National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination (NDA & NA) is a national-level entrance exam conducted by UPSC to select eligible candidates for admission to Army, Navy, and Air Force wings of NDA and Indian Naval Academy Courses (INAC). The NDA exam is conducted in two stages: a written test and an interview. This year Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted the NDA 1 exam for a total of 400 Officer vacancies. As per the previous trend, the commission generally declares the results within one month. NDA Result 2024 is likely to be released in 03rd week of May 2024 at www.upsc.gov.in.
UPSC NDA Result 2024 will be released in PDF format along with the roll number and name of the selected candidates for the interview round. To get admission to the Indian Armed Forces academies, candidates have to qualify for the NDA written exam and clear the minimum cut off marks.
NDA Result 2024
It is noted that the UPSC conducted the written exam for National Defence Services-I on 21st April 2024 at the various exam centres across the country. All those candidates who participated in the written exam are anxious to know their qualifying status for the next stage of the selection process. NDA Result 2024 will be made available on the official portal of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) www.upsc.gov.in.
How to Check NDA Result 2024?
The UPSC will declare the Result of the National Defence Services Exam with the roll number of provisionally shortlisted candidates for the NDA interview round. Candidates can check NDA Results from the official website of ww.upsc.gov.in by following the steps given below.
- Visit the official website of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) www.upsc.gov.in.
- Scroll down the What’s New section on the homepage and check and click that reads “Writen Result National Defence Services-I Examination 2024”.
- NDA Result pdf will appear on the system screen.
- Search your roll number using the Ctrl +F shortcut.
- If your name and roll number appear in the result pdf that means you are selected for the next stage of the recruitment process i.e. interview round.
- Download and save the UPSC NDA 1 Result PDF for future records.
NDA Cut Off 2024
NDA Cut Off 2024 will be released along with the result on the official website of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) www.upsc.gov.in. The cutoff for the written exam is calculated out of 900 marks. Here we have shared the previous year’s cut off.
| Year | Cut Off |
| 2022 | 360 |
| 2021 | 343 |
| 2020 | 355 |
| 2019 | 342 |
| 2018 | 338 |
| 2017 | 342 |
| 2016 | 288 |
What Next After NDA Result 2024?
Candidates whose names are mentioned in the result pdf and eligible to appear for the interview exam are required to submit the original certificates in respective service headquarters 20 days from the announcement of written results as follows:—
- For candidates with the Army as their first choice -Army Headquarters, AG’s Branch, RTG (NDA Entry), West Block-III, Wing-1, R.K. Puram, New Delhi – 110 066, Phone No. 26175473 or Email: joinindianarmy. nic.in.
- For candidates with Navy/Naval Academy as first choice—Naval Headquarters, Directorate of Manpower & Recruitment, O.I. & R. Section, Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena Bhavan, New Delhi-110011, Phone No. 23011282/23010151 Email: [email protected] or joinindiannavy.gov.in
- For candidates with Air Force as first choice—Dte of Personnel(Officers), Air Headquarters, (VB) Room No 838. `A’ Block, Defence Offices Complex, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi110001 Phone No. 23010231 Extn 7645/7646/7610.
The selection of the candidates for the NDA 1 exam will be based on two stages of the selection process, stage I and stage II. Only those candidates who clear stage I (write exam) are permitted to appear for stage II. Stage II Comprises Interviews, Group Testing Officer Tasks, Psychology Tests and the Conference. These tests are conducted over 4 days.
- The personality of a candidate is assessed by three different assessors – the Interviewing Officer (IO), the Group Testing Officer (GTO), and the Psychologist. There is no specific weightage assigned to each test. The marks are allotted by assessors only after considering the candidate’s performance holistically in all the tests.
- The various tests conducted by the IO, GTO, and Psych are designed to determine the presence or absence of Officer Like Qualities (OLQs) and their trainability in a candidate. Based on their performance, candidates are either Recommended or Not Recommended at the SSB.
