NDA 2025 Cut Off: Expected & Previous Year Trends for Maths and GAT

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will announce the NDA 2025 cut-off after the exam process is completed. To qualify, candidates must clear separate cut-off marks for both the written exam and the SSB interview.

The NDA written exam cut-off is calculated out of 900 marks.
The SSB interview cut-off is calculated out of 900 marks.
The final selection cut-off is based on a total of 1800 marks (900 from the written exam + 900 from the SSB interview).
Candidates must secure at least 25% marks in each subject to qualify.

Below, we have provided previous years' cut-off marks (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017). These will help candidates preparing for the NDA 2025 exam get an idea of expected scores.

Factors That Affect NDA Cut-Off Marks

Several factors influence the NDA cut-off each year:

Number of candidates appearing for the exam
Total vacancies available
Difficulty level of the exam

NDA Cut off for Written Exam

NDA cutoff for the written exam is decided out of 900 marks. UPSC also decides on sectional for the written exam. The sectional cut off is calculated on the basis of the total marks of each section. The sectional cut off is 25 per cent in each subject. Candidates securing equal to or more than the cut off marks are called for SSB Interview.

NDA Previous Years' Cut off for Written Exam

NDA 1 2024 Cut off

NDA 1 2024 cut off has been released. Check below the cut off marks.

Branch	Written Exam Cut off	Final Cut off
Army, Navy, Air Force and Naval Academy	291 (With at least 20% marks in each subject)	654

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.