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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