NDA (National Defence Academy) Exam I 2009 Notification

Last updated: December 16, 2011 by +Sarbjit

Notice No: 03/2009-NDA-I

Notification Date: 18.10.2008

Date of Exam: April 19, 2009

Number of Vacancies: 335 (Army - 195, Navy - 39, Air Force - 66, Executive Branch of Naval Academy - 35).

Union Public Service Commission will conduct an exam for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA

Examination Centres:

• Agartala
• Gangtok
• Panaji (goa)
• Ahmedabad
• Hyderabad
• Patna
• Aizwal
• Imphal
• Port blair
• Allahabad
• Itanagar
• Raipur
• Bangalooroo
• Jaipur
• Ranchi
• Bareilly
• Jammu
• Sambalpur
• Bhopal
• Jorhat
• Shillong
• Chandigarh
• Kochi
• Shimla
• Chennai
• Kohima
• Srinagar
• Cuttack
• Kolkata
• Thiruvanathapuram
• Dehradun
• Lucknow
• Tirupati
• Delhi
• Madurai
• Udaipur
• Dharwad
• Mumbai
• Vishakhapatnam
• Dispur
• Nagpur

The centres and the date of holding the examination as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission.

Application Form:

Candidates must apply in the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examination, which can be purchased from the Designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty only). Each such form can be used only once and only for one examination.

In case of any difficulty in obtaining Application Forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned post Master or UPSC's "FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL" over

Telephone No. 011-23389366/FAX No. 011-23387310.

Last Date for Receipt of Applications:

November 17, 2008 (November 24, 2008 for remote areas)

All applications must reach the

Secretary,

Union Public Service Commission,

Dholpur House,

Shahjahan Road,

New Delhi - 110069

either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier

(a) Nationality: A candidate must either be:

(i) a citizen of India, or

(ii) a subject of Bhutan, or

(iii) a subject of Nepal, or

(iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling 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 subjects of Nepal.

(b) Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status: "Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January 1991 and not later than 1st July, 1993 are eligible".

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificates. These certificates are required to be submitted only after the declaration of the result of the written part of the examination. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted. The expression Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.

(c) 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 (Executive Branch) Course at the Naval Academy:- 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equilvalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

Candidates who are appearing in the 12th Class under the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent exmination can also apply for this examination.

Note 1: Candidates appearing in the 11th class exam are not eligible for this examination.

Note 2: Those candidates who have yet to qualify in the 12th class or equivalent examination and are allowed to appear in the UPSC Examination should note that this is only a special concession given to them. They are required to submit proof of passing the 12th class or equivalent examination by the prescribed date (i.e. 5th December 2009) and no request for extending this date will be entertained on the grounds of late conduct of Board/University Examination, delay in declaration of results or any other ground whatsoever.

Note 3: Candidates who are debarred by the Ministry of Defence from holding any type of commission in the Defence Services shall not be eligible for admission to the examination and if admitted, their candidature will be cancelled.

Note 4: Those candidates who have failed INSB/PABT earlier are not eligible for Air Force.

(d) Physical Standards:

Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2009 as per guidelines given in Appendix-V.

(e) A candidate who has resigned or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from any of the training academics of Armed Forces is not eligible to apply.

4. Fee:

(i) A candidate seeking admission to examination must pay to the Commission a fee of Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only) through a single Central Recruitment Fee Stamp. Central Recruitment Fee Stamp (Not postage stamp) of the requisite denomination may be obtained from the post office and affixed on the application form in the space provided therein. The stamp must be got cancelled from the issuing Post Office with the date stamp of the post office in such a manner that the impression of the cancellation mark partially overflows on the application form itself but within the space provided on the Application form itself. The impression of the cancellation mark should be clear and distinct to facilitate the identification of date and the Post Office of issue.

More Information:

http://upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/nda1-2009/indx.htm#PageTop

Telephone No: 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs.

Useful Information:

• List of Head Post Offices/Post Offices where UPSC application forms are available
• Instructions to candidates for objective type tests
• UPSC Website

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