Hello Aspirant,

Yes, you are eligible for NDA exam as the age limit for NDA exam is 19.5 years. You also apply after 12th with 10+2 or 10. You can get all the eligibility details in the official notice /Notification of NDA exam which have been uploaded on UPSC website.

Minimum Age: 16.5 years

Maximum Age: 19.5 years

Eligibility criteria for NDA is as follows

Candidates must be between the ages of 16.5 and 19.5 years to be eligible to appear for the NDA 2021 examination. There is no age relaxation for reserved category candidates in the NDA examination.

For NDA -1 2021 the DOB of the candidate should be between

July 2, 2002, to July 1, 2005

For NDA -2 , 2021 DOB range is

January 2, 2003 to January 1, 2006

So You are eligible for NDA 2021 both exams which means you can give 2 attempts next year.

Go to this link for more details:

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda

Thank you

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