Territorial Army Original Question Paper 2017

Introduction:

The English raised the Territorial Amy in 1920 through Indian Territorial Act of 1920 and it was comprised of two wings namely – ‘The Auxiliary Force’ for Europeans & Anglo-Indians, and ‘The Indian Territorial Force’ for Indian Volunteers. After Independence the Territorial Army Act was passed in 1948 and the first Indian Governor General Shri C Rajagopalachari formally inaugurated the Territorial Army. It is celebrated with the TA Day Parade every year.

The Territorial Army initially had various types of units such as Armed Regt (TA), Infantry Battalion (TA), Air Defence (TA), Med Regt (TA), Engineers Field Park Coy (TA), Signal Regiment (TA), EME Workshop (TA), Coast Battery (TA), ASC GT Coy (TA), ASC Compo Platoon (TA), AMC Field Ambulance (TA), by 1972 these units have either been disbanded or converted to Regular Army except Inf Bn (TA).

The Territorial Army is a part of Regular Army and its present role is to relieve the Regular Army from static duties and assist civil administration in dealing with natural calamities and maintenance of essential services in situations where life of the communities is affected or the security of the Country is threatened and to provide units for Regular Army as and when required.The TA units were actively involved in 1962, 1965 and 1971 operations. The “Terriers” have also taken part in OP PAWAN in Sri Lanka, OP RAKSHAK in Punjab and J&K, OP RHINO and OP BAJRANG in the North East in a most active manner.

Territorial Army Examination 2017:

1. Syllabus Of Exam, Numbers of Question, Total Marks :
2. Time: Maximum time for each paper is 02 hrs and will be conducted in two sessions from 10:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs and 14:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs.
3. Type of Exam: Objective (OMR Answer Sheet will be used).
4. Qualifying Marks: The candidates will have to score minimum 40% marks in each paper separately and have an overall average of 50% to qualify.
5. Negative Marking:  I anyone who give wrong answer or mark more than one answer in the OMR sheet then in such cases half of the mark assigned to that question will be deducted.

In 2017 this exam was held on 30th July, 2017 at PIB’s various centers across the country. There were four sets of Paper SET A, SET B, SET C and SET D for each paper. You can download Paper I (Reasoning and Elementry Mathematics) and Paper II (General Knowledge and English) question paper original scanned copy here.

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