How can candidates select their exam centre while filling the NDA application form?
you can select your nda exam center at the time of filling form by indicate your test city prefrence from a list available on the UPSC Application form portal.
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UPSC releases the list of test cities along with the notification. Candidates are required to choose one test city as per their preferences while filling the application form. One test city can have multiple exam centres. The details regarding the NDA exam centres are mentioned on the admit card.All
Upvote Candidates can select their exam centre as per their suitability and can choose only three exam centres. The allotment of centre will be on the first-apply-first-allot basis. The list of exam cities is given below:
Agartala | Ghaziabad | Panaji (Goa) |
Agra | Gorakhpur | Patna |
Ajmer | Gurgaon | Port Blair |
Ahmedabad | Gwalior | Prayagraj (Allahabad) |
Aizawl | Hyderabad | Puducherry |
Aligarh | Imphal | Pune |
Almora (Uttarakhand) | Indore | Raipur |
Anantpur (Andhra Pradesh) | Itanagar | Rajkot |
Aurangabad | Jabalpur | Ranchi |
Bengaluru | Jaipur | Sambalpur |
Bareilly | Jammu | Shillong |
Bhopal | Jodhpur | Shimla |
Bilaspur | Jorhat | Siligudi |
Chandigarh | Kochi | Srinagar |
Chennai | Kohima | Srinagar (Uttarakhand) |
Coimbatore | Kolkata | Thane |
Cuttack | Kozhikode (Calicut) | Thiruvananthapuram |
Dehradun | Leh | Tiruchirapalli |
Delhi | Lucknow | Tirupati |
Dharwad | Ludhiana | Udaipur |
Dispur | Madurai | Varanasi |
Faridabad | Mumbai | Vellore |
Gangtok | Mysore | Vijayawada |
Gaya | Nagpur | Vishakhapatnam |
Gautam Buddh Nagar | Navi Mumbai | Warangal |
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