Skill Letts
VIEWS , VOICE & WAYS OF SKILLS
An in house journal of Additional Skill Acquisition Programme
For IMA , and INA , applicant should be unmarried males . All applicants will have to satisfy the age criterion prescribed . For Air Force Academy , applicants below 25 years of age must be unmarried . Marriage is not permitted during training . Married males above 25 years of age are eligible to apply . However , they will neither be provided married accommodation nor can they live with family out of the premises , during training period .
Married and unmarried males can apply for Officers ' Training Academy ( SSC Course for Men ) while only unmarried women , issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees ( in possession of divorce documents ) who have not remarried are eligible for admission to Officers , Training Academy for SSC Women Non-Technical Course . Age conditions will also have to be satisfied .
For I . M . A and Officers ’ Training Academy , applicant should hold a Degree of a recognized University or equivalent . For Indian Naval Academy , applicant should have a Degree in Engineering . For Air Force Academy , applicant should have a Degree of Recognized University ( with Physics and Mathematics at 10 + 2 level ) or Bachelor of Engineering degree .
Those possessing professional and technical qualifications which are recognised by government as equivalent to professional and technical degrees would also be eligible for admission to the examination
Those studying in the final year / semester Degree course and have yet to pass the final year degree examination are generally permitted to apply provided they do not have any backlog upto the last semester / Year for which results have been declared upto the time of submission of application and subject to production of proof of passing the degree examination at the time of SSB to the notified authority , by the dates specified in the Notification .
Applicants must be physically fit according to physical standards prescribed .
For the written examination for admission to Indian Military Academy , Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy , the written test will have three papers , namely , English , General Knowledge and Elementary Mathematics , each of two hours duration and each carrying 100 marks . For Admission to Officers ’ Training Academy , there will be two papers , namely , English and General Knowledge each of two hours duration and each carrying 100 marks . More details including the syllabus of the examination is given in the Notice that can be downloaded from http :// www . upsc . gov . in /
All papers will have objective type questions only . Each question will have four alternatives . For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate , one third ( 0.33 ) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty .
UPSC will prepare a list of candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in the written examination to be fixed by the Commission . Those who qualify in the written exam have to register themselves at www . joinindianarmy . nic . in , to be called for Service selection Board ( SSB ) Interview .
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