Army

Changing times bring changing needs. Battle training must tell also on the structuring of the army, for it is this function that extracts the most from the assets available, both men and material. A look at the command and structuring of the Indian Army shows how finely these have been tuned to meet India's threat perceptions, based on the experience of the major wars that it has fought and the present-day geo-political context.

The largest standing volunteer Army in the world has never had to scour the populace for draft or conscription. There are always more men eager to don olive green than the demand at any one time. But this does not reflect a situation where a large unemployed workforce would get into uniform to keep body and soul together. More to the point is the basic attitude of our people to the call of arms, discovered also by the British, some three centuries before. There are very many who join up for long service tenures under the colors, by inclination and choice - also familial habit and honour. If a young man or woman, sound of body and mind, and of Indian origin, is inclined to spend most of his useful working years in the kind of desolation that the country's Field areas' adjoining the borders provide, can he or she cannot be refused.

Age & Eligibility Criteria 

 

  
Post Category
  
  Education

  
Age limit  
 
 

  
GD (General Duty) 
Soldier
  
More than 45% marks in Matriculation and 32% in 
each subject.
  
17 ½ - 21 Yrs
  
 
 

  
Soldier (Technical 
Department)
  
  
For technical posts, the candidate must possess 10+2 
certificate with PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Maths) and 
English with 50% marks aggregate and 40% marks in 
each subject.
  
17 ½ - 23 Yrs
  
 
 

  
Clerk, Store Keeper 
technical
  
  
10+2 with any stream (Arts, science, and commerce), 
with 50% marks and 40 % in each subject. Should 
have studied English, Maths, and accounts, In case, 
without Maths, accounts in graduation (should have 
more than 40% marks in English).
  
17 ½ - 23 Yrs
  
 
 

  
Soldier Nursing 
assistant (Army 
Medical Corps)
  
  
10+2 with science stream and Physics, Chemistry, 
Biology and English with minimum 50% marks 
aggregate and 40% marks in each or in case, have 
graduation degree with Botany / Zoology / Bio-Science 
and English (then XII marks will be waived off.)
  
17 ½ - 23 Yrs
  
 
 

  
Soldier Tradesman 
  
10th pass / ITI. (for house-keeper 8th pass). 
  
17 ½ - 23 Yrs 
 
 

  
Engineers
  
B.A/B.Sc with maths and 10+2 must have passed with 
maths and equivalent subjects.
  
20 - 25 Yrs
 
 

  
JCO, Religious 
Teachers
  
Graduation in any stream.
  
27 - 34 Yrs
 
 

  
Havildar
  
  
For  Group X -post graduation (MA / MSc / MCA) or  
undergraduate (BA / BSc / BCA / Bsc (IT)) with B Ed, 
Group Y - BSc/BA/BCA/B Sc (IT) (without B Ed.) For 
Group Y - Undergraduate (BSc/BA/ BCA/B Sc (IT))  
(without B Ed.)
  
20
  
 

 Exam Pattern

Indian Army Soldier Exam is a paper pen based Defence Entrance Exam directed for employment 

of eligible candidates in the Indian Army and those who will clear this examination have to face 

other rounds (if required).

Format / Syllabus

Paper I Mathematics : (Maximum Marks 300) Arithmetic, Mensuration, Algebra, 

                         Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics.

Paper II  General Ability    Part A - English (Maximum Marks 200)

                                                            Part B - General Knowledge (Maximum Marks 400)

 

  
REGIONS

  
                                     STATES

  
Height
(Cms)

  
Chest
(cms)

  
Weight
(kgs) 
 
 

  
Western Himalayan 
Region

  
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab hills, 
Himachal Pradesh, Hoshiarpur, Garh Shankar, Ropar 
and Chandigarh, Uttarakhand.

  
166

  
77

  
48

 
 

  
Eastern Himalayan
Region

  
Sikkim,Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, 
Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam and Hill 
Region of West Bengal.

  
160

  
77 
  
48 
 
 

  
Western Plains 
Region

  
Punjab,Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and 
Western Uttar Pradesh, Meerut, Agra Division.

  
170

  
77 
  
50 
 
 

  
Eastern Plains 
Region

  
West Bengal, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar,  and Orissa.

  
169

  
77

  
50 
 
 

  
Central Region

  
Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, 
Dadar, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu.

  
168

  
77

  
50