NDA — last-minute checklist
Built from the National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination records on our exam tracker. Every date carries its source tier: official (the conducting body's own site), reported (a secondary source — verify it) or expected (a typical-cycle estimate, not an announcement). Your admit card and the official notice always win.
🎯 Exam day
Exam today, 13 Sept (official). Official notice ↗
Tracker row: NDA 2 2026 exam
- 🕘 Timings / reporting, tracker row for 13 Sept (official): Mathematics 10:00-12:30, GAT 14:00-16:30 · no key published for this stage
🎒 What to carry
- Admit card (hall ticket / call letter), printed — the instructions printed on it override anything on this page
- Original photo ID with the same name as your admit card (Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID, passport or driving licence — your admit card lists which it accepts); a photocopy alone is not enough
- Leave your phone, smartwatch, earphones and other electronic gadgets at home or outside — they are not allowed in the exam hall, and do not count on a cloakroom at the centre
- Reporting time and gate-closing time are printed on your admit card — late entry is refused, so plan to reach well before
- Passport-size photographs, if your admit card asks for them — use the same photo you uploaded in the application
- Pen and rough sheet: computer-based tests generally provide them at the centre — carry your own only if your admit card says so
- Transparent water bottle, sanitiser or a simple wrist watch: allowed at some exams and banned at others — check your admit card before you pack
- Using a scribe or compensatory time? Carry the certificate and the scribe's own photo ID in the format your admit card or notice asks for
✅ true of every exam hall · 🔎 varies by exam — check your admit card or notice. The night before: no new topics, and sleep.
🎫 Admit card
NDA 2 2026 admit card: 9 Sept (official) Official notice ↗
From the tracker row: E-admit card released
📝 Exam pattern on our records
National Defence Academy & Naval Academy Examination
270 questions, 900 marks, 300 minutes
Marking: On our records +4 per question over 270 scored questions does not add up to the paper's 900 marks — different papers or sections of NDA score differently.
Subjects on our syllabus
- Mathematics
- General Ability Test — English
- General Ability Test — General Knowledge
Languages: English, Hindi
UPSC NDA — two papers: Mathematics (300 marks, 2.5 hrs) and General Ability Test (English + GK, 600 marks, 2.5 hrs) for entry to NDA Khadakwasla.
Patterns can change between cycles — this cycle's official notice is final.
🔑 After the paper
- Answer key: not announced yet
- Result: not announced yet
🔗 Official portal and useful links
Official portal: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) ↗
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