History
In 1941, Lord Linlithgow, then Governor-General of India received a gift of
£100,000 from a grateful Sudanese Government towards building a war
memorial in recognition of the sacrifices of Indian troops in the liberation of
Sudan in the East African Campaign during World War II. At the end of the
war, Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, then Commander-in-Chief of the Indian
Army, drawing on experiences of the army during the war, led a committee to
study various military academies around the world and submitted a report to
the Government of India in Dec. 1946. The committee recommended the
establishment of a Joint Services Military Academy, with training modelled on
the United States Military Academy at West Point.[2]
After the independence of India in Aug. 1947, the Chiefs of Staff Committee
immediately implemented the recommendations of the Auchinleck report. The
committee initiated an action plan in late 1947 to commission a permanent
defence academy and began the search for a suitable site. It also decided to
set up an interim training academy, known as the Joint Services Wing (JSW),
which was commissioned on 1 Jan. 1949 at the Armed Forces Academy (now
known as the Indian Military Academy) in Dehradun. Initially, after two years of
training at the JSW, Army cadets went on to the Military wing of the AFA for
two years of further pre-commission training, while the Navy and Air Force
cadets were sent to Dartmouth and Cranwell in the United Kingdom for further
training.
Following partition, India's share of the monetary gift received from Sudan,
amounted to £70,000 (the remaining £30,000 went to Pakistan). The Indian
Army decided to use these funds to partly cover the cost of construction of the
NDA. The foundation stone for the academy was laid by then Prime Minister of
India, Jawaharlal Nehru on 6 Oct. 1949. The National Defence Academy was
formally commissioned on 7 Dec. 1954, with an inauguration ceremony held
on 16 Jan. 1955.[3] The JSW program was transferred from the AFA to the
NDA.
Sudan Block of the National Defence Academy
The Sudan Block and the Ashok Stambha at the National
Defence Academy
Indian Maharaja - Shivaji Raje Bhosale memorial at
National Defence Academy (NDA) complex, Pune
NDA Eligibility Criteria:
The Examination of the NDA (National Defence Academy) is conducted by
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) twice in a year to recruits the
candidates in Army, Navy & Air Force wings of National Defence Academy.
The eligible candidates apply through online and offline application mode. The
eligibility details of the UPSC NDA exam details given below…
1. Nationality:
A candidate must be either be a
(i) a citizen of India , or
(ii). a subject of Bhutan, or
(iii). a subject of Nepal, or
(iv). a Tibetan refugee who came ovbet ot India before the 01 January , 1962
with the intention of spermanently settling in India, or
(v). a Person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakisthan, Burma, Sri
Lanka and East African countires of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of
Tanzania, Zambia, Malawim Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the intention of
permanently setting in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above
shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by
the Government of India.Certificate of eligibility will not, however, be necessary
in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjetcs of Nepal.
2. Age: Only the Unmarried Male Candidates born not earlier than 2nd
January,1995 and not later than 1st July ,1998 are eligible.
Sex: only unmarried male candidates are eligible.
3. Educational Qualifications:
(i)For Army wing of National Defence Academy: 12th Class pass of the 10+2
pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a State
Education Board or a University.
(ii) For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for
the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy: 12th Class
pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and
Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.
Candidates who are appearing int he 12th Class under 10+2 Pattern of School
Education or equivalent examination can also apply for this examination.
4. Physical Standards: Candidates must be physically fit according to physical
standards for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy
Examination (I), 2014.
NDA Selection Procedure Details:
Union Public Service Commission – UPSC conducts NDA (National Defence
Academy) exam, NDA-I, NDA-II . The candidates who are eligible apply
through online and offline application mode. Minimum Educational
Qualification is 12 th Class pass in 10+2 Pattern. The selection process is
based on Written Test & Interview . The details are as follows…
Selection Procedure:
UPSC conducts NDA (National Defence Academy) Exam in Two Stages.
I. Written
Examination
II. Interview
I. Written Examination: The exam will constitute 2 subjects, Maths and
General Ability Test and each subject is given the time limit 2 ½ Hours,
maximum marks for Maths is 300 & General ability is 600. The papers in all the
subjects will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers of
Mathematics & Part B of General Ability Test will be set bilingually in Hindi as
well as English.
II. Interview: Qualified candidates in the written examination will be called for
Interview conducted by SSB (Services selection board). For Army, Navy Wings
& 10 +2 Entry Scheme candidates need to undergo Intelligence Test &
Personality Test, but for Air Force Wing the candidates must attend a Pilot
Aptitude Test. The Interview Consists both Intelligence and Personality Test. In
interview the candidates will be put to Intelligence Tests both Verbal and Non
Verbal Tests based knowledge to assess their intelligence, they will also go to
Group Tests such as Group Discussions, Group Planning, Outdoor Group
Tasks, and asked to give Brief Lectures on Specified Subjects.
Two stage selection procedure: The selection procedure based on
Psychological Aptitude Test and Intelligence Test. Candidates who qualified in
stage 1 are required to appear stage 2. The qualified candidates need to
submit all the Original certificates . A single combined list is prepared on the
basis of total marks secured by them in the Written Examination and the
Services Selection Board Tests. The final selection based on the number of
vacancies for Army, Navy, Air Force of with reference to their order in the
event of their final selection to one service will not admit to other remaining
services.
N.B: Air force given pilot aptitude test only once for the candidate’s .The test
selected candidates will go to every subsequent Interview.
NDA Exam Pattern Details:
Union Public Service Commission – UPSC conducts NDA (National defence
academy) exam twice in a year for admission into Army, Navy, and Air Force
Wings. Minimum Educational Qualification is 12th Class pass in 10+2 Pattern.
The UPSC NDA exam pattern details are given below…
Exam Pattern: The UPSC NDA exam comprises of 2 stages.
I. Written Examination
II. Interview
I. Written Examination: There will be 2 papers in NDA (National defence
academy) written exam. The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective
type questions only. The question papers of Mathematics & Part B of General
Ability Test will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English. Time duration for
each paper is 2 ½ Hours . Subjects & Maximum Marks details mentioned
below.
Scheme of Examination:
S. No Subjects
1
Mathematics
2
General Ability Test
Total
Time Duration
2 ½ Hours
2 ½ Hours
Maximum Marks
300
600
900
i. In the question papers, wherever necessary , questions involving the metric
system
of
Weights
and
Measures
only
will
be
set.
ii. The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the
subjects
at
the
examination
iii. The candidates are not permitted to use calculator or mathematical or
logarithmic table for answering objective type papers.
II. Interview: Candidates who select in the written examination are called for
Interview which is conducted by SSB. The candidates shall appear before a
service selection board Test (SSB) for Intelligence and personality test where
candidates for the Army / Navy wings of the NDA and 10+2 executive branch
of 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.
NDA Syllabus:
Union public service commission conducts NDA (National Defence Academy)
exam twice in a year for admission to Indian Navy, Army & Air Force Wings.
Minimum Educational Qualification is 12th class pass in 10+2 pattern. The
examination conducts in 2 stages, written examination and interview.The
details regarding Syllabus are as follows…
Syllabus of the Examination:
PAPER-I: MATHEMATICS (Maximum Marks- 300)
1. ALGEBRA: Concept of set, operations on sets, Venn diagrams. De Morgan
laws. Cartesian product, relation, equivalence relation. Representation of real
numbers on a line. Maple numbers – basic properties, modulus, argument,
cube roots of unity. Binary system of numbers. Conversion of a number in
decimal system to binary system and vice-versa. Arithmetic, Geometric and
Harmonic progressions. Quadratic equations with real coefficients. Solution of
linear in equations of two variables by graphs. Permutation and Combination.
Binomial theorem and its applications. Logarithms and their Applications.
2. MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS: Types of matrices, operations on
matrices. Determinant of a matrix, basic properties of determinants. Adjoint
and inverse of a square matrix, Applications – Solution of a system of linear
equations in two or three unknowns by Cramer’s rule and by Matrix Method.
3. TRIGONOMETRY: Angles and their measures in degrees and in radians.
Trigonometrically ratios. Trigonometric identities Sum and difference formulae.
Multiple and Sub-multiple angles. Inverse trigonometric functions. Applications
– Height and distance, properties of triangles.
4. ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS: :
Rectangular Cartesian Coordinate system. Distance formula. Equation of a
line in various forms. Angle between two lines. Distance of a point from a line.
Equation of a circle in standard and in general form. Standard forms of
parabola, ellipse and hyperbola. Eccentricity and axis of a conic. Point in a
three dimensional space, distance between two points. Direction Cosines and
direction ratios. Equation of a plane and a line in various forms. Angle between
two lines and angle between two planes. Equation of a sphere.
5. DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS: Concept of a real valued function – domain,
range and graph of a function. Composite functions, one to one, onto and
inverse functions. Notion of limit, Standard limits – examples. Continuity of
functions – examples, algebraic operations on continuous functions. Derivative
of function at a point, geometrical and physical interpretation of a derivative –
applications. Derivatives of sum, product and quotient of functions, derivative
of a function with respect to another function, derivative of a composite
function. Second order derivatives. Increasing and decreasing functions.
Application of derivatives in problems of maxima and minima.
6. INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: Integration as
inverse of differentiation, integration by substitution and by parts, standard
integrals involving algebraic expressions, trigonometric, exponential and
hyperbolic functions. Evaluation of definite integrals – determination of areas of
plane regions bounded by curves – applications. Definition of order and degree
of a differential equation, formation of a differential equation by examples.
General and particular solution of a differential equations, solution of first order
and first degree differential equations of various types – examples. Application
in problems of growth and decay.
7. VECTOR ALGEBRA: Vectors in two and three dimensions, magnitude and
direction of a vector. Unit and null vectors, addition of vectors, scalar
multiplication of a vector, scalar product or dot product of two vectors. Vector
product or cross product of two vectors. Applications-work done by a force and
moment of a force and in geometrical problems.
8. STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY: Statistics: Classification of data,
Frequency distribution, And cumulative frequency distribution – examples.
Graphical representation – Histogram, Pie Chart, frequency polygon –
examples. Measures of Central tendency – Mean, median and mode. Variance
and standard deviation – determination and comparison. Correlation and
regression. Probability: Random experiment, outcomes and associated sample
space, events, mutually exclusive and exhaustive events, impossible and
certain events. Union and Intersection of events. Complementary, elementary
and composite events. Definition of probability – classical and statistical –
examples. Elementary theorems on probability – simple problems. Conditional
probability, Bayes’ theorem – simple problems. Random variable as function
on a sample space. Binomial distribution, examples of random experiments
giving rise to Binominal distribution.
PAPER-II: GENERAL ABILITY TEST (Maximum Marks-600)
Part ‘A’ – ENGLISH (Maximum Marks 200)
The question paper in English will be designed to test the candidate’s
understanding of English and workman like use of words. The syllabus covers
various aspects like: Grammar and usage, vocabulary, comprehension and
cohesion in extended text to test the candidate’s proficiency in English.
Part ‘B’ – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (Maximum Marks-400)
The question paper on General Knowledge will broadly cover the subjects:
Physics, Chemistry, General Science, Social Studies, Geography and Current
Events. The syllabus given below is designed to indicate the scope of these
subjects included in this paper. The topics mentioned are not to be regarded
as exhaustive and questions on topics of similar nature not specifically
mentioned in the syllabus may also be asked. Candidate’s answers are
expected to show their knowledge and intelligent understanding of the subject.
Section ‘A’ (Physics): Physical Properties and States of Matter, Mass,
Weight, Volume, Density and Specific Gravity, Principle of Archimedes,
Pressure Barometer. Motion of objects, Velocity and Acceleration, Newton’s
Laws of Motion, Force and Momentum, Parallelogram of Forces, Stability and
Equilibrium of bodies, Gravitation, elementary ideas of work, Power and
Energy. Effects of Heat, Measurement of temperature and heat, change of
State and Latent Heat, Modes of transference of Heat. Sound waves and their
properties, Simple musical instruments. Rectilinear propagation of Light,
Reflection and refraction. Spherical mirrors and Lenses. Human Eye. Natural
and Artificial Magnets, Properties of a Magnet, Earth as a Magnet. Static and
Current Electricity, conductors and Non-conductors, Ohm’s Law, Simple
Electrical Circuits, Heating, Lighting and Magnetic effects of Current,
Measurement of Electrical Power, Primary and Secondary Cells, Use of XRays. General Principles in the working of the following : Simple Pendulum,
Simple Pulleys, Siphon, Levers, Balloon, Pumps, Hydrometer, Pressure
Cooker, Thermos Flask, Gramophone, Telegraphs, Telephone, Periscope,
Telescope, Microscope, Mariner’s Compass; Lightening Conductors, Safety
Fuses.
Section ‘B’ (Chemistry): Physical and Chemical changes. Elements, Mixtures
and Compounds, Symbols, Formulae and simple Chemical Equations, Law of
Chemical Combination (excluding problems). Properties of Air and Water.
Preparation and Properties of Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon
dioxide, Oxidation and Reduction. Acids, bases and salts. Carbon – different
forms. Fertilizers – Natural and Artificial Material used in the preparation of
substances like soap, Glass, Ink, Paper, Cement, Paints, Safety Matches, and
Gun-Powder. Elementary ideas about the Structure of Atom, Atomic,
Equivalent and Molecular Weights, Valency.
Section ‘C’ (General Science): Difference between the living and non- living.
Basis of Life – Cells, Protoplasm’s and Tissues. Growth and Reproduction in
Plants and Animals. Elementary knowledge of Human Body and its important
organs. Common Epidemics, their causes and prevention. Food – Source of
Energy for man. Constituents of food, Balanced Diet. The Solar System –
Meteors and Comets, Eclipses. Achievements of Eminent Scientists.
Section ‘D’: (History, Freedom Movement etc.) A broad survey of Indian
History, with emphasis on Culture and Civilizations. Freedom Movement in
India. Elementary study of Indian Constitution and Administration. Elementary
knowledge of Five Year Plans of India. Panchayati Raj, Co-operatives and
Community Development. Bhoodan, Sarvodaya, National Integration and
Welfare State, Basic Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Forces shaping the
modern world; Renaissance, Exploration and Discovery; War of American
Independence. French Revolution, Industrial Revolution and Russian
Revolution. Impact of Science and Technology on Society. Concept of one
World, United Nations, Panchsheel, Democracy. Socialism and Communism.
Role of India in the present world.
Section ‘E’ (Geography): The Earth, its shape and size. Latitudes and
Longitudes, Concept of time. International Date Line. Movements of Earth and
their effects. Origin of Earth. Rocks and their classification; Weathering –
Mechanical and Chemical, Earthquakes and volcanoes. Ocean Currents and
Tides Atmosphere and its composition; Temperature and Atmospheric
Pressure, Planetary Winds, cyclones and Anti-cyclones; Humidity;
Condensation and Precipitation; Types of Climate. Major Natural regions of the
World. Regional Geography of India – Climate, Natural vegetation. Mineral and
Power resources; location and distribution of agricultural and industrial
activities. Important Sea ports and main sea, land and air routes of India. Main
items of Imports and Exports of India.
Section ‘F’ (Current Events): Knowledge of Important events that have
happened in India in the recent years. Current important world events.
Prominent personalities – both Indian and International including those
connected with cultural activities and sports.
NOTE : Out of maximum marks assigned to part ‘B’ of this paper, questions on
Sections ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’ will carry approximately 25%, 15%, 10%,
20%, 20% and 10% weight ages respectively. Intelligence and personality test
In addition to the interview the candidates will be put to Intelligence Tests both
verbal and non-verbal, designed to assess their basic intelligence. 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 calibers 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.