Eligibility Condition

Nationality

Candidate must be unmarried and must either be

• ❖ Citizen of India, or
  ❖ Subject of Nepal, or (certificate of eligibility required)
  ❖ 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 or Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.(certificate of eligibility required)

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

Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status:

• ❖ For IMA
  • ➢ Unmarried male candidates, not more than 24 years and not less than 19 years, are eligible. (Check date given in recent notification)


• ❖ For Indian Naval Academy
  • ➢ Unmarried male candidates born not more than 23 years and not less than 19 years, are eligible. (Check date given recent in notification)


• ❖ For Air Force Academy
  • ➢ 20 to 24 years as on 1st January, 2022
  
  
  • ➢ Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA (India) is relaxable upto 26 yrs.
    • ■ Note
      • ● Candidates below 25 years of age must be unmarried.
      • ● Marriage is not permitted during training.
      • ● Married candidates above 25 years of age are eligible to apply but during the training period they will neither be provided married accommodation nor can they live with family out of the premises.


• ❖ For Officers' Training Academy—(SSC Course for men)
  • ➢ unmarried male candidates, not more than 25 years and not less than 19 years are eligible. (Check date given in recent notification)


• ❖ For Officers' Training Academy—(SSC Women Non-Technical Course)
  • ➢ Unmarried women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees (in possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried are eligible.
  
  
  • ➢ They should have been not more than 25 years and not less than 19 years are eligible. (Check date given in recent notification)

Note: Male divorcee/widower candidates cannot be treated as unmarried male for the purpose of their admission in IMA/INA/AFA/OTA, Chennai courses and accordingly they are not eligible for these courses.

Education Qualification

• ❖ For I.M.A. and Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai
  • ➢ Degree of a recognised University or equivalent.


• ❖ For Indian Naval Academy
  • ➢ Degree in Engineering from a recognised University/Institution.


• ❖ For Air Force Academy
  • ➢ Degree of a recognised University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor of Engineering.

Note: Graduates with first choice as Army/Navy/Air Force are to submit proof of Graduation/provisional certificates on the date of commencement of the SSB Interview at the SSB.

Candidates who are studying in the final year/semester Degree course and have yet to pass the final year degree examination can also apply provided candidate should not have any present backlog upto the last semester / year for which results have been declared upto the time of submission of application and they will be required to submit proof of passing the degree examination at the time of commencement of course

Center of Examination

Agartala	Ahmedabad	Aizawl	Bengaluru	Bareilly
Bhopal	Chandigarh	Chennai	Cuttack	Dehradun
Delhi	Dharwad	Dispur	Gangtok	Hyderabad
Imphal	Itanagar	Jaipur	Jammu	Jorhat
Kochi	Kohima	Kolkata	Lucknow	Madurai
Mumbai	Nagpur	Panaji	Patna	Port Blair
Prayagraj	Raipur	Ranchi	Sambalpur	Shillong
Shimla	Srinagar	Thiruvanthampuram	Tirupati	Udaipur
Visakhapatnam

Fees of the Examination

Candidates (Excepting Female/SC/ST candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs. 200/- .

Plan of Examination

• Two Stage of Examination
  ❖ Written examination (Objective Type)
  
  • ➢ For Admission to Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy
  
  

  Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
  English	2 Hours	100
  General Knowledge	2 Hours	100
  Elementary Mathematics	2 Hours	100

  • ➢ For Admission to Officers’ Training Academy
  
  

  Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
  English	2 Hours	100
  General Knowledge	2 Hours	100

  
  ❖ Interview for intelligence and personality test
  
  • ➢ The SSB procedure consists of two stage Selection process
    • ■ Stage I
      • ● Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) Tests
      • ● Picture Perception* Description Test (PP&DT)
      • ● Only those candidates who clear the stage I are permitted to appear for stage II.
    
    
    • ■ Stage II : 4 days
      • ● Interview
      • ● Group Testing Officer Tasks
      • ● Psychology Tests
      • ● Conference.
    
    

Syllabus of Examination

• ❖ ENGLISH
  • ➢ The question paper will be designed to test the candidates’ understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.


• ❖ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
  • ➢ Current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject.
  • ➢ History of India (without special study)
  • ➢ Geography of a nature (without special study)


• ❖ ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS
  • ➢ ARITHMETIC
    • ■ Number System
      • ● Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and Real numbers.
      • ● Fundamental operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Square roots, Decimal fractions.
      • ● Unitary method, time and distance, time and work, percentages, applications to simple and compound interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, variation.
    
    
    • ■ Elementary Number Theory
      • ● Division algorithm.
      • ● Prime and composite numbers.
      • ● Tests of divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11.
      • ● Multiples and factors.
      • ● Factorisation Theorem.
      • ● H.C.F. and L.C.M.
      • ● Euclidean algorithm.
      • ● Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.
  
  
  • ➢ ALGEBRA
    • ■ Basic Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M.,
    • ■ Theory of polynomials, solutions of quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real roots to be considered).
    • ■ Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns—analytical and graphical solutions.
    • ■ Simultaneous linear inequalities in two variables and their solutions.
    • ■ Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or inequalities in two variables or quadratic equations in one variable & their solutions.
    • ■ Set language and set notation, Rational expressions and conditional identities, Laws of indices.
  
  
  • ➢ TRIGONOMETRY
    • ■ Sine ×, cosine ×, Tangent × when 0° < × < 90° Values of sin ×, cos × and tan ×, for × = 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°
    • ■ Simple trigonometric identities.
    • ■ Use of trigonometric tables.
    • ■ Simple cases of heights and distances.
  
  
  • ➢ GEOMETRY
    • ■ Lines and angles, Plane and plane figures, Theorems on
      • ● Properties of angles at a point
      • ● Parallel lines
      • ● Sides and angles of a triangle
      • ● Congruence of triangles
      • ● Similar triangles
      • ● Concurrence of medians and altitudes
      • ● Properties of angles, sides and diagonals of a parallelogram, rectangle and square
      • ● Circles and its properties including tangents and normals
      • ● Loci
  
  
  • ➢ MENSURATION
    • ■ Areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangle and circle.
    • ■ Areas of figures which can be split up into these figures (Field Book), Surface area and volume of cuboids, lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and cylinders, surface area and volume of spheres.
  
  
  • ➢ STATISTICS
    • ■ Collection and tabulation of statistical data, Graphical representation frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts etc.
    • ■ Measures of central tendency.
  
  

Physical Standards

For Medical Standards for Army, Navy and Air Force (Flying Branch and Ground Duty Branch) candidates may refer

• ❖ Please visit www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for Medical Standards and Procedure of Medical Examination of Officers’ Entry into Army as applicable.
• ❖ Please visit www.joinindiannavy.gov.in for Medical Standards and Procedure of Medical Examination of Officers’ Entry into Navy as applicable.
• ❖ Please visit www.careerindianairforce.cdac.in for Medical Standards and Procedure of Medical Examination of Officers’ Entry into Air Force as applicable

Note: Permanent body tattoos are only permitted on the inner face of forearm i.e from inside of elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of palm/back (dorsal) side of hand.

Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body are not acceptable and candidates will be barred from further selection.

Tribes with tattoo marks on the face or body as per their existing custom and traditions will be permitted on a case to case basis.

How to Apply

• Candidates are required to apply online by using the website http://upsconline.nic.in
• Before Applying for the examination, must read notification details and check detailed physical & medical fitness required for the post you want to choose.
• For notification you must visit www.upsc.nic.in