Union Public Service Commission, UPSC has released the notification for the UPSC NDA/NA II 2020 Examination. The examination would be conducted for a total of 413 vacancies - 370 for National Defence Academy and 43 for the Naval Academy. Interested candidates are required to apply online on upsconline.nic.in before the last date which is July 6, 2020. Due to COVID 19 pandemic and the consequent lockdowns, the UPSC NDA/NA I exam 2020 which was scheduled for June 10 would now be conducted along with the NDA/NA II Examination on September 6. Also, the students who have applied for NDA I can also apply for NDA II Examinations. There would be, however, only a common written examination and the results for both the NDA I and NDA II would be declared separately.

NDA (2) vacancies

Academy

No. of Vacancies

National Defence Academy

370 to include 120 for Air Force, 280 for Army, 42 for Navy

Naval Academy

43

Total

413
 

Educational qualification

Course in Army Wing of National Defence Academy:  Candidates must have cleared the class 12th or 10+2 on the pattern of school education conducted by a state board or university or equivalent.

Course in  Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme in Indian Naval Academy: The candidates must have passed class 12th or10+2 from a recognized school or equivalent exams with Physics and Mathematics conducted by the state boards or university or equivalent. 

Exam Pattern

The selection process of NDA & NA I & II 2020 recruitment will consist of 2 stages, i.e., written exam and SSB Interview.

  • Written Exam

Subject

Marks

Duration

Maths (120 questions)

300

2 hours & 30 minutes

General Ability (English + General Knowledge) (50+100 Questions Respectively)

600

2 hours & 30 minutes

 

  • Interview

SSB Interview consists of 900 marks.

  • Important points

  1. The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions
  2. The question papers of Mathematics and General Ability Test will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English.
  3. Candidates should note that there will be Negative Marking of One third marks for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.
  4. In the question papers, wherever necessary, questions involving the metric system of Weights and Measures only will be set.
  5. Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a scribe to write answers for them.
  6. The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects at the examination.
  7. The candidates are not permitted to use calculator or Mathematical or logarithmic table for answering objective type papers.

Syllabus

Maths

  1. Algebra.
  2. Matrices & Determinants.
  3. Trigonometry.
  4. Analytics Geometry of Two & Three Dimensions.
  5. Differential Calculus.
  6. Integral Calculus & Differential Equation.
  7. Vector Algebra.
  8. Statistics & Probability.

English

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.

General Knowledge

The question paper on General Knowledge will broadly cover the subjects: Physics, Chemistry, General Science, Social Studies, Geography and Current Events.

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