About

The Territorial Army of India conducts the Territorial Army Recruitment 2022 for the candidates who wish to serve the nation by being a part of the Territorial Army. Territorial army officers are not offered full-time employment as they are required to serve for two to three months every year when they are called. The full form of TA is Territorial Army.

Latest Notification

Territorial Army notification for the post of Officer is to be released on the website – joiniterritorialarmy.gov.in. It is expected that a total of 13 vacancies are to be filled out through this recruitment drive.

TA (Territorial Army) is the secondary-defence force of the country after the official regular army. The Territorial Army comprises the soldiers that serve for a few months annually and does not work on a full-time basis. The candidates recruited in the Territorial Army offer part-time commitment towards serving the nation and does not guarantee full-time career option/employment source for the candidates.

Registration

The Territorial Army Application Form is available on the official website of the Territorial Army. The form has to be filled within the mentioned deadline only. The candidates must check the eligibility conditions before applying for the same.

The application form for Territorial Army 2022 can be filled in online mode from the official website of the Territorial Army.
The candidates will have to first register themselves by visiting the career section and then clicking the ‘ join as officer’ option.
Candidates need to register by providing the correct information about their name, email ID, phone number, and password.
The candidate must then log in by using the registration number and password that was entered during the time of registration.
Registered candidates then need to fill the application form with the correct details such as date of birth, annual income, contact details, educational qualifications, etc.
The candidates must attach required documents like medical certificate, degree certificate, scanned photograph, scanned candidate signature, proof of residences like PAN card or Aadhaar card, etc.
After filling out the main application form and uploading the relevant documents, the candidates need to submit the application fee to confirm the submission of the online application form.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidates are advised to check the Territorial Army Eligibility Criteria before applying for the recruitment process. Following are the eligibility criteria of the Territorial Army, in brief, the applying candidate must check the detailed one before submitting the forms.

Citizenship: The candidate should be a citizen of India.

Age Limit: The candidate should be of an age between 19 and 42 years, on the date of application.

Educational Qualification: The candidate should at least have done graduation or its equivalent.

Bodily Strength: The candidate should be both physically and mentally healthy.

Employment Status:

Self-employment, or
Gainful employment- The candidate should already have a full-time and reliable paid job, or
Mainstay civilian professions- This includes people involved in the necessary community work like Accountants, doctors, para-medical, etc.
Ex-servicemen- The Ex-service officers who qualify the age criteria and have desired physical/mental fitness are eligible to apply for the Territorial Army.

The people who are currently serving in the Regular Army, Navy force, Air Force, Police, GREF (General Reserve Engineer Force), Para Military, and other such forces are not allowed to apply for TA.

Application Fee

The application fee has to be paid after the successful submission of the required documents for the application form.
The amount of application fee for the Territorial Army Recruitment 2022 is INR 200 only for all Indian citizens who are eligible for the examination.
The mode of application fee payment is prescribed on the official website of the Territorial Army.
No other means of fee payment will be accepted.
After the successful payment of the application fee, candidates will get a confirmation of the application form submission.

Exam Pattern

This Territorial Army examination is conducted in two stages. The written examination is conducted for the civilians only while for ex-servicemen, only the interview takes place.

The duration of the written examination for the civilians is 2 hours.
The type of examination question is objective type, that is multiple-choice questions.
The mode of examination will be both English and Hindi.
Two written examinations are held for civilians- Paper 1 and paper 2.
Paper 1 and paper 2 are split into two parts with 100 marks per paper.
The total marks for the written examination are 200.
There is a negative marking for each incorrect answer.

The Territorial Army Exam Pattern is given below in detail.

Name of the sections		Marks per section	Marks per Paper	Total marks of the Written Exam
Paper 1	Logical Reasoning	50	100	200 Marks
Paper 1	Elementary Mathematics	50	100
Paper 2	General Knowledge	50	100
Paper 2	English Language	50	100

Reservation

(a) 5% reservation has been provided to widows of defence personnel for short service Commission Women (Technical and Non-technical), out of this 2.5% of the notified vacancy is reserved for SSC (Non-Technical) and the remaining 2.5 % for SSCW (Tech). The application for SSCW (NT) is directly routed through Recruiting Directorate and the candidate need not appear for CDSE.

(b) 4 Yrs of relaxation in upper age have been granted to the widows of defence personnel for SSCW (Tech & Non-Tech).

(c) Widows of Defence personnel, with/without children, can apply. For others, only unmarried women candidates are eligible to apply.

(d) 10% vacancies have been earmarked for wards of battle casualties, out of fixed vacancies of NCC entry. Mandatory eligibility criteria of the NCC 'C' certificate have been dispensed with.

Syllabus

One must be well aware of the Territorial Army Syllabus in order to score well in the exam. The detailed syllabus for the Territorial Army 2022 written examination is given below:

Territorial Army Syllabus: Paper 1

The syllabus for the Territorial Army Paper 1 is tabulated below:

Section 1: Logical Reasoning
Logical And Analytical Reasoning	Statements And Contradictions
Statements With Conclusions	Verbal Classifications
Relations	Interpretation Of Data
Clocks And Calendars	Numerical, Letters, And Symbol Series
Section 2: Mathematics
Number System	Profit And Losses
HCF And LCM	Simple Equation
Trigonometry	Mensuration
Average	Algebra
Ratios And Proportions	Time And Distances
Geometry	Simple And Compound Interest

Territorial Army Syllabus: Paper 2

The syllabus for the Territorial Army Paper 2 is tabulated below:

Section 1: General Knowledge
Countries And Their Capitals	History
Art And Culture	Indian Politics And Geography
Sports	Literature
Tourism And Travel	Science And Technology
Section 2: English
Synonyms And Antonyms	One-word Substitution
Vocabulary	Spell Check
Omitting	Idioms And Phrases
Editing	Prepositions
Jumbled Sentences	Active Voice And Passion Voice

Eligibilty Criteria