Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC)
National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination (I),
2013
Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC) has notified the National Defence Academy & Naval
Academy Examination (I), 2013, for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force
wings of the NDA for the 131st Course, and for the 93rd Indian Naval Academy
Course (INAC) commencing in January 2014.
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 14th April,
2013.
Vacancies: The approximate number of vacancies to
be filled on the results of this examination will be 355 of which 195 are for
Army, 39 for Navy, 66 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 22.12.2012 available at
http://www.upsc.gov.in/ and also at
http://www.upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status: Only unmarried
male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January 1995 and not later than 1st
July, 1997 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 subject to
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 the authorities mentioned in the detailed notification to reach
them latest by 5th December, 2013.
Request for extending this date will not be entertained on the grounds of late
conduct of Board/University Examination, delay in declaration of results or any
other ground whatsoever.
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),
2013 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
http://www.upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php.
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.
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.
Last date for submission of applications: The Online
Applications can be submitted up 11.59 pm on 21st January, 2013, after which
the link will be disabled.
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) 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.
