NDA 2026 Cut Off

The cut-off marks for the UPSC NDA 2025 exam are crucial indicators for candidates to determine whether they qualify for the written exam and final selection. Here, we provide detailed information about the NDA 2025 expected cut-off marks, previous years' cut-off marks, and the selection process.

NDA 2025 Expected Cut-Off

Based on experts' estimates and previous years' trends, the following are the expected cut-off marks for NDA 2025:

NDA Exam	Written Exam Cut-off (Out of 900)	Final Selection Cut-off (Out of 1800)
NDA 1 2025	330	660
NDA 2 2025	375-385	710-720

NDA Previous Years' Cut off for Written Exam

Events	NDA written exam cut off	Final NDA cut off
NDA 1 2024 Cut off	291 (With at least 20% marks in each subject)	654 out of 1800
NDA 2 Cut Off 2024	305 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)	673 out of 1800

NDA Cut off 2023

NDA 2023 cut off for written exam and final selection is given below.

NDA 1 Cut off 2023

Name of the Wing	Minimum qualifying standard at the written stage (out of 900)	Marks secured by last recommended candidate [Final Stage] (out of 1800)
Army	301 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)	664
Navy
Air Force
Naval Academy
Total

NDA 2 Cut off 2023

Name of the Wing	Vacancies	Number of Recommended Candidates	Minimum qualifying standard at the written stage (out of 900 marks)	Marks secured by last recommended candidate at Final Stage (out of 1800 marks)
Army	208 (including 10 for female candidates)
Navy	42 (including 12 for female candidates)
Air Force
Flying	92 (including 02 for female candidates)	699	292 (With at least 20% marks in each subject)	656
Ground duties (Tech)	18 (including 02 for female candidates)	699	292 (With at least 20% marks in each subject)	656
Ground duties (Non-Tech)	10 (including 02 for female candidates)
Naval Academy	25 (including 07 for female candidates)
Total	395

NDA Cut off for written exam from 2022 to 2016

Year	NDA 1 cut off (Out of 900 marks)
2022	360 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2021	343 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2020	355 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2019	342 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2018	338 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2017	342 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2016	288 (With at least 25% marks in each Subject)

Year	NDA 2 cut off (Out of 900 marks)
2022	316 (With at least 20% marks in each subject)
2021	355 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2020	355 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2019	346 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2018	325 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2017	258 (With at least 25% marks in each subject)
2016	229 (With at least 20% marks in each subject)

NDA Cut off for Final Selection

NDA cut off for final selection is the marks secured by the last finally recommended candidates. The cut off for this stage is decided out of 1800 marks (900 marks of written exam + 900 marks of Interview.