Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) has notified the National Defence Academy
& Naval Academy Examination (I), 2014, for admission to the Army, Navy and
Air Force wings of the NDA for the 133rd Course, and for the 95th Indian Naval
Academy Course (INAC) commencing on 2nd January 2015.
Exam Centre and Date: The Examination
will be held at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly,
Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur,
Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima,
Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair,
Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram,
Tirupati, Udaipur, Vishakhapatnam on 20th April, 2014.
Vacancies: The approximate number of
vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be 375 of which
208 are for Army, 42 for Navy, 70 for the Air Force and 55 for Indian Naval
Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme). Those joining Indian Naval Academy would
undergo 4 years B.Tech Course and would be given an opportunity to join
Executive and Technical Branches of the Navy subject to availability of vacancies.
Vacancies are provisional and may be changed depending on the availability of
training capacity of National Defence Academy.
Admission
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 (SSB), of candidates who qualify in the written examination.
Eligibility : Applicant should satisfy
the eligibility conditions related to Nationality, Age, Sex, Marital Status,
Educational Qualifications, Physical standards etc.
Nationality : Applicant must be a
citizen of India. Exemptions in this condition are available in the detailed
notification dated 21.12.2013 available at www.upsc.gov.in/ www.upsc.gov.in/
and also at http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status :
Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd July 1995 and not
later than 1st July, 1998 are eligible.
Educational Qualifications:
(i)
Army wing of NDA: 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or
equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
(ii)
Air Force and Naval Wings of NDA and for 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at Indian
Naval Academy: 12th class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or
equivalent conducted by a State Education Board or a University, with Physics
and Mathematics.
Those
appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2 pattern of School Education or
equivalent examination can also apply for this examination subject to
conditions specified in the Notification and submission of proof of passing the
12th Class/equivalent examination in original at the time of attending SSB
Interview. Those who are unable to submit it at the time of SSB Interview must send
attested photocopies of such documents to ‘Directorate General of Recruiting,
Army Headquarters, West Block-III, RK Puram, New Delhi-110011, to reach latest
by 5th December, 2014. Those who have failed INSB/PABT earlier are not eligible
for Air Force. Those appearing in the 11th class exam are not eligible for this
examination.
Physical Standards : Applicant must be
physically fit according to physical standards for admission to National
Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2014 as per guidelines given
in the detailed Notification.
Examination Fee: Application Fee is
Rs.100/-. SC/ST applicants/Sons of JCOs/NCOs/ORs specified in Note 2 of the
Notification are exempted from payment of fee. No fee exemption is, however,
available to OBC candidates.
Fee
can be paid by cash at any Branch of SBI or by using Net Banking facility of
State Bank of India/ State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/Sate Bank of
Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala / State Bank of Travancore
or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card.
Application: Application can be
submitted only online, at www.upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
till 11.59 www.upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
till 11.59 pm on 20th January, 2014. .
Brief instruction for filling up the online Application Form is given in the
Appendix-II of the Detailed Notification. Detailed instructions are available
at the website.
Before
filling the application, applicant should have his photograph and signature
duly scanned in the .jpeg format in such a manner that each file does not
exceed 40 KB and is not less than 3 KB in size for the Photograph and 1 KB for
the signature.
Application
has to be submitted in two parts, Part-1 Registration and Part-II Registration.
Applicants who opt for ‘Pay by Cash’ mode, should print the system generated
Pay-in-Slip during Part II registration of the Online Application and deposit
the fee at the counter of the SBI Branch on the next working day only. ‘Pay by
Cash’ option mode will be available only till 11.59 pm on 19.1.2014 so as to complete
payment in bank by 20th January, 2014.
Applicant
has to specify in the online application form, the Services for which he wishes
to be considered in the order of his preference (1 to 4). He may indicate as
many preferences as he wishes to opt, so that having regard to his rank in the
order of merit, due consideration can be given to his preferences when making
appointments. Applicants should note that they will be considered for
appointment only to those services for which they express their preferences and
for no other service(s). No request for addition/alteration in the preferences
already indicated by the applicant in his application will be entertained by
the Commission.
All
the applicants are required to provide valid & active email i.d. while
filling up online application form as the Commission may use electronic mode
for contacting them.
Only
one application should be submitted. However, if due to any unavoidable
situation, if an applicant submits another/multiple applications, then he must
ensure that the application with the higher (Registration ID) RID is complete
in all respects like applicants' details, examination centre, photograph,
signature, fee etc. In such cases, only the applications with higher RID will
be accepted and the fee paid against one RID will not be adjusted against any
other RID.
e-admission Certificate : Eligible
candidates shall be issued an e-Admission Certificate three weeks before the
commencement of the examination. The e-Admission Certificate will be made available
on the UPSC website www.upsc.gov.in www.upsc.gov.in for being downloaded by candidates. No
Admission Certificate will be sent by post.
Scheme of Examination : Admission 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
(SSB), for candidates who qualify in the written examination.
Written examination: The written
examination will have two papers, each of 2 ½ hours duration. Mathematics (Code
01) Paper will carry 300 marks while General Ability Test (Code 02; Part A-
English (200 marks) and Part B- General Knowledge (400 marks)) will carry 600
marks. SSB Test/Interview will carry 900 marks. In Section B of Paper II, there
will be subsections, namely, A- Physics( 25% weightage), B- Chemistry (15%), C-
General Science (10%), D- History, Freedom Movement etc (20%), E-Geography
(20%) and F-Current Events (10%).
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. Each question will
have four alternatives. For each question for which a wrong answer has been
given by the candidate, one third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question
will be deducted as penalty. If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will
be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be
correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question. If a
question is left blank (no answer is given by the candidate), there will be no
penalty for that question. Detailed syllabus is available in the Notification.
Results of Written Examination: UPSC
will prepare a list of candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in
the written examination as fixed by the Commission at their discretion. Such
candidates shall appear before a Services Selection Board for Intelligence and
Personality Test where candidates for the Army/Navy wings of the NDA and 10+2
Cadet Entry Scheme of Indian Naval Academy will be assessed on Officers
Potentiality and those for the Air Force in Pilot Aptitude Test and for
Officers Potentiality. PABT applicable to candidates with Air Force as First
choice would also be conducted for all SSB qualified candidates with one of the
choice as Air Force subject to their eligibility and if they are so willing.
Two-Stage Selection Procedure:
Two-stage selection procedure based on Psychological Aptitude Test and Intelligence
Test has been introduced at Selection Centers/Air Force Selection Boards.
Intelligence Tests include both verbal and non-verbal, designed to assess basic
intelligence of candidates. They will also be put to Group Tests such as Group
Discussions, Group Planning, Outdoor Group Tasks and asked to give brief
lectures on specified subjects. All these tests are intended to judge the
mental calibre of a candidate. In broad terms, this is really an assessment of
not only his intellectual qualities but also his social traits and interests in
current affairs.
All
candidates will be put to stage one test on first day of reporting at Selection
Centres/Air Force Selection Boards. Only those candidates who qualify at stage
one will be admitted to the second stage/remaining tests. Those candidates who
qualify stage II will be required to submit the original Certificates along
with one photocopy each of (i) original Matriculation pass certificate or
equivalent in support of date of birth (ii) Original 10+2 pass certificate or
equivalent in support of educational qualification.
Merit List: To be acceptable,
candidates for the Army/Navy/Naval Academy and Air Force should secure the
minimum qualifying marks separately in (i) Written examination as fixed by the
Commission at their discretion and (ii) Officer Potentiality Test as fixed by
the Service Selection Board at their discretion. Over and above, candidates for
the Air Force, and all the SSB qualified candidates as per their willingness,
eligibility and preference for Air Force, should separately qualify the PABT.
Subject
to these conditions the qualified candidates will then be placed in a single
combined list on the basis of total marks secured by them in the Written
Examination and the Services Selection Board Tests. The final
allocation/selection for admission to the Army, Navy, Air Force of the National
Defence Academy and 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme of Indian Naval Academy will be
made up to the number of vacancies available subject to eligibility, medical
fitness and merit-cum-preference of the candidates.
For
more details, see the detailed notification at www.upsc.gov.in www.upsc.gov.in
and at http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
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