tests namely: Mathematics and GAT or General Awareness Test respectively. The Maths or Mathematics exam was conducted between 10 am to 12:30 pm while the GAT was conducted between 2 to 4:30 pm. The Answer Key for the Examination will be declared by the UPSC or Union Public Service Commission soon on its official website. As soon as the Answer Key is declared students can check its news here and download the same.

This year there are a Total of 400 Vacancies declared in the NDA & NA Exam (I) Notification including 370 in the NDA National Defence Academy and 30 in the Naval Academy respectively.

For the ease of travel for students, all the state governments had issued guidelines and advisory to the local police for allowing the NDA NA Exam (I) applicants and their Admit Card was considered as their Travel Pass for the same amid weekend Lockdown all over the country.

With the pandemic situation still quite serious, the agency has released a detailed set of guidelines and precautionary measures to ensure the safety of students and smooth conduct of the examination.

The National Defence Academy and Naval Academy (NDA & NA) Exam 2021 is conducted on the national level for aspiring candidates. The UPSC NDA Exam is conducted two times in a year namely NDA & NA Exam (I & II). The NDA & NA Exam (I & II) 2021 will be held for male unmarried candidates who are interested in the Indian Defence Forces after class 12^th or equivalent.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the NDA & NA Exam every year. This exam is conducted to recruit interested candidates in the Army, Navy as well as Air Force. These dates have been released on the official website of UPSC is https://www.upsc.gov.in/

The NDA & NA Exam (II) will be conducted  on September 5, 2021

IMPORTANT DATES FOR NDA& NA Exam (II) 2021:

After clearing the NDA 2021 Exam, the selected candidates are sent for training and post their graduation from NDA, they are allotted service as per the following:

• Indian Military Academy (IMA)
• Indian Naval Academy (INA)
• Air Force Academy (AFA)

Educational Qualification:

• For Army Wing of National Defence Academy: 12^th class Pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a state Education or a University.
• For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at Indian Naval Academy: 12^th class Pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by State Education Board or a University.

Eligibility criteria

• Candidate age should be between 16.5 to 19.5 years
• Only male candidates are eligible to apply for NDA & NA
• The male candidates should be Unmarried.

The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.

Mere issue of Admission Certificate to the candidate will not imply that his candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up

only after the candidate has qualified for interview/Personality Test

The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this

examination will be as under :—

 National Defence

Academy : 370 to include 208 for Army, 42 for Navy and 120 for Air Force (including 28 for ground Duties)

Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme) : 30

Total : 400

 Vacancies are provisional and may be changed depending on the

availability of training capacity of National Defence Academy and

Indian Naval Academy.

EXAM PATTERN :

• NDA& NA Exam 2021 will be held twice a year through Pen and Paper i.e. offline mode
• The language of paper will be in both languages Hindi and English
• The paper will be based on multiple choice question
• The paper will be divided into two sections: Mathematics and General ability
• The duration for the complete paper will be 5 hours (2.5 hours for each section)
• 33% of marks assigned to the question will be deducted for each incorrect answer

Brief about the exam pattern of NDA & NA Exam 2021