NDA Eligibility Criteria 2025, Qualification – Check Category Wise Eligibility Here

NDA Eligibility Criteria 2025 must be check by the candidates before applying. NDA stands for (National Defense Academy), UPSC stands for (Union Public Service Commission), NDA exam conducted by UPSC. And UPSC conducted the examination two times within the year. For the NDA exam candidates want to fill the online application form.

NDA is a Premier Joint training institution and Center for Indian Army Force (Indian Army, Indian Air, and Indian Navy). The NDA is located at Khadakwasla near Pune, Maharashtra, Pincode – 411023. The online application is in 2 parts. Part I of form application is for your personal details and part II of form application is for your payment information. The candidate ought to rigorously choose the center for the examination in an online application form, and the applicant is suggested to submit the only single application form. And there’ll be informed of the timetable and examination place.

NDA Eligibility Criteria 2025: (Available)

 As per the sources, supreme Court has allowed women aspirants to participate in the NDA 2025 September examination to be conduced by the officials. Check other eligibility below.

NDA 2025 Eligibility Criteria:

NDA 2025 is going to be conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to recruit motivated candidates within the Indian Army, Navy & Air Force respectively. it’s a national level entrance test that’s organized twice a year i.e. NDA I and NDA II. It’s a two-tier examination were after the written test; aspirants also will clear SSB Interview round.

Before applying for the exam, it’s obligatory for aspirants to seek their eligibility through the NDA Eligibility Criteria 2025. In this article, we’ll deal with the said criteria and associated elements. Aspirants are suggested to stay tuned to this page as we’ll keep on updating information once the official notifications are released.

Candidates ought to follow the given NDA Eligibility Criteria 2025 rigorously as mentioned below:

Nationality:
Indian citizens or a subject of Nepal/Bhutan.
Tibetan refugee who came over to India before first January 1962 with the intention of for good settling in India.
PIO who migrated from Burma, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam to permanently settle in India.

Educational Criteria:

Indian Army	Gender & Marital Status	Indian Navy & Indian Air Force	Age Criteria
Aspirants should have passed class 12th or its equivalent from a recognized board. Students appearing for class 12th boards are also eligible to apply for the exam.	Only unmarried male candidates are eligible Female candidates are not allowed.	Aspirants seeking admission in the Indian Navy and Air force should have cleared class 12th/appearing from a recognized board or University with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.	For NDA I, aspirants must have born between 2nd July 2000 and 1st July 2003. For NDA II, an aspirant should have born between 2nd January 2001 and 1st July 2004.

Aspirants won’t be allowed to urge married until they complete their coaching.
An individual who marries prior to the date of communication won’t be shortlisted for coaching below any circumstance.
An individual who gets married during the training is going to be dismissed from the service and can ought to all expenditure incurred on him by the govt.

Physical Standards:
Aspirants should be mentally and physically fit as per the medical standards set by NDA and naval academy Examination 2025. They will undergo the given details of Physical standards for additional reference:

Body Tattoos:
Aspirants willing to participate in NDA 2025 exam shouldn’t have permanent tattoos except on the inner arm of the forearm.
Tattoos on inside of the elbow, on the wrist, the reverse of palm or the other part of the body won’t be allowable.
Tribes with tattoo marks on the face or body as per their existing custom and traditions are going to be allowable on an individual basis.

Height and Weight Standards:
The minimum height measurement as declared by UPSC is 157 cms (162.5 cms. for Air Force).
For Aspirants of the Gorkha tribe and hills of the North-Eastern areas of India, Garhwal, and Kumaon, the minimum height standard is going to be five cms less than normal.
For aspirants from Lakshadweep, the minimum height may be reduced by 2 cms.

Height/Weight Standards for Indian Army/Air Force:

Height(Cms)	Weight(Kgs)
Without Shoe	16-17 Years	17-18 Years	18-19 Years
152	42.5	44.0	45.0
155	43.5	45.3	47.0
157	45.0	47.0	48.0
160	46.0	48.0	49.0
162	48.0	50.0	51.0
165	50.0	52.0	53.0
167	51.0	53.0	54.0
170	52.5	55.0	56.0
173	54.5	57.0	58.0
175	56.0	59.0	60.0
178	58.0	61.0	62.0
180	60.0	63.0	64.5
183	62.5	65.0	66.5

Height/Weight Standards for Indian Navy:

Height(Cms)	Weight(Kgs)
Without Shoe	16 Years	18 Years	20 Years
152	44	45	46
155	45	46	47
157	46	47	49
160	47	48	50
162	48	50	52
165	50	52	53
167	52	53	55
170	53	55	57
173	55	57	59
175	57	59	61
178	59	61	62
180	61	63	64
183	63	65	67

Visual Standards:
Distance vision (corrected) – 6/6 in better eye & 6/9 in the worse eye.
Myopia case-Under 2.5D.
Hypermetropia case-Under 3.5 D together with Astigmatism.
To rule out the possibility of any eye disease, an ophthalmoscope can perform a thorough examination of the eye.
Aspirants ought to have good binocular vision.
The color vision standard is going to be (CP-III) for the Army.
Aspirant ought to be able to identify red and green colors.

Physical Standards of IAF:

Parameters	Minimum	Maximum
Thigh Length	–	65 cms
Leg Length	99 cms	120 cms
Sitting Height	81.50 cms	96 cms

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Eyesight Eligibility for Naval Candidates:

Uncorrected without glass	6/6
Corrected with glass	6/6
Limits of Myopia	-0.75
Limits of Hypermetropia	+1.5
Limits of Color Perception	I
Binocular Vision	III

Eyesight Eligibility for Air Force Candidates:

Uncorrected without glass	6/6, 6/9
Corrected with glass	6/6 (only for Hypermetropia)
Myopia Limit	Nil
Hypermetropia Limit	+2.00 D Sph
Manifest Myopia	Nil
Tinoscopic Myopia	0.5
Color Vision	CP-I (MLT)
Astigmatism	+0.75 Cyl(Within +2D max)
Near Vision	N-5 each eye

Maddox Rod Test:

At 6 Meters	Exo-6 Prism D
	Eso-6 Prism D
	Hyper-1 Prism D
	Hypo-1 Prism D
At 33 Centimeters	Exo-16 Prism D
	Eso-6 Prism D
	Hyper-1 Prism D
	Hypo-1 Prism D