Eye Sight For NDA, CDS and Other Entries

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