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Dehradun defence academy is proud to announce that we have successfully trained 25 girls who are ready to appear in their first NDA exam in september 2023. We are impressed by the development that they have made in last 10 months. Encouraged by this initial success we have increased the number of seats for girls in NDA foundation course to 35. We are also glad to inform all the candidates that a holistic female friendly infrastructure and environment has been carefully designed to optimize the results and grooming of our young guns which became possible only after training an extremely successful batch of the year 2022.
Under this programme we will prepare responsive, fit ,ethical and morally strong scholars who will ace NDA examination for sure. How ? you ask .
Academics being the most important part is not the only part of preparation and we of all do understand that , hence we take care that the following skills and qualities are cultivated and imbibed –
Dehradun Defence Academy has a different and able team to target and develop each of the above mentioned skills and qualities.
Schedule on weekends
if you are considering joining armed forces as officers then consider joining Dehradun Defence Academy just after high school, we will make sure that you have memorable 2 years .
Qualification = 10th Passed Candidates
Minimum Total Marks % = 60%
Max Age = 16 Yrs
**Only registration does not guarantee admission.
– Educational qualification for NDA ( ARMY WING ) : 12th pass from any recognised board
– Educational qualification for NDA ( NAVY & AIRFORCE ) : 12TH pass from any recognised board with P,CM i.e physics , chemistry and maths. Students appearing in class 12th are also eligible to apply for NDA.
PHYSICAL STANDARDS:
As per the official notification of upsc the minimum acceptable height for ARMY is 157 cms and for airforce the minimum acceptable height is 162.5 cms. However there are various concessions that are given to candidates if they belong to a specific region.
– Candidates from Garhwal and Kumaon get a relaxation of 5 cms.
– Candidates from Lakshadweep get a concession of 2.5 cms .
Visual standards for NDA :
NDA – Vision Standard For ARMY
Distance Vision (Corrected) Better Eye 6/6; Worse Eye 6/9
Colour vision CP-III (Defective Safe).
Myopia should not be more than -2.5D
Hypermetropia should not be more than +3.5D
The marks distribution of NDA exam GAT section is highlighted below:
| NDA General Ability Test | Sections | Maximum marks |
| Part A – English | – | 200 |
| Part B – General Awareness | Physics | 100 |
| History, Freedom Movement, etc. | 80 | |
| Geography | 80 | |
| Chemistry | 60 | |
| General Science | 40 | |
| Current Events | 40 | |
| Total | 600 |
The structure of the NDA exam pattern for written exams is as mentioned below.
| NDA Exam Pattern – Written Exams | ||||
| NDA Written Exams | Subject | Maximum marks | Number of Questions | Duration |
| Paper 1 | Mathematics | 300 | 120 | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Paper 2 | GAT | 600 | 150 | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Total | 900 | 270 | 5 hours | |
| NDA Exam Pattern – Negative Marking Scheme | ||
| Written Exams | Marks for each correct answer | Marks deducted for each incorrect answer |
| Mathematics | 2.5 | 0.83 |
| GAT | 4 | 1.33 |
| NDA – SSB Interview Pattern | ||
| Stage 1 | Screening Test |
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| Stage 2 | Psychological Test |
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| Group Testing Officers Test |
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| Personal Interview & conference | – | |
⦁ A candidate becomes eligible for NDA (2) when he/she is in 12th class. NDA (2) is conducted around the month of September. If the aspirant starts preparing from 11th he can clear NDA exam easily while he/she is in 12th class.
⦁ After 10th the candidate has 2 years to prepare and hone his/her communication skills, personality and other OLQs for SSB, for which otherwise the candidate wont have much time.
Yes, Dehradun Defence Academy organise tournaments of sports namely volleyball, football, arm wrestling,cricket and chess. You can verify it by visiting our youtube channel. Or play the following links. Most of the events are held in the campus. For students of after 12th we organise 2 tournaments as they have to focus more on studies due to lack of time.
⦁ Your mentor must have served in one of the SSB boards.
⦁ He must have served in the SSB board for at least 2 to 3 years.
⦁ Have a look at his past year results.
⦁ He must have a good GTO ground at his disposal.
⦁ He must be genuinely interested in teaching
⦁ For NDA FOUNDATION course regimen is as follows
⦁ One hour training in the morning with Captain Puran Thapa ( PARA SF), he has also been an instructor at IMA.
⦁ Which includes running , crawling , boxing, conditioning , crunches , chin ups and push ups.
⦁ Voluntary one hour Gym training with Ravi sir ( certified Gym trainer ).
⦁ Sports in the evening.
⦁ For students who come to us after completing 12th , they have their session with Captain Puran Thapa ( PARA SF ) in the evening.
⦁ Which also includes running, crawling , boxing and conditioning.
Dehradun defence academy and our faculty organise regular sessions on youtube, chapterwise chapters , mock tests of all the subjects and much more. Kindly visit our youtube channel
Yes, in our foundation course we have lectures in the morning and doubt sessions in the evening.
For aspirants of after 12th we organise doubt sessions on Saturdays in offline mode and on almost every day on our youtube channel in online mode.
Yes we provide this facility to our students. But why don’t you visit our campus and find out ?
For students of NDA foundation course, we give them SSB and GTO training weekly. Visit our youtube channel and tell us what else would like ?
⦁ For NDA foundation course, we have our hostel inside the campus.
⦁ For other courses, we don’t provide our own hostel.
⦁ Candidate may choose any hostel or PG as per his convenience.
⦁ Or we recommend some PGs and hostels in safe locality which is also neat and clean.
⦁ Our institution and recommended PGs and hostel are in one of the most safe and posh localities of Dehradun ( Shubash road opposite to Secretariat)
If you’re looking for NDA coaching after 12th Class click the link below
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