DRDO CEPTAM 11 Tier 2 Exam Date 2026, STA and Technician Tier-I Exam Schedule Soon
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) aims to fill a total of 764 vacancies for Senior Technical Assistant B and Technician-A (Tech-A) posts. The candidates who will be qualified in the CBT 1 exam will have to appear for the Tier 2 Exam, for which the exam dates will be announced shortly on the official website www.drdo.gov.in. Candidates can check details regarding the exam from the article.
DROD CEPTAM 11 Exam 2026
The selection process for the Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) post will include CBT 1 (Screening Test) & CBT 2 (Selection Test), and the selection process for the Technician-A (Tech-A) posts will include CBT 1 (Selection Test) & Trade Test/Skill Test. The CBT 1 Exam will be common for all the posts. The Tier 2, Part 1 Personality Test and Paper 2 is a test specific to the subject of postcode.
| DROD CEPTAM 11 Exam 2026- Overview | |
| Organziation | Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) |
| Exam Name | DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam 2026 |
| Post | Technician-A and Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) |
| Vacancy | Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B)- 561 Technician-A (Tech-A)- 203 |
| DROD CEPTAM 11 Tier 2 Exam Date | To be Notified |
| Type of Questions | Objective type (MCQ Based) |
| Number of Questions | 150 |
| Total Marks | 150 |
| Duration | 120 Minutes |
| Selection Process | Senior Technical Assistant B- CBT 1 and CBT 2 Technician A- CBT 1, CBT 2 and Trade/Skill Test |
| Official Website | www.drdo.gov.in |
DRDO CEPTAM 11 Tier 2 Exam Date 2026
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will announce the exam date soon for the 2nd stage of the selection process, i.e., CBT 2 Exam at its official website www.drdo.gov.in. The exam will be conducted for all those candidates who will be qualified in the Tier 1 exam for 764 Senior Technical Assistant B and Technician-A (Tech-A) vacancies. Further details regarding the exam will also be provided along with the admit card.
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DRDO Vacancy 2026
Defence Research and Development Organisation, Centre for Personnel Talent Management, DRDO-CEPTAM has announced 561 vacancies for Senior Technical Assistant-B post and 203 vacancies for Technician-A (Tech-A) post. The detailed vacancy distribution has been released with the official notification.
| Posts | Vacancy | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS |
| Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) | 561 | 249 | 83 | 43 | 136 | 50 |
| Technician-A (Tech-A) | 203 | 103 | 25 | 13 | 44 | 18 |
| Total | 764 | 352 | 108 | 56 | 180 | 68 |
DRDO Recruitment 2026 Selection Process
The selection process for Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) and Technician-A (Tech-A) has been mentioned in the notification by DRDO CEPTAM.
| DRDO CEPTAM 11 Selection Process | |
| Posts | Selection Process |
| Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B) | CBT 1 (Screening Test) & CBT 2 (Selection Test) |
| Technician-A (Tech-A) | CBT 1 (Selection Test) & Trade Test/Skill Test |
DRDO Recruitment 2026 Exam Pattern
The exam pattern for Senior Technical Assistant and Technician A posts is discussed below.
| DRDO CEPTAM 11 Tier 1 Exam Pattern 2026 (Common for all posts) | |||
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Marks | Duration |
| Quantitative Aptitude/General Maths | 40 | 40 | 120 minutes |
| General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability | 40 | 40 | |
| General Awareness | |||
| General English | 30 | 30 | |
| General Science | 40 | 40 | |
| Total | 150 | 150 | |
DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam- Minimum Qualifying Marks
Candidates can check post-wise and category-wise minimum qualifying marks for DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam from the table below.
| Name of Posts | Category | Qualifying Percentage |
| Senior Technical Assistant-B | UR/OBC/EWS | 40% |
| SC/ST/PwBD | 35% | |
| Technician-A (Tech-A) | UR/OBC/EWS | 40% |
| SC/ST/PwBD | 35% |
DRDO Recruitment 2026 CEPTAM 11 Syllabus
Before preparing for the DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam, the syllabus should be studied thoroughly so that the candidate has an idea which part takes more time than others and has to manage the time accordingly. The syllabus for DRDO STA-B is divided into 2 phases, and for DRDO Technician A there is only the Phase 1 exam.
In this section, we updated the DRDO CEPTAM Syllabus 2026 subject-wise for the Tier-I Exam.
| Subject Name | Syllabus Topics Wise |
| English | |
| General Awareness |
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| General Intelligence |
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| Mathematics |
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DRDO CEPTAM 11 Tier 1 Exam Centre 2026
DRDO CEPTAM 11 Tier-I Exam will be conducted at various exam centres throughout the country. Below we have provided the exam centre list where the Tier 1 Exam will be conducted.
| DRDO CEPTAM 11 Tier 1 Exam Centre List | |||||
| S. No. | City Name | S. No. | City Name | S. No. | City Name |
| 01 | Agra | 27 | Hamirpur | 53 | Nagpur |
| 02 | Ahmedabad | 28 | Hajipur | 54 | Nanded |
| 03 | Ajmer | 29 | Ballia (Buxar) | 55 | Noida |
| 04 | Ambala | 30 | Hyderabad | 56 | New Delhi / NCR |
| 05 | Amravati | 31 | Indore | 57 | Panaji |
| 06 | Amritsar | 32 | Itanagar | 58 | Patiala |
| 07 | Ara | 33 | Jabalpur | 59 | Patna |
| 08 | Asansol | 34 | Jaipur | 60 | Port Blair |
| 09 | Alwar | 35 | Jammu | 61 | Prayagraj |
| 10 | Bareilly | 36 | Jamshedpur | 62 | Pune |
| 11 | Bhiwandi | 37 | Jhansi | 63 | Purnia |
| 12 | Belgaum | 38 | Jodhpur | 64 | Raipur |
| 13 | Bhagalpur | 39 | Kanpur | 65 | Ranchi |
| 14 | Bhopal | 40 | Kolhapur | 66 | Rourkela |
| 15 | Bhubaneswar | 41 | Kolkata | 67 | Rohtak |
| 16 | Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) | 42 | Kollam | 68 | Siliguri |
| 17 | Chennai | 43 | Kozhikode | 69 | Surat |
| 18 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar | 44 | Leh | 70 | Tezpur |
| 19 | Coimbatore | 45 | Lucknow | 71 | Tirupati |
| 20 | Durg | 46 | Madurai | 72 | Udaipur |
| 21 | Dhanbad | 47 | Mangaluru (Mangalore) | 73 | Ujjain |
| 22 | Hisar | 48 | Meerut | 74 | Varanasi |
| 23 | Jorhat | 49 | Murshidabad | 75 | Vijayawada |
| 24 | Guwahati | 50 | Mumbai (Suburban) | 76 | Visakhapatnam |
| 25 | Gwalior | 51 | Muzaffarpur | 77 | Warangal |
| 26 | Haldwani | 52 | Mysuru | ||
DRDO Recruitment 2026 Salary Structure
The salary for DRDO Senior Technical Assistant and Technician A will be as per the 7th CPC Pay Matrix, along with other benefits as per government norms.
| Post Name | Pay Matrix Level | Pay Scale |
| Senior Technical Assistant | Level-6 | Rs. 35400/- to Rs. 112400/- |
| Technician A | Level-3 | Rs. 19900/- to Rs. 63200/- |