National Defence Academy Naval Academy Examination II 2008 Union Public Service Commission Exam 2008

National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination II 2008

National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination II 2008

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Union Public Service Commission

Last Date for Receipt of Application: 15.04.2008

Date of Commencement of Exam: 17th August 2008

Website: http://www.upsc.gov.in

An Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 17th August 2008, for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA for the 122nd Course and Naval Academy for the 42nd 10+2 (Executive Branch) course commencing from 30th June 2009.

The approximate number of vacancies to be filled on the results of this examination will be 335 (195 for the Army, 39 for Navy, 66 for the Air Force and 39 for the Executive Branch of Naval Academy).

Admission to the above courses will be made on the results of the written examination to be conducted by the Commission followed by intelligence and personality test by the Services Selection Board of candidates who qualify in the written examination.

1. Candidates To Ensure Their Eligibility For The Examination:

The Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility condition for admission to examination.

Their admission to all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions

Mere issue of admission certificate to the candidate will not imply that his / her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission.

Commission take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has qualified for interview / Personality Test.

2. Application Form for National Defence Academy Naval Academy Exam II 2008:

Candidates must apply in the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examination, which can be purchased from the Designated Head Post Offices / Post Offices (specified in Appendix III of the notice) throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty only).

Each such form can be used only once and only for one examination.

In case of any difficulty in obtaining Application Forms from the designated HPOs / POs, the candidates should immediately contact the concerned post Master or UPSC's "Forms Supply Monitoring Cell" over Telephone No. 011-23389366 / FAX No. 011-23387310.

Candidates are advised to read carefully the "Instructions for filling up the Application Form" given in Appendix-II of this notice.

3. Last Date for Receipt of NDA Applications:

All applications must reach either by hand or by Post / Speed Post or by Courier, on or before the 15th April, 2008.

Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi - 110069

However, in respect of candidates residing abroad or in certain remote localities specified in para 6 of this Notice the last date for receipt of application by Post / Speed Post only (not by Hand or by Courier) is 22nd April, 2008.

4. Penalty for Wrong Answers:

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (negative marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.

5. Facilitation Counter for Guidance of Candidates:

In case of any guidance / information / clarification regarding their applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC's Facilitation Counter near gate 'C' of its campus in person or over Telephone No. 011-23385271 / 011-23381125 / 011-23098543 on working days between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs.

3. NDA Eligibility Conditions:

(a) Nationality: A candidate must either be:

A citizen of India, or
A subject of Bhutan, or
A subject of Nepal, or
A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Certificate of eligibility will not, however, be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.

(b) Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status: "Only unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd January, 1990 and not later than 1st January, 1993 are eligible".

The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognized by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University which must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificates.

These certificates are required to be submitted only after the declaration of the result of the written part of the examination. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted.

The expression Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.

National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination II 2008

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