Defense exams in India are conducted to recruit personnel for various positions in the Indian Armed Forces, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Key exams include the National Defence Academy (NDA), Combined Defence Services (CDS), Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT), and Indian Coast Guard exams.

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28 Jun
Defense Exams

NDA & NA Examination – II

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts NDA (National Defence Academy) & NA (National Academy) Exam -II. The candidates who are eligible apply through online and offline application mode. Minimum Educational Qualification is 12th Class pass in 10+2 Pattern. The selection process is based on Written Test & Interview. The details are as follows…

UPSC NDA & NA Selection Procedure

UPSC conducts NDA (National Defense Academy) Exam in Two Stages.
I.Written Examination
II. Interview.

Written Examination:The exam will constitute 2 subjects, Math and General Ability Test and each subject is given the time limit 2 ½ Hours, maximum marks for Math is 300 & General ability is 600. The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers of Mathematics & Part B of General Ability Test will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English. The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects at the examination.

Interview:Qualified candidates in the written examination will be called for Interview conducted by SSB (Services selection board). For Army, Navy Wings & 10 +2 Entry Scheme candidates need to undergo Intelligence Test & Personality Test, but for Air Force Wing the candidates must attend a Pilot Aptitude Test. The Interview Consist both Intelligence and Personality Test. In interview the candidates will be put to Intelligence Tests both Verbal and Non Verbal Tests based knowledge to assess their intelligence, they will also go to Group Tests such as Group Discussions, Group Planning, Outdoor Group Tasks, and asked to give Brief Lectures on Specified Subjects.

(A) Tentative Schedule (Examination held twice a year)
(i) Notification of Examination October – November & April – May
    (ii) Conduct of Examination April – May & Sept. – Oct
(B) Age-limits 16-1/2 – 19 Years
(C) Educational Qualifications
For Army Wing of NDA 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of school Education, or equivalent.
For Air Force and Naval Wings of NDA and for 10+2 (Executive Branch) Course at Naval Academy 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of school Education with Physics and Mathematics, or equivalent

Candidates appearing at the 12th Class Examination are also eligible to compete. Such candidates will be required to submit the proof of passing the 12th Class Examination by a date to be specified in the Commission’s Notice for the Examination.

(D) Scheme of Examination
Written Examination 1. Mathematics (Objective type) 300 Marks
  2. General Ability Test (Objective type) 600 Marks
     
  Total marks for written examination 900 Marks
     
Marks for SSB Interviews   900 Marks
     

NDA 2 2016 Notification and Exam Date Events Tentative Dates
Date of Notification 18th June 2016
Last date for filled application Forms 15 July 2016
Date of exam 18th September 2016

more details Advt:  Notice Eng NDA& NA -II Exam2016

04 Jun
Defense Exams

Men and Women candidates for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT)

Applications are invited from Men and Women candidates for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 02/2016 for the Courses commencing July 2017

Invites applications from bright young engineers to join in the Air Force for grant of Short Service Commission in Flying Branch and Permanent/ Short Service Commission (PSC/ SSC) in Technical and Ground
Duty Branches for the following courses for Men and Women through FCAT 02/2016 to be held on 28/08/2016:
– Flying Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Men, Age : 20-­24 years as on 01/07/2017
– Technical Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Men, Age : 20­-26 years as on 01/07/2017
– Technical Branch Permanent Commission (PC) Men, Age : 20-­26 years as on 01/07/2017
– Ground Duty Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Men, Age : 20­-26 years as on 01/07/2017
– Ground Duty Branch Permanent Commission (PC) Men, Age : 20­-26 years as on 01/07/2017
and
– Flying Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Women / Female, Age : 20­-24 years as on 01/07/2017
-Technical Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Women / Female, Age : 20-­26 years as on 01/07/2017
– Ground Duty Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Women / Female, Age : 20­-26 years as on 01/07/2017

If you meet the requirements, apply : Online at Air Force website from 04/06/2016 to 30/06/2016 only.

More details & Online Apply visits: http://www.careerairforce.nic.in/

02 May
Defense Exams

Air Force Common Aptitude Test Eligibility

Air Force Common Aptitude Test

Air Force Common Aptitude Test is conducted by IAF. It is conducted twice a year. Those candidates who want to make their career in Indian Air Force will have to qualify this test. Recently AFCAT  was successfully conducted at various centres in India. Large number of candidates took this examination.
Air Force Common Admission Test also known as AFCAT is conducted for the admission of eligible candidates in Flying Branch, Technical Branch and Ground Duty Branches of Indian Air Force. AFCAT Exam is scheduled to be held every year for all the eligible applicants. You can find the details of the examination. The Air Force Common Admission Test will consist of 100 questions and each question will be of three marks. So total marks for all questions will be 300. As far as negative marking is concerned, there is one-third negative marking in AFCAT exam. For every wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted as penalty.

Applications are invited from Men and Women candidates for Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 02/2016 for the Courses commencing July 2017

Invites applications from bright young engineers to join in the Air Force for grant of Short Service Commission in Flying Branch and Permanent/ Short Service Commission (PSC/ SSC) in Technical and Ground Duty Branches for the following courses for Men and Women.
– Flying Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Men, Age : 20-­24 years 
– Technical Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Men, Age : 20­-26 years
– Technical Branch Permanent Commission (PC) Men, Age : 20-­26 years 
– Ground Duty Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Men, Age : 20­-26 years 
– Ground Duty Branch Permanent Commission (PC) Men, Age : 20­-26 years
– Flying Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Women / Female, Age : 20­-24 years 
-Technical Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Women / Female, Age : 20-­26 years 
– Ground Duty Branch Short Service Commission (SSC) Women / Female, Age : 20­-26 years 

The AFCAT paper will consist of four sections:

  1. General Awareness
  2. Verbal Ability
  3. Numerical Ability
  4. Reasoning & Military Aptitude Test

There will be Multiply Choice Based Questions of 3 marks each. The candidates will be penalized in the form of deduction of 1 marks for every wrong answers attempted by them. The duration of AFCAT Exam will be 2 Hours.

AFCAT Syllabus:

(a) AFCAT Exam Syllabus for General Awareness: History, Sports, Geography, Environment, Culture, Current Affairs, Politics , Civics, Basic Sciences, Defence, Art etc

(b) Verbal Ability in English: Comprehension, Error Detection, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Testing of Vocabulary, Sentence Completion etc.

(c) Numerical Ability: Decimal Fraction, Simplification, Average, Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, and Simple Interest, Profit & Loss, Time and distance etc.

(d) Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test section: Verbal Skills Non Verbal Ability and Spatial Ability etc.

Last Date online apply: 30 June 2016

more details: click here

14 Mar
Defense Exams

Government releases revised pensionary benefits under OROP to over two lakh defence pensioners

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NEW DELHI: The government on Monday released revised pensionary benefits under One Rank One Pension (OROP) to over two lakh beneficiaries drawing service or disability pension. The amount along with first instalment of arrears had been released and credited by the Defence Ministry to the accounts of pensioners on March 1, 2016.

“In the case of remaining 1,46,335 family pensioners drawing pension from Departmental Pension Drawing Officers ( DPDOs), payment along with arrears is expected to be released by March end. Banks are under process of revision work,” a Ministry of Defence press release explains.

The total additional annual financial increase for grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) is Rs 7488.70 crores. The total amount on account of arrears to be paid for the period July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 is Rs 10925.11 crores.

The release states,” Out of total annual liability of Rs 7488.70 crores, Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) family pensioners shall get Rs 6,405.59 crores, which works out to 85.5% of total expenditure of OROP.”

Due to increase in defence pension budget, the additional liability for current financial year 2015-16 shall be Rs 4,721.34 crores which will increase the current defence pension liability of Rs 60,238 crores to Rs. 64,959.34 crores for the year 2015-16.

03 Jan
Defense Exams

National Defence Academy & Naval Academy (I) Notification 2016 – Apply Online for 375 Defence & Naval Academy Posts

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts NDA (National Defence Academy) & NA (National Academy) Exam -II. The candidates who are eligible apply through online and offline application mode. Minimum Educational Qualification is 12th Class pass in 10+2 Pattern. The selection process is based on Written Test & Interview. The details are as follows…

UPSC NDA & NA Selection Procedure

UPSC conducts NDA (National Defense Academy) Exam in Two Stages.
I.Written Examination
II. Interview.

Written Examination:The exam will constitute 2 subjects, Math and General Ability Test and each subject is given the time limit 2 ½ Hours, maximum marks for Math is 300 & General ability is 600. The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only. The question papers of Mathematics & Part B of General Ability Test will be set bilingually in Hindi as well as English. The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects at the examination.

Interview:Qualified candidates in the written examination will be called for Interview conducted by SSB (Services selection board). For Army, Navy Wings & 10 +2 Entry Scheme candidates need to undergo Intelligence Test & Personality Test, but for Air Force Wing the candidates must attend a Pilot Aptitude Test. The Interview Consist both Intelligence and Personality Test. In interview the candidates will be put to Intelligence Tests both Verbal and Non Verbal Tests based knowledge to assess their intelligence, they will also go to Group Tests such as Group Discussions, Group Planning, Outdoor Group Tasks, and asked to give Brief Lectures on Specified Subjects.

(A) Tentative Schedule (Examination held twice a year)
(i) Notification of Examination October – November & April – May
    (ii) Conduct of Examination April – May & Sept. – Oct

 

(B) Age-limits 16-1/2 – 19 Years
(C) Educational Qualifications
For Army Wing of NDA 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of school Education, or equivalent.
For Air Force and Naval Wings of NDA and for 10+2 (Executive Branch) Course at Naval Academy 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of school Education with Physics and Mathematics, or equivalent

Candidates appearing at the 12th Class Examination are also eligible to compete. Such candidates will be required to submit the proof of passing the 12th Class Examination by a date to be specified in the Commission’s Notice for the Examination.

(D) Scheme of Examination
Written Examination 1. Mathematics (Objective type) 300 Marks
  2. General Ability Test (Objective type) 600 Marks
     
  Total marks for written examination 900 Marks
     
Marks for SSB Interviews   900 Marks
     

 

Last Date Online Apply: 29-01-2016

more details Advt:  Click Here

NDA/NA New batch start from 10 Jan. Call 8080160826

07 Nov
Defense Exams

UPSC CDS 2016 (I) Entrance Exam Dates | UPSC CDS Examination Notification 2016

Combined Defence Service exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission twice every year for recruitment to office cadre of the Army, Navy and Air force.
Candidates qualifying the written test are interviewed by the Service Selection Board and if finally selected, depending upon the choice given by the candidates and their merit list ranking, are sent to one of the following institutes for orientation training:
(a) Indian Military Academy , Dehradun
(b) Naval Academy, Goa
(c) Air Force Academy, Begumpet, Hyderabad
(d) Officers Training Academy ,
Chennai (e)
Officers Training Academy, Chennai 18th SSC Women (Non­Technical)
Women candidates are eligible for OTA (Officers Training Academy, Chennai) only
Those joining the first three institutes get permanent commission. Cadets passing out of Officers Training Academy get short service commission. Applicants are required to mention their preferences while filling up the application forms

Date of CDS exam 14th Feb 2016
Objective of CDS Recruitment into Army, Navy and Air Force.
Courses for which CDS Exam is conducted Permanent Commission (PC) Courses:-> Indian Military Academy (IMA Course at Dehradun), Indian Naval Academy (INA Course at Ezhimala), Indian Airforce Academy (IFA Course at Hyderabad).
Short Service Commission (SSC) Course:-> Officers Training Academy (SSC Non Technical Course for Men), Officers Training Academy (SSC Non-Technical Course for Women) at Chennai
Course Starting Date a) 1st Jan 2017 for IMA, INA and Air Force
b) April 2017 for Officers Training Academy
Selection Procedure Two Stages ( Stage I-> Written Test), Stage II ->5 day SSB Interview Procedure (to be held tentatively in Aug 2016))
Vacancies (200 for IMA, 45 for INA, 32 for Air force, 175 for OTA -Males, 05 for OTA -females) -Total 457
Mode of Applying ONLY Online (www.upsconline.nic.in)
Date of Notification 7th Nov 2015
Last date for filling of application 4th Dec 2015 till 11:59 P.M
Any Documents to be submitted NO (However, the documents will be required if a candidate qualifies for Stage II – SSB Interviews)
Fees Rs 200 (fee exempted for Females, SC, ST)
Eligibility Criteria -Educational qualifications a) For IMA, any graduate
b) For INA, degree in Engineering required
c) For AFA, degree in Engg OR any graduate (but with Physics/Maths at 10+2 level)
d) For OTA (both Men & Women), any gradutae
Any one in the final year can ALSO apply. (However, the certificates need to be submitted by 13th Nov 2016 for PC courses and by 1st Feb 2017 for SSC Courses
Eligibility Criteria – Date of Birth (DoB) for CDS -Feb 2016 a) For IMA, DoB should be from 2nd Jan 1993 to 1st Jan 1998.
b) For INA, DOB should be from 2nd Jan 1993 to 1st Jan 1998.
c) For AFA, DoB should be from 2nd Jan 1993 to 1st Jan 1997
d) For OTA (Men), DOB should be from 2nd Jan 1992 to 1st Jan 1998
e) For OTA (Women), DoB should be from 2nd Jan 1992 to 1st Jan 1998
Exam Pattern Maths (100 qs, 2 hrs), English (120 qs, 2 hrs), GK (120 qs, 2 hrs). Each paper (100 marks). However, any one applying for OTA will have to appear for ONLY English & GK
Type of questions Multiple Choice Questions (Paper based test)
Number of Questions/Marks Maths (100 qs), English (120 qs), GK (120 qs):-> 100 marks for each paper.
Number of choices for each question 4 (a, b, c, d), Only one answer correct
Negative marking One-third of the marks assigned to the question
Cut off marks for getting a call for Stage II (Interviews) It varies across the year. In 2014, it was 99 marks for IMA and Navy , 129 marks for Airforce, 78 marks (out of 200) for Officers Training Academy
Number of cities (written test) 41

notification more details: CDS-I-2016

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