The Territorial Army Selection Process 2023 is different for civilians and Ex-servicemen. The ex-services man selection process under Territorial Army recruitment involves only 2 stages, i.e., the Army Headquarter Selection Board test and medical examination. Whereas for civilians, the Territorial Army officer selection process has three stages: Preliminary Interview Board PIB), Services Selection Board (SSB), and medical examination. The candidates must crack each stage of the Territorial Army selection process successfully.
Candidates failing at any stage won't be allowed to participate in the recruitment process. Thus, check out the detailed Territorial Army selection procedure here.
As per the Territorial Army selection process, all registered candidates will be called to attend the written exam. Candidates who pass the exam are contacted by their local Territorial Army Preliminary Interview Board (PIB). After final selection, qualified candidates will take further exams at a Service Selection Board (SSB) and Medical Board. Check the selection process for both below:
Territorial Army Selection Process For Civilians
The selection process for civilians in the Territorial Army Exam involves three stages. The first is PIB which involves a written exam. The second stage is SSB which is a personality test. And the final stage is medical. The different stages are explained below.
Ex-servicemen Territorial Army Selection Process
The Ex-servicemen selection involves two stages only. Firstly they are tested by ASB (Army Headquarters Selection Board), where their mental wellbeing is checked. The venue of the ASB is the Additional Directorate General Territorial Army, Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defense, ‘L’ Block, Church Road, New Delhi – 110 001. After the ASB, candidates must undergo a medical examination at army hospitals.
The written exam is the first stage of the Territorial Army selection process and includes 2 papers. The written exam is part of PIB for civilian candidates. The exam details are given in the table below:
Particulars | Details |
Duration of Paper 1 | 2 Hours |
Duration of Paper 2 | 2 Hours |
Total Number of parts in each paper | 2 |
Total number of questions in each paper | 100 |
Total marks of each paper | 100 |
Marking Scheme |
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The written exam is further divided into two more sections having 50 questions with 50 marks. The time duration for each paper is 2 hours. Check the detailed exam pattern for both papers in the table.
Paper | Subject | No. of questions | Marks |
| Paper 1 | Reasoning | 50 | 50 |
| Elementary Mathematics | 50 | 50 | |
| Paper 2 | General Knowledge | 50 | 50 |
| English | 50 | 50 |
There are minimum qualifying marks for each paper in the written exam of the Territorial Army. Candidates need to score a minimum of 40% marks, i.e., 40 marks on each paper. And also, they have to achieve 50% (100 marks) marks in the whole exam.
Also, read the complete Territorial Army Exam Pattern here.
According to the Territorial Army selection process, all the candidates who clear the PIB must appear for the SSB Interview. Here candidates have to go through various Territorial Army physical and mental tests. Candidates need to take a few documents with them for the SSB interview. Check the list of documents necessary for the second stage of the Territorial Army selection process below:
Territorial Army Exam Centres will be allotted to all the registered candidates on their admit cards. Check the written centre for the various regions in the table below:
Written Exam Centres | Territorial Army Group Headquarters |
Chandigarh/Shimla/Hisar/Jalandhar | PIB Cell, TA Group Headquarters, Western Command, Building No.750, Sector-8B, Chandigarh-160 009. Ph No. 0172-2547864 |
Lucknow/Patna | PIB Cell, TA Group Headquarters Central Command, Lucknow (UP) – 226002. Ph No.0522-2482278,8953401641 |
Kolkata/Siliguri/Guwahati/Dimapur | PIB Cell, TA Group Headquarters, Eastern Command, Fort William, Kolkata (WB) - 700021. Ph No.033-22313227 |
Jaipur/Pune/Bengaluru/Hyderabad/Nagpur | PIB Cell, TA Group Headquarters Southern Command, Pune-411001. Ph No. 7768002503, 0202688123 |
Also, check:
As per the Territorial Army Selection Procedure, the relevant Territorial Army Group Headquarters will call candidates whose application forms are judged to be accurate to appear for the Preliminary Interview Board (PIB) (written exam followed by interview only if passed the written exam).
Yes, the Territorial Army selection process for civilians and Ex-servicemen is different. Candidates should go through the entire post to understand the latest selection process.
There are three stages to the Territorial Army Selection Process. A written exam comes first, followed by the interview, the SSB, a personality test, and the medical test.
The documents that should be carried by the candidates for the Territorial Army Physical and Mental Tests are as follows:
As per the latest Territorial Army Selection Procedure, after clearing the PIB, candidates will be called for the SSC Interview. Here all the candidates will be tested for Army Territorial physical and mental abilities.
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