Indian Navy Agniveer Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

Stage I and Stage II

The Stage II written paper, by entry

Both published papers are objective and bilingual, Hindi and English.

Pass every section

The Navy's instruction is the same for every entry: candidates must pass in all sections as well as in the aggregate. In the MR paper each section is half the paper.

The Navy doesn't publish the number of questions, marks per question, negative marking or sectional pass marks for any entry. Its sample papers (see Sample Papers) are the only guide to the shape of the paper.

For Agniveer {MR (Musician)}, shortlisting is always on Matriculation marks, so there's no online paper to recover on.

SSR: four sections

MR: two sections

MR has no English section, its maths stops at basic trigonometry and mensuration, and reasoning isn't named. SSR maths runs to calculus, matrices and conic sections.

Qualification

If you're awaiting a board result you can apply, but you're selected only if you produce the original marksheet at Stage II (an internet copy won't do) with the minimum marks in aggregate and in each subject for your category.

Age

The Navy's own documents disagree. Its entry pages (updated 2 September 2026) say 17½ to 22 years on the day of enrolment for SSR, MR and Apprentice. Its 2026 recruitment calendar says 17½ to 21 for SSR, MR, Musician and SSR (Medical Assistant), and calls itself a broad guideline, pointing to the Employment News notification. If you're near the upper limit, go by the advertisement for your batch. Age is counted on the day of enrolment.

Physical Fitness Test (qualifying, no marks)

Eyesight

Spectacles are allowed. PRK, LASIK or SMILE is acceptable if all of these hold:

1. Not done before age 20.
2. Uncomplicated and at least 12 months before the exam, with a certificate from the eye centre giving the type, date and pre-operative error.
3. Axial length 26 mm or less (IOL Master or A Scan).
4. Residual corneal thickness at least 450 microns.
5. Residual refraction +1.0 D sphere or cylinder or less.
6. Pre-operative error not more than plus or minus 6.0 D.
7. Normal retina.

Refractive surgery rules out submarine, diving and MARCOS. Radial keratotomy or a phakic intra-ocular lens makes you permanently unfit for all branches.

Height

Both Stage I routes are in use: the Navy's login list carries AVR (SSR/MR) - INET 2025 and AVR (SSR/MR) - INET 2026. In a batch screened on marks, your school percentage is the shortlist, not just a 50 per cent threshold.

Stage II is one visit with three gates: the paper, the fitness test and the medical, plus document checks. The final medical at INS Chilka comes after all of that, and you can still be found unfit there.

The Music Screening Test asks you to sing and match pitch with notes on a keyboard, clap back a short rhythm, sing a well known song in tune, play a prepared piece, sight-read Indian or Western classical notation, and know taal, raag and scales.

Your branch or trade is allotted by the needs of the service, not by your choice.

On exit you get the Seva Nidhi package of ₹10.04 lakh (excluding interest), free of income tax. Risk and hardship, dress and travel allowances are paid on top. You don't contribute to a Provident Fund, and there's no gratuity or pension.

Insurance and compensation

Life cover of ₹48 lakh, non-contributory, for the whole engagement.

For permanent disability, the accepted percentage is rounded up: 20 to 49 per cent counts as 50, 50 to 75 counts as 75, and 76 to 100 counts as 100. Where it's attributable to service, ex-gratia is ₹44 lakh, ₹25 lakh or ₹15 lakh at 100, 75 or 50 per cent, plus pay for the unserved period and the Seva Nidhi balance.

Details: pay scale and insurance and compensation.

Apply online only at joinindiannavy.gov.in. There's a separate registration and login for each entry and each cycle (currently Officer, AVR MR (Musician), AVR (SSR/MR), SSR (Medical) and AVR (Apprentice), each with 2025 and 2026 logins). An old login doesn't carry over.

Each batch has its own advertisement on the site and in Employment News, and windows are often extended:

Get these right in the form:

• E-mail and mobile number. The Navy contacts candidates only electronically. Don't change either until selection is over.
• Exam centre, subject to availability.
• Qualifying exam marks, which may be the shortlist.
• Category, which sets your minimum marks.

The Navy recruits directly. Anyone promising selection is a fraud.

The Navy recruits for itself.

The work, in the Navy's words

Every MR trade is also trained in firearms and given other duties, including lookout, small arms and the ship's landing and boarding parties.

Queries: sailor@navy.gov.in (sailors and Agniveers), officer@navy.gov.in (officers).

Plan for Stage II to take more than a day, and arrive ready to run 1.6 km inside the standard.

The Navy recruits in numbered batches, each with its own advertisement, window and stage dates. The number carries the induction year: 01/27 is the first batch inducting in 2027.

As at September 2026:

• Applications for AVR (SSR), AVR (MR) and SSR (Medical) for INET 26 opened on 14 March 2026 and have closed.
• The AVR MR (Musician) 02/26 window was extended to 30 April 2026 and has closed.
• Stage II call up letters for the SSR and MR 01/27 batch were due by September 2026.

So a March application leads to a batch inducting the following year. New batches are announced on joinindiannavy.gov.in and in Employment News. The Navy's 2026 recruitment calendar (PDF) lists every entry ahead of the advertisements.

The call up letter cum admit card for each stage (Stage I, Stage II and joining at INS Chilka) is downloaded from your login on joinindiannavy.gov.in. Nothing comes by post.

Look in the right portal. There are separate logins for AVR (SSR/MR) - INET 2025, AVR (SSR/MR) - INET 2026, SSR (Medical) - INET 2025, SSR (Medical) - INET 2026, AVR MR (Musician) and AVR (Apprentice).

If you applied awaiting a board result, bring the original marksheet to Stage II.

Results appear in your login on joinindiannavy.gov.in, with a message to your registered e-mail and mobile. Stage I decides who goes to Stage II; Stage II decides who is called for induction; enrolment follows the final medical at INS Chilka.

The Navy publishes no cut-offs, scorecards or candidate counts for Agniveer entries. Stage announcements also appear in the news section of the home page.

The Navy publishes no cut-off marks for any Agniveer entry, and hasn't in past cycles. Any figure you see elsewhere didn't come from the Navy.

What it does publish is the rules: pass every section of the written paper and the aggregate, clear the Physical Fitness Test, and meet the eyesight and height standards. In batches screened on school marks, the effective line is wherever the field puts it. Those rules are on the written exam instructions and selection procedure pages.

1. Pick the right entry

2. Don't let one section sink you

You must pass every section. For SSR candidates from a Physics and Maths background, the risk is English and General Awareness.

3. Finish the closed parts

SSR English is a fixed list of grammar points, with no essay or literature. MR Science and Maths is class 10 material. The static GA lists (capitals, currencies, abbreviations, national symbols, awards, personalities) can be memorised.

4. Reasoning hides inside SSR General Awareness

Spatial, numerical, associative ability, sequences, spellings, unscrambling, coding and decoding. Drill it.

5. SSR maths is class 11 and 12

Calculus, conic sections, matrices, complex numbers, probability, 3D geometry. A 10th level book won't do.

6. Practise against the clock

Sixty minutes for four sections, or thirty for two. Decide your time split in advance.

7. Use the Navy's sample papers

Mark them section by section, not as a total.

8. Train for all four fitness events

The push-ups, squats and sit-ups catch more people than the run. Start early.

9. Settle eyesight before you apply

If you've had refractive surgery, check the seven conditions under Eligibility. Radial keratotomy and phakic lenses are permanent bars.

The Navy lists official sample question papers and the written exam syllabus for SSR and MR on the Agniveer (SSR) and Agniveer (MR) pages. When checked in October 2026 the PDF links on those pages returned "not found", so look there again before a batch opens.

Apprentice and SSR (Medical Assistant) have no sample papers as of now. The sample papers are the only documents that show how many questions to expect.

• Join Indian Navy: registration, applications, admit cards and results
• Recruitment calendar 2026 (PDF)
• Agniveer: ways to join
• Entries: SSR, MR, Apprentice, SSR (Medical Assistant), Women in the Navy
• Selection procedure and standards; written exam instructions
• Duration of service; Travel
• Life at sea, on a ship, on a submarine; ranks and insignia; training centres; life after the Navy

Is there one Agniveer exam in the Navy?

No. Four entries: SSR (class 12 with Maths and Physics), MR (class 10), MR Musician (class 10 plus music) and Apprentice (class 10 plus a three year diploma).

Is SSR (Medical Assistant) an Agniveer entry?

No. Its initial engagement is twenty years, not four.

How long is the engagement?

Four years, training included.

What will I be paid?

₹30,000 a month in year one rising to ₹40,000 in year four, 70 per cent in hand. You leave with ₹10.04 lakh tax free plus interest, and no pension.

Is there negative marking?

The Navy doesn't say for any entry.

What is the age limit?

17½ to 22 on the entry pages, 17½ to 21 in the 2026 calendar. Go by your batch's advertisement.

Can I choose my branch or trade?

No. It's allotted by the needs of the service.

Can I wear spectacles?

Yes. You need 6/12 in each eye uncorrected and 6/6 corrected.

I've had LASIK. Am I eligible?

Possibly, if you meet the seven conditions, including that it wasn't done before age 20 and was at least 12 months before the exam. Not for submarine, diving or MARCOS.

What is the minimum height?

157 cm for men and women alike, relaxed to 155 or 152 cm by domicile.

Where will I be trained?

INS Chilka in Odisha, then a professional school for your trade.