Paper 1

Subject	No. Of Questions	Marks
Reasoning	25	25
Numerical Aptitude	25	25
English	50	50
General Awareness	50	50
	Total: 150	Total: 150

Paper 2(Descriptive, Qualifying)

Short Essay/Letter & Vernacular Language- 50 Marks

SSC conduct open competitive examination for recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade ‘C'( Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted ) and Stenographer Grade ‘D'(Group ‘C’ Non-Gazetted).

18-27 years

National Defense Academy (NDA), is a training academy of the Indian Armed Forces.

NDA exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), twice in a year. One can find its notification on the official website of UPSC

Men can apply for all the academies/courses under NDA exam whereas women can’t apply For NDA

Unmarried male candidates of age 16.5-19 years

10+2 (passed or appearing) is the minimum qualification one must have for NDA

Complete selection procedure under NDA is mentioned below :

Written Exam
SSB/Interview
Document Verification
Medical Examination of the selected candidates

The Scheme of examination for NDA as follows-

Subject	Duration	Max Marks
Maths	2 hrs 30 min	300
General Ability Test(GK,Eng.)	2 hrs 30 min	600
SSB Interview		900