DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Date 2026 Out, Check Official STA and Technician Tier-I Exam Dates
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has announced a total of 764 vacancies for Senior Technical Assistant B and Technician-A (Tech-A) posts. As the application process is over now, the officials will conduct the first stage of the selection process, i.e., CBT 1 Exam, for which the DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Date 2026 has been officially announced through a notice released on 5th March 2026. The CBT 1 Exam has been scheduled to be conducted on 23rd March 2026 (Monday).
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 CBT 1 exam will be for a total of 150 marks, and the time duration will be 120 minutes.
| 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 |
| Exam Date | 23rd March 2026 (Monday) |
| 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 Exam Date 2026 Out
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all set to conduct the first stage of the selection process, i.e., CBT 1 Exam, to recruit eligible candidates for 764 Senior Technical Assistant B and Technician-A (Tech-A) vacancies. The DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Date 2026 for the CBT 1 Exam has been announced by the DRDO through a notice released on 5th March 2026 at their official website www.drdo.gov.in. The CBT 1 exam is scheduled to be conducted on 23rd March 2026 (Monday). Check the official notice as attached below.
DRDO CEPTAM 11 City Intimation Slip 2026 Out - Click to Check
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% |
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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 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 Syllabus 2026 for Tier 1 & Tier 2- Click to Check
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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/- |