NDA(1) 2023 Eligibility Criteria: Age Limit, Qualification, Marks

NDA(1) 2023 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates must ensure that they fulfil all the UPSC NDA(1) 2023 eligibility conditions for applying in the Examination. Candidates must go through the NDA eligibility before applying for it. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will purely rely on those terms and conditions satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions-

NDA 2023 General Eligibility

The candidates can check NDA common eligibility requirements below:

• A candidate must be a citizen of India or Bhutan or Nepal.
• Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 01 January 1962 to permanently settle in India.
• Candidate of India origin who has migrated from Uganda, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Pakistan, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam for settling in India. 
• Candidates have to submit the certificate of eligibility, who are otherwise not a citizen of India, that has been issued by the Government of India mentioned in the above points.
• Certificate of eligibility will not be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal. 

• Only male candidates who are unmarried and born not earlier than 02 January 2002 and not later than 01 January 2005 are eligible. 
• The date of birth entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University will be accepted valid by the official authority.
• The certificate must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Secondary School Examination or an equivalent examination certificates. 
• These certificates are required to be submitted only when the results of the written examination are declared.
• No other documents relating to age such as horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation or service records, etc will be accepted.
• Only date of birth recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary school examination certificate or an equivalent certificate on the date of application submission.
• Candidates must also undertake not to marry until they complete their training. 

NDA 2023 Educational Qualifications

Candidates must fulfil the UPSC NDA eligibility criteria for the basic qualifications mentioned below:

NDA(1) 2023 Physical Standards:

Candidates must be physically and mentally fit as per physical standards for admission to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination 2023 as per guidelines given below:

• Several qualified candidates are rejected subsequently on medical grounds. Candidates must get themselves medically examined before submitting their applications to avoid rejection at the final stage. 
• Candidates are also advised to rectify minor defects/ailments so that medical examination can be finalised quickly that will be conducted at the Military Hospital after being recommended at the SSB. 

• Wax (Ears)
• Deviated Nasal Septum
• Hydrocele/Phimosis
• Overweight/Underweight
• Under Sized Chest 
• Piles
• Gynaecomastia
• Tonsillitis
• Varicocele 

To meet the special requirement as a pilot in the Air Force the acceptable measurements of leg length, thigh length and sitting height will be as under :

• The chest should be well developed. The fully expanded chest should be more than 81 cms. The minimum range of expansion after full inspiration should be 5 cms. 
• Permanent body tattoos are only permitted on the inner face of the forearm.
• A candidate recommended by the Services Selection Board (SSB) will undergo a medical examination by a Board of Service Medical Officers. 
• Only those candidates will be admitted to the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy who are declared fit by the Medical Board.