UPSC
National
Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy Examination (I) 2014
NDA 133rd
Course and 95th Indian Naval Academy
Course (INAC) commencing on 2nd January 2015
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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