Many candidates are asking us the
minimum eyesight required to join Indian army through NDA, CDS and many other
entries. As a matter of fact, eye sight requirement for all the entries are
same but we are going to publish the eyesight requirements as per the Indian
army entries.
Indian
Army Eye Sight For NDA, CDS and Other Entries
Eyesight
for NDA Exam
A candidate should be able to read
in a distant vision chart 6/6 in better eye and 6/9 in worse eye with or
without glasses. Myopia should not be more than 2.5 D and hypermetropia not
more than 3.5 D including Astigmatism. Internal examination of the eye will be
done by means of ophthalmoscope to rule out any disease of the eye. A candidate
must have good binocular vision. The colour vision standard, will be (CPIII)
for Army. A candidate should be able to recognise red and green colours.
Candidates will be required to give certificates that neither he nor any member
of his family has suffered from congenital night blindness. Candidates who have
undergone or have the evidence of having undergone Radial Keratotomy, to
improve the visual acuity will be permanently rejected for all the Services.
Candidates who have undergone Laser Surgery for correction of refractive error
are also not acceptable to defence services.
Vision standard for Naval:
- Uncorrected without glass 6/6
- Corrected with glass 6/6,
- Limits of Myopia -0.75
- Limits of Hypermetropia +1.5
- Binocular vision III
- Limits of colour preception I
Vision standard for Air Force:
- Uncorrected without glass 6/12
- corrected with glass 6/6
- Limits of Myopia -0.75D
- Limits of Hypermetropia +1.5D
- Binocular vision III
- Limits of colour preception I
