Territorial Army Officer

Yes, for civilian candidates. The Indian Army's page says applicants are called for screening by a Preliminary Interview Board - a written exam, followed by an interview only if they pass the written exam. Ex-service officers and Departmental TA applicants are not put through this written paper.

Two objective papers on OMR answer sheets. Paper I is Reasoning and elementary Mathematics for 100 marks; Paper II is General Knowledge and English for 100 marks. The Army's pattern document records the number of questions for each paper as 50+50.

The Army's pattern document says the maximum time for each paper is 02 hrs, and that the papers are conducted in two sessions, from 1000hrs to 1200hrs and from 1400hrs to 1600hrs.

Minimum 40% marks in each paper separately, and an overall average of 50%.

Yes. Every question has four possible answers, and half of the mark assigned to a question is deducted for a wrong answer. Marking more than one answer counts as wrong even if one of them is correct.

For the Non Departmental route: only citizens of India, aged 18 to 42 years, a graduate from a recognised university, and gainfully employed. For the Departmental route: 18 to 42 years, or 18 to 45 years for a medical officer, with graduation and an appropriate technical qualification, and employment in Indian Railway, IOCL, HPCL, BPCL or ONGC.

StudyBddy could not read a dated advertisement - the Territorial Army portal did not respond on the research date. The Indian Army's own page gives recurring windows, and does so inconsistently: it says civilian candidates apply in May-June every year, that ex-service officers apply in Dec every year, and elsewhere that gainfully employed candidates apply in June – July and December – January each year. Go by the advertisement itself.

At the respective Territorial Army Group Headquarters - Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh and Lucknow.