UPSC NDA Exam Time Table & Syllabus

 NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY( NDA ) Exam Date and Syllabus:UPSC NDA Exam 2026 will be held on 12.04.2026 (Sunday)

Exam Date: 12.04.2026 (SUNDAY)

TIME: 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (MATHEMATICS)

            02:00 PM to 04:30 PM (GENERAL ABILITY TEST)

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SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject will be as follows:—

Mathematics                             2½ Hours         300 Marks

General Ability Test                 2½ Hours         600 Marks

Total: (Written Test)                                       900 Marks   

SSB Test/Interview: 900 Marks

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.

SYLLABUS OF THE EXAMINATION

PAPER-I: MATHEMATICS (Maximum Marks-300)

ALGEBRA

MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

TRIGONOMETRY

ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS: 

DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

INTEGRAL CALCULUS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

VECTOR ALGEBRA

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

 

PAPER-II: GENERAL ABILITY TEST (Maximum Marks—600)

Part ‘A’—ENGLISH (Maximum Marks—200)

Part ‘B’—GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (Maximum Marks—400)

Section ‘A’ (Physics) 

Section ‘B’ (Chemistry)

Section ‘C’ (General Science) 

Section ‘D’ (History, Freedom Movement etc.)

Section ‘E’ (Geography)

Section ‘F’ (Current Events)

NOTE : Out of maximum marks assigned to part ‘B’ of this paper, questions on Sections ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, ‘E’ and ‘F’ will carry approximately 25%, 15%, 10%, 20%, 20% and 10% weightages respectively.

Intelligence and Personality Test

The SSB procedure consists of two stage Selection process - stage I and stage II. Only those candidates who clear the stage I are permitted to appear for stage II. The details are :

(a) Stage I comprises of Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests are Picture Perception and Description Test (PP&DT). The candidates will be shortlisted based on combination of performance in OIR Test and PP&DT.

(b) Stage II Comprises of Interview, Group Testing Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests and the Conference. These tests are conducted over 4 days. The details of these tests are given on the website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in.

The personality of a candidate is assessed by three different assessors viz. The Interviewing Officer (IO), Group Testing Officer (GTO) and the Psychologist. There are no separate weightage for each test. The marks are allotted by assessors only after taking into consideration the performance of the candidate holistically in all the tests. In addition, marks for Conference are also allotted based on the initial performance of the Candidate in the three techniques and decision of the Board. All these have equal weightage.

The various tests of IO, GTO and Psych are designed to bring out the presence/absence of Officer Like Qualities and their trainability in a candidate. Accordingly candidates are Recommended or Not Recommended at the SSB. 

 

For More Details: Official Notification