NDA 1 2025- Age limit, Exam date, Exam Pattern

NDA 1 2025 Age limit

The age limit for the NDA 1 2025 exam is 15.5 year to 18.5 year. It means for NDA 1 2025 , candidates must be born between 2nd July 2006 and 1st July 2009.If you are in this age bracket you are qualified for the NDA 1 2025 exam.

NDA 1 2025 Exam Date

The Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) has announced the date of NDA 1 2025.NDA 1 2025 exam will be held on April 13,2025.The official notification for the NDA 1 2025 exam, together with the application form will be released on December 11 2024. The deadline to apply for the exam is Dec 31,2024.

NDA 1 2025 Exam pattern

The NDA exam is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Board. It held twice in a year in offline mode. Question paper will be in both English and Hindi languages and question paper format will be in the multiple choice question. Negative marking will be applicable for each wrong answer. It means 0.83 marks deducted for each wrong answer in Maths whereas 1.33 marks deducted for each wrong answer in GAT. The NDA exam is conducted in two phases-
Written exam
SSB Interview
Written Exam

NDA written exam is consist of two paper-

1.Maths
2.GAT(General Ability Test)
1.Maths
Total marks- 300
Total Question – 120
Duration- 2.5 hours
2. GAT( General Ability Test)
Total marks- 600
Total Question- 150
Duration- 2.5 hours
SSB Interview
SSB Interview in India
SSB Interview is held after qualifying the written exam.

SSB interview are of 5 days procedure :-

Day 1. Screening
OIR(Officer Intelligence Rating)
PP & DT(Picture Perception & Description Test)

Day 2.Psychology
TAT(Thematic Apperception Test)
WAT(Word association test)
SRT(Situation Reaction Test)
SDT(Self Description Test)

Day 3 & 4. GTO-( Group Testing Officer)
1.GD(Group Discussion)
2.PGT(Progressive Group Task)
3.Snake Race
4.Lecturette
5.HGT(Half Group Task)
6.Individual Task
7.Command Task
8.FGT(Final Group Task)

Day 5. Conference
Medical
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