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DRDO Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM) has released DRDO CEPTAM 11 Notification for 764 posts of Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) and Technician-A (Tech-A). Candidates can apply online for the DRDO CEPTAM 11 recruitment from the official website from 9 December 2025. Here in this article, candidates must read the full article to know the important information regarding DRDO CEPTAM Exam Pattern 2025 and must bookmark this website for more Job Updates.
DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Pattern 2025: Overview
DRDO is inviting online applications for the recruitment of Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) and Technician-A (Tech-A). Here we have provided the detailed information about the DRDO CEPTAM Recruitment 2025 Exam Pattern.
| DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Pattern 2025 | |
| Conducting Authority | Defence Research & Development Organisation Technical Cadre (DRTC) |
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| Time Duration | 90 minutes/ exam |
| Questions Types | Objective type(MCQ) |
| Official Website | @drdo.gov.in |
DRDO CEPTAM 11 Selection Process 2025
The selection process for Technician-A and Senior Technical Assistant-B has been provided here as per the DRDO CEPTAM 11 Notification information. Final Selection shall be chosen only after scrutiny and verification of genuine documents or testimonials submitted. In the table below, we have described the DRDO CEPTAM 11 2025 Selection Process
| DRDO CEPTAM 11 2025 Selection Process | |
| Posts | Selection Process |
| Technician-A (Tech-A) | CBT 1 (Selection Test) & Trade Test/Skill Test |
| Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) | CBT 1 (Screening Test) & CBT 2 (Selection Test) |
DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Pattern 2025:
Candidates applying for 746 Vacancies for the posts of Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) and Technician-A (Tech-A) under DRDO CEPTAM Recruitment 2025 must check the exam pattern below.
Exam Pattern for the post of Senior Technical Assistant-B (‘STA-B’)
| Exam Pattern for STA-B | |||||
| Tier | Mode/Type of Examination |
Scope of Examination | No of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration of Exam (Mins.) |
| I | CBT for Screening@ | Test common to all post-codes: Quantitative ability/aptitude, General Intelligence & Reasoning ability, General awareness, English language (basic knowledge), General Science | 120 | 120 | 90 |
| II | CBT for Provisional Selection@ |
Test specific to the subject of postcode | 100 | 100 | 90 |
SCREENING CRITERIA: Tier-I exam is for screening. The minimum qualifying marks for Tier-I are 40% for UR/OBC candidates and 35% for SC/ST candidates. Candidates will be provisionally shortlisted based on Tier-I examination merit in a ratio of 1:8 (No. of vacancies: No. of shortlisted candidates), provided they secure the minimum qualifying marks in the examination. The last candidate securing equal marks in the bracket will also be included. These provisionally shortlisted candidates will be called for the Tier-II examination.
PROVISIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA: The provisional selection will be based on the order of merit obtained in the Tier-II examination, depending upon the post/category/sub-category of the candidate. The minimum qualifying marks for Tier-II are 40% for UR/OBC candidates and 35% for SC/ST candidates.
Exam Pattern for the post of Technician-A (TECH-A)
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Scope of Examination | No of Questions |
Maximum Marks |
Duration of Exam (Mins.) |
| I | CBT for Screening | Section-A:
Section-B:
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40 (Section-A) + 80 (Section-B) |
120 | 90 |
| II | CBT for Provisional Selection |
Specific to the trade/discipline of the postcode (Trade test will be of ITI level in the related trade to test the practical skills of the candidates) |
The Trade test may be of about one to two hours in duration. |
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PROVISIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA: The provisional selection will be based on the merit obtained in the Tier-I examination, depending upon the post/category/sub-category of the candidate. The minimum qualifying marks for Tier-I are 40% for UR/OBC candidates and 35% for SC/ST candidates.
TRADE TEST CRITERIA: Candidates will be provisionally shortlisted based on Tier-I examination merit in a ratio of 1:8 (No. of vacancy: No. of shortlisted candidates), provided they secure the minimum qualifying marks in the examination. Provisionally shortlisted candidates in Tier I will be called for Tier II (Trade Test). It is mandatory to qualify for Tier-II (Trade Test) for final selection.
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