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DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Date 2026, Official Schedule Soon (764 Vacancies)

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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 will be announced soon at the DRDO official website www.drdo.gov.in. Once the exam date is announced oofficially the same will also be updated here. 

DROD CEPTAM 11 Exam 2026- Summary

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 of a total of 150 marks, and the time duration will be 120 minutes.

DROD CEPTAM 11 Exam 2026- Overview
OrganziationDefence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Exam NameDRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam 2026
PostTechnician-A and Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B)
VacancySenior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B)- 561
Technician-A (Tech-A)- 203
Exam DateWill be Announced Soon
Type of QuestionsObjective type (MCQ Based)
Number of Questions150
Total Marks150
Duration120 Minutes
Selection ProcessSenior Technical Assistant B- CBT 1 and CBT 2
Technician A- CBT 1, CBT 2 and Trade/Skill Test
Official Websitewww.drdo.gov.in

DRDO CEPTAM 11 Exam Date 2026

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is going 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 will be announced soon by the DRDO at their official website www.drdo.gov.in. As the exam date is released by the officials, the same will also be updated here. 

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.

PostsVacancyURSCSTOBCEWS
Senior Technical Assistant-B (STA-B)561249834313650
Technician-A (Tech-A)20310325134418
Total7643521085618068

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
PostsSelection 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)
SubjectsNo. of QuestionsMarksDuration
Quantitative Aptitude/General Maths4040120 minutes
General Intelligence & Reasoning Ability4040
General Awareness  
General English3030
General Science4040
Total150150

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 PostsCategoryQualifying Percentage
Senior Technical Assistant-BUR/OBC/EWS40%
SC/ST/PwBD35%
Technician-A (Tech-A)UR/OBC/EWS40%
SC/ST/PwBD35%

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 NamePay Matrix LevelPay Scale 
Senior Technical AssistantLevel-6Rs. 35400/- to Rs. 112400/-
Technician ALevel-3Rs. 19900/- to Rs. 63200/-

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 NameSyllabus Topics Wise
English
  1. Synonyms
  2. Antonyms
  3. Verb
  4. Tenses
  5. Subject-Verb Agreement
  6. Grammar
  7. Comprehension
  8. Vocabulary
  9. Adverb
  10. Unseen passages
  11. Error Correction
  12. Articles
  13. Fill in the Blanks
  14. Sentence Rearrangement
  15. Idioms & Phrases
General Awareness
  1. Current Affairs (National and International)
  2. Major Financial / Economic News
  3. Budget and Five-Year Plans
  4. Sports
  5. Books and Authors
  6. Awards and Honors
  7. Science – Inventions and Discoveries
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Important Days
  10. International and National Organizations are some related topics
General Intelligence
  1. Blood Relations
  2. Analogy, Directions
  3. Clocks & Calendars
  4. Coding-Decoding
  5. Number Series
  6. Alphabet Series
  7. Arithmetical Reasoning
  8. Non-Verbal Series
  9. Number Rankings
  10. Decision Making
  11. Embedded Figures
  12. Cubes and Dice
  13. Mirror Images etc
Mathematics 
  1. Time and Work
  2. Time and Distance
  3. HCF & LCM
  4. Percentages
  5. Profit and Loss
  6. Ratio and Proportions
  7. Simple & Compound Interest
  8. Mixtures & Allegations
  9. Problems on Ages
  10. Number System
  11. Simplification
  12. Data Interpretation
  13. Decimal & Fractions
  14. Average etc

DRDO Syllabus 2026 for Tier 1 & Tier 2- Click to Check

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 NameS. No.City NameS. No.City Name
01Agra27Hamirpur53Nagpur
02Ahmedabad28Hajipur54Nanded
03Ajmer29Ballia (Buxar)55Noida
04Ambala30Hyderabad56New Delhi / NCR
05Amravati31Indore57Panaji
06Amritsar32Itanagar58Patiala
07Ara33Jabalpur59Patna
08Asansol34Jaipur60Port Blair
09Alwar35Jammu61Prayagraj
10Bareilly36Jamshedpur62Pune
11Bhiwandi37Jhansi63Purnia
12Belgaum38Jodhpur64Raipur
13Bhagalpur39Kanpur65Ranchi
14Bhopal40Kolhapur66Rourkela
15Bhubaneswar41Kolkata67Rohtak
16Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)42Kollam68Siliguri
17Chennai43Kozhikode69Surat
18Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar44Leh70Tezpur
19Coimbatore45Lucknow71Tirupati
20Durg46Madurai72Udaipur
21Dhanbad47Mangaluru (Mangalore)73Ujjain
22Hisar48Meerut74Varanasi
23Jorhat49Murshidabad75Vijayawada
24Guwahati50Mumbai (Suburban)76Visakhapatnam
25Gwalior51Muzaffarpur77Warangal
26Haldwani52Mysuru  
FAQs

Ans. The DRDO CEPTAM Exam Date 2026 for the CBT 1 Exam has not been announced yet but will be announced soon at www.drdo.gov.in.

Ans. A total of 764 vacancies has been announced for Technician-A and Senior Technical Assistant-B posts.

Ans. A total of 150 questions will be there in the DRDO CEPTAM 11 Tier 1 Exam.

Ans. The full form of DRDO is Defence Research and Development Organisation.

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