Indian army will conduct the Territorial army exam very soon and this time both male and female aspirants are going to write the Territorial army exam. As many aspirants are asking for Territorial Army questions and answers for the exam preparation, from this article they can download the Territorial Army Sample papers and Territorial Army book prepared by SSBCrack. You can find the territorial army solved questions papers in these ebooks and many questions too that you might face in the Territorial Army exam in both Paper-1 and Paper-2. The standard of the papers in Elementary Mathematics will be a Matriculation level. The standard of papers in other subjects will approximately be such as may be expected of a graduate of an Indian university. SSBCrack has fully covered the Territorial Army syllabus in its ebooks and our preparation material will surely help you in your TA exam preparation.
Major Ketan Sharma was on Monday martyred in an encounter with a group of terrorists in the Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Along with him, at least two more soldiers were injured in the encounter while the forces killed one terrorist too, whose body has been recovered. The joint operation was conducted by 19 Rashtriya Rifles, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). A pall of gloom descended on 32-year-old Major Sharma’s home in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut as soon as the news of his death came in. His father Ravindra Sharma and mother Usha Sharma were inconsolable even as family and friends gathered at their residence to pay respects to the martyr. His mother was initially not informed about his death and was only told that he has been seriously injured.
Born on October 4, 1987, Major Sharma joined the Indian Army’s Sikh Light Infantry as a Lieutenant in 2012 after passing out from the Indian Military Academy Dehradun. His first posting reportedly was in Pune and he was transferred to Anantnag nearly two years back. He joined 19 Rashtriya Rifles (Sikh Light Infantry) as part of the counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
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He got married six years ago to Ira Mandar Sharma and the couple has a three-year-old daughter Kiara. His wife was reportedly at her maternal home when the news of Major Sharma’s death was given to the family.
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His mortal remains will be taken to Delhi at around 12 noon and will then be taken to his residence where his last rites will be conducted with full military honours. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condoled Major Sharma’s death and announced an exgratia of Rs 25 lakh along with a job for a member of his family. The CM office also announced that a road in Meerut will be named after him.
Greeting future GC’s. This is Nikhil Dahiya and I’ll be sharing my experience
for Army TES SSB for 41th course in the next few paragraphs. I would be the
third generation officer from my family. I started my preparation for defence
services right after my class 12th. I went through a few SSB books. During this
3 months tenure of preparation I collected every vital information and
practiced for psychological test and went confidently for my first SSB at SCN
KAPURTHALA on 18th Feb 2019. I got recommended. I was the only
fresher to get recommended. After that I stayed there for my medicals. I was
declared medically fit in the medical conference. I got AIR 47 in the merit
list.
Day 1 : Stage I (Screening Test)
The day started at 0600 Hrs. I reported directly to the selection centre
with my luggage and documents. Saw a huge number of boys neatly dressed.
Interacted and made some friends. We were briefed about the documentation
process. A total of 350+ candidates reported of which 2 were already
recommended. We were then sent to the testing hall . Verbal and Non Verbal
Tests were conducted and I attempted maximum questions in both the tests. We
were given a short break after which PP & DT was held .
Then for the discussion, they made a group of 20 candidates .There was a
fish market situation as everybody was seeking to take the initiative. I
decided to keep calm and waited for the exact moment (when there is least
noise) and made my entry to the discussion with 2-3 solid points. With more and
more chaos the assessors divided the group into two parts and in this way the
discussion concluded in less than 5 minutes.
We then came out and were given refreshments. I had a mixed feeling and wasn’t
that confident of OIR but my PPDT went very well. In order to release my
anxiety I decided to have a casual walk observing the faces and hearing from
other candidates. The time went really fast and we were called again to the
hall where the results of Stage I screening test were to be declared.
A total of 40 candidates were screened in out of which very few were
fresher’s and rest were repeaters. I was allotted chest number 24 after which
we were briefed about the rules and regulations and made to fill up the PIQ and
few other forms. The day ended at 1800 hrs.
We were allotted our barracks where we kept our luggage and
congratulated each other for clearing Stage 1.
Day 2 : Psychological Tests :
I had practiced a lot for this particular day. We reported to the CHM at
0700 hrs. Who took us to the testing hall where the psychologist briefed us
about the tests. We completed our test on time. I would suggest to prepare
yourself to write the stories and self-description in time as I was not able to
complete my self-description part. Be positive and think positive towards the
pictures shown. Do not create unnecessary problems in the stories .
Day 3&4: GTO
40 of us were divided into 4 groups of 10 each. We were then moved to
the testing place. Group discussion followed by group planning exercise were
conducted. The GTO was very cool minded and conducted the tests in very
friendly environment. The next day we had our remaining GTO task which included
snake race , PGT , FGT , individual obstacles . I was able to complete only 9
obstacles because of the bad weather condition as it was raining heavily but
GTO asked us to carry on the test. Due to slippery obstacle I slipped thrice.
So I would suggest not to give up even if you were not able to cover all the
obstacles because GTO is trying to find the qualities in you rather than seeing
that you complete all or not .
Before the conference I made sure that I know all the answers of the
questions which I didn’t answer in the interview. I had to wait for 10 minutes
before entering the conference hall. This time I was not at all nervous. As I
entered the hall I found that all the officers were in uniform and were
difficult to distinguish. I was smiling and kept the same smile throughout. I
was asked about the stay at SSB , places I visited and they asked me to rank my
position in the group, and asked who all will get recommended and why ? He
asked if you could remove a person from your group who would it be? I gave
logical answers and justified them whenever asked.
He then asked for any suggestions and wished me all the best. I thanked
them and confidently walked out of the hall. I was satisfied with my overall
performance. I met my friends in the waiting hall who were waiting to hear my
experience inside the conference hall.
The Dy. President came for the motivating closing address. After which
the results were declared, officer came in and declared the chest no. of
recommended candidates who had to stand up walk forward and shout their name,
date of birth and roll number. Heart beats could be heard in the room. He
called out chest no 15 chest no 22 and then chest no 24 I went numb for few
seconds but somehow overpowered my legs to stand up, cried my name in a broken
voice, barely managed to speak out my date of birth and by the time I reached
my roll number I started crying. Everyone congratulated us, I felt sad for the
rest of my friends.
If a stone is broken by the last stroke of hammer, it doesn’t mean that
the past strokes were useless. Success is the result of continuous and
persistent efforts. Keep trying and don’t stop till you get enough!
This is Kushal Dhayal here, recommended from 33 SSB Bhopal for Indian Navy (SSC GS (X)). Your blog has played an important role in my recommendation. Especially in getting motivation by reading experiences of different lads for going for more and going hard. Another person was there for helping me (Major Sukesh Choudhary), a person who guided me as my elder brother, he plays basketball with me. A great, simple, genuine and down to earth personality. This time it was my 6th attempt. ” वो कहते हैं ना, (दिल से) कोशिश करने वालों कि हार नहीं होती। ” Two people made in this entry (including me).
Day 1: We reported at Bhopal station at 1430 hours at the station, the bus arrived. I made a few good friends at the station itself. Reached SSB centre, felt nostalgia(this was my second time at Bhopal). Did all documentation, got our accommodation.
Day 2: I woke up on time made my mind for the tests. I did very well in my OIRs. Then came ppdt, after seeing the picture I understood it and wrote a simple story. Then I narrated it in an easy and slow manner. In GD I kept 2-3 points easily and also let others speak. My story was selected as a common story. I made it in, felt low for my friends. But it was part of the process so I moved on and made some more new friends.
Day 3: Woke up on time, ready for psych. I’ve practised for them to be very honest. Wrote psych tests well and on time (did only 42 SRTs). My interview was scheduled on that day itself at around 1730 hours with the president. I was nervous before. But thanks to my batchmates and some people like (Rahul, Pushpraj and specially Pandey). They made my mind very free and I did well in my interview. Though I was not able to answer many questions regarding tech, I handled my piq well. And remember one thing people, BE HONEST. It’ll help you a lot. After my interview, I played basketball with one of my good friends (Tyagi).
Day 4: My favourite tests start today, I woke up on time, got ready for it. We reached the ground. Our GTO came on a camouflage coloured bullet. We briefed us for tests and tipped us to be normal and not act smart. We did the same, my group was good and we did well in all the tasks. 2-3 people from my group got injured in individual tasks. We gave an equal chance to each other in other group tasks like PGT and HGT. And the GTO day 1 went smooth. In the evening I played basketball with others.
Day 5: GTO day 2 went well too. My command task was a little challenging and out of three paths in command task, GTO only gave me two paths to choose from. I chose the one I was sure, he still creates some challenges like making some obstacles blue and asking for new paths, but still, I did it well. Then we all performed well in FGT too. This concluded our GTO. In the evening we went outside with other recommended candidates. We became good friends there, shared good memories. At night also we created a lot of memories, if my batchmates are reading this they’ll recall it definitely and will laugh for sure (Pranay, Jeet, Pandey, Tyagi, Rohit). Day 6: It was the mayday for us. We all woke up a little late, did our breakfast. We packed our luggage with heavy hearts and got ready for the conference. Our conference started. My chest number was 7.
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I waited outside for almost 15 mins. Heartbeats were touching the sky, I made myself calm and went inside after the buzzer. Greeted president sir (who took my interview), I got my answer from deputy president (sitting beside him). He asked me some questions I missed in my Interview, I replied to him with my answers. Then he gave me a few SRTs and I answered them all accordingly. My conference went around for 15 mins. I came out and breathed out loudly (pheww). My batchmates were sure, I’ll make through. After lunch, we assembled for results. My chest number was first, I spelt my name and tears came running out from my eyes and everyone started clapping. Me and chest no. 15 (Shubham) made it that day. I felt seriously low for my buddies who made me laugh, annoy(sometimes). But as I said before, it is a part of the process and I told them that “this recommendation is because of such good batchmates and I dedicate my recommendation to my grandparents, parents, my sisters, friends (my basketball team, Vedant, Mishra) and my batchmates.
That’s all about my SSB. At last I want to just say that don’t worry about results and do your best, I still remember the poem one of my batchmates (Rahul) said to me and it goes like this.मैं शून्य पे सवार हूँबेअदब सा मैं खुमार हूँअब मुश्किलों से क्या डरूंमैं खुद कहर हज़ार हूँमैं शून्य पे सवार हूँमैं शून्य पे सवार हूँ So I will end here! Thank you, SSBCrack again for giving me a chance to write.
In a first, identical twins Lieutenant Abhinav Pathak and Lieutenant Parinav Pathak passed out from the renowned Indian Military Academy (IMA) on Saturday. Indian Army posted on Instagram that the twin brothers were born on August 10, 1996, at Amritsar, Punjab and both are Graduate Engineers. Lieutenant Abhinav and Lieutenant Parinav hail from a non-military background family and both were highly motivated since their childhood to join the Indian Army. The twin brothers cleared Service Selection Board examination in 2018 and joined the esteemed IMA as gentlemen cadets. The brothers grabbed maximum eyeballs at this year’s passing out parade (POP) as they created history by becoming the first identical twins to be a part of the graduating batch of the academy.
A total of 382 young officers joined the Indian Army following the impressive Passing Out Parade at the IMA, Dehradun on Saturday. This time, a total of 459 Gentlemen Cadets were part of the parade which is the culmination of their pre-commissioning training. Of which, 382 young officers were commissioned into the Indian Army while 77 military officers belonged to the nine friendly countries of Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Fiji, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Lesotho and Tajikistan. Lieutenant General Cherish Mathson, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Command, took the salute as the reviewing officer of the parade.
The blue skies of Air Force Academy turned vibrant with a colourful march-past on the ground and amazing aerobatics in the air by various aircraft of Indian Air Force on Saturday, which marked the momentous occasion of the graduation of 152 Flight Cadets as Flying Officers of the Indian Air Force. The Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff , Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal Vayusena Medal Aide- De- Camp was the Reviewing Officer of the Combined Graduation Parade wherein he conferred the ‘President’s Commission’ on behalf of the Hon’ble President of India to the graduating Flight Cadets who had successfully completed their basic and professional training. Commissioning symbolises their transformation from Cadets into full fledged Indian Air Force Officers. A total of 152 Flight Cadets of whom 24 are women, graduated as proud Flying Officers to join the elite cadre of the Indian Air Force. The thrilling and exhilarating occasion was witnessed by the proud family members and friends of passing-out Cadets, as well as senior serving and retired Officers from the three services.
The Reviewing Officer was received at the venue by Air Marshal SK Ghotia Vishisht Seva Medal, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command and Air Marshal AS Butola Vayu Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal, Commandant Air Force Academy. The Reviewing Officer was accorded ceremonial salute by the parade followed by an impressive March Past. The highpoint of the parade was the ‘Pipping Ceremony’ in which the graduating Flight Cadets were awarded their ‘Stripes’ (Air Force rank) by the Chief of Air Staff, AOC-in-C Training Command and Commandant Air Force Academy. They were then administered the ‘Oath’ by the Commandant of the Academy in the presence of the Chief Guest and other dignitaries.
After the ‘Pipping Ceremony’ the Reviewing Officer gave away various awards to the Flying Officers who had excelled in training. Flying Officer Gajulapalli Navin Kumar Reddy from the Flying branch was awarded President’s Plaque and the Chief of the Air Staff Sword of Honour for standing first in overall merit in the Pilots’ Course. Flying Officer Suprabh Saxena and Flying Officer Renu Yadav were awarded President’s Plaque for being first in overall merit in Navigation and Ground Duty branches respectively.
Later, addressing the Parade, the Chief of Air the Staff complimented the newly Commissioned ‘Flying Officers’ for the exceptional standard of parade and their decision to join Indian Air Force. Congratulating the passing-out Cadets, the Chief of the Air Staff said, “It is a matter of great pride to review the Combined Graduation Parade and welcome these fine men and women into the Indian Air Force as Military leaders and Aviators”. He emphasised in his address, the importance of core values of Indian Air Force namely, Mission, Integrity and Excellence and exhorted the passing out Cadets to uphold these values in professional as well as personal lives.
All the esteemed guests, including proud parents of the graduating trainees and various military and civilian dignitaries were held spell bound at the grand ceremony. They were delighted to witness the magnificent parade by the passing out Flight Cadets and were awestruck by the spectacular movements of Air Warrior Drill Team. The spectators were mesmerised by the breathtaking aerobatic display by the ‘Suryakiran team’ and PC 7 aircraft.
AFA Passing Out Parade 15 June 2019
The glittering ceremony culminated with the newly Commissioned Officers marching-out in two columns in slow march to the traditional notes of ‘Auld Lang Syne’, the poignant farewell tune played by Armed Forces of the world when bidding adieu to colleagues and comrades, acknowledging the first salute given to them by their immediate juniors. They marched in absolute synchrony and with purposeful strides as they saluted the Reviewing Officer and crossed through the portals of their alma mater to take-on their future assignments and challenges unstintingly to “Touch the Sky with Glory”.
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The Combined Graduation Parade holds a very special place for every defence Officer as on this day they pledge to safeguard the safety, honour and welfare of the country.
On 03 Jun 19, an IAF AN-32 carrier aircraft with 13 people (eight aircrew and five passengers) onboard took off from Air Force Station, Jorhat Assam at 1227 hrs for Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground. Last contact with the aircraft was made at 1255 hrs. Once the aircraft did not report at the destination, overdue actions were initiated. In coordination with Indian Army, various government and civil agencies, IAF commenced extensive search operations under the direct supervision of Head Quarters Eastern Air Command. C-130J, AN-32, Mi-17 helicopters of IAF and ALH helicopters of Indian Army were launched immediately to locate the missing aircraft. Indian Navy P-8i aircraft joined the search operations on 04 Jun 19. Resources from various agencies, including ISRO were brought into the operation to enhance its effectiveness. CARTOSAT and RISAT satellites of ISRO also took images of the area, which assisted the search team in locating the aircraft. Thick vegetation, in hospitable terrain and inclement weather adversely affected the aerial search operation in the vast search zone. Despite the challenges posed by poor weather and terrain, IAF remained committed to the continued air and ground efforts throughout day and night to locate the missing aircraft and its brave air-warriors. Extensive support towards rescue operation was provided by Indian Army, Indian Navy, State Government, State Police and Local population.
On 11 Jun 19, the wreckage of the aircraft was spotted 16 kms North of Lipo, North East of Tato, Arunachal Pradesh at an approximate elevation of 12000 ft by an IAF Mi-17 helicopter. Aerial operations were launched subsequently to the designated crash site however, due to steep slope and thick forest the helicopter could not land near the crash site. Two km from the designated crash site, an area was designated and a camp was established for helicopters to land with the recovery parties. On 12 Jun 19, a team of nine IAF personnel (including mountaineers), four Army Special Forces personnel and two local mountaineers were dropped at the campsite.
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On 13 Jun 19, eight members of the rescue team reached the crash site in search of the survivors. Unfortunately no air-warrior survived the crash. Air-warriors who lost their life in the tragic accident crash are Wing Commander GM Charles, Squadron Leader H Vinod, Flight Lieutenant MK Garg, Flight Lieutenant S Mohanty, Flight Lieutenant A Tanwar, Flight Lieutenant R Thapa, Warrant Officer KK Mishra, Sergeant Anoop Kumar, Corporal Sharin, Leading Aircraftman SK Singh, Leading Aircraftman Pankaj, NC(E) Putali and NC(E) Rajesh Kumar.
IAF pays tribute to the brave air-warriors who lost their life in the line of duty. IAF is making all efforts to recover the mortal remains. No effort is being spared in ensuring expeditious transfer of the mortal remains of the air-warriors to their parent base at Jorhat. A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of accident.
Bodies of all the 13 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel on board the ill-fated AN-32 transport aircraft were retrieved on Thursday from the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh, IAF said. The black box of the plane was also recovered by a team of mountaineers that sent to the site early this morning, it said. Helicopters would be used to ferry the bodies from the area. The team comprised eight mountaineers.
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The 13 IAF personnel have been identified as W/C GM Charles, S/L H Vinod, F/L R Thapa, F/L A Tanwar, F/L S Mohanty, F/L MK Garg, WO KK Mishra, Sgt Anoop Kumar, Cpl Sherin, LAC SK Singh, LAC Pankaj, NC(E) Putali & NC(E) Rajesh Kumar. The aircraft went missing on June 3 after taking off from Assam’s Jorhat. It was headed towards Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh when it lost contact with ground authorities at around 1300 hours.
On Wednesday, Air Force sources had said that the view of the pilots could have been obscured by clouds causing the crash. (ANI)
Fight members of the rescue team have reached the crash site today morning. IAF is sad to inform that there are no survivors from the crash of An32. Following air-warriors lost their life in the tragic An32 crash – W/C GM Charles, S/L H Vinod, F/L R Thapa, F/L A Tanwar, F/L S Mohanty, F/L MK Garg, WO KK Mishra, Sgt Anoop Kumar, Cpl Sherin, LAC SK Singh, LAC Pankaj, NC(E) Putali & NC(E) Rajesh Kumar. IAF Pays tribute to the brave Air-warriors who lost their life during the #An32 crash on 03 Jun 2019 and stands by with the families of the victims. May their soul rest in peace.
Indian army has published the TES 42 cut off marks for the TES 42 Notification 10+2 TECHNICAL ENTRY SCHEME 42 Jan 2020 Course. This is the least cut off we have ever seen for TES after many years. You can see the TES cut off marks from different entries this time TES 42 PCM cut off is just 85%. Candidates who have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (Hereinafter referred to as PCM) subjects with minimum 85% are shortlisted for TES 42 SSB interview.
TES 42 SSB Interview: Cutoff Percentage (PCM) for 10+2 TES – 42 course is 85%. Candidates are required to log on to their profile and select their dates of SSB interview. If you have applied for the TES 42 course and your PCM aggregate % is 85% and above then you are required to log on to your join indian army website profile and select the TES 42 SSB Interview dates.
The selection procedure TES 42 is as follows: (a) Candidates will be shortlisted based on cut off 85% applied as decided by the Rtg Dte. (b) Shortlisted candidates will be intimated via e-mail /SMS regarding their Selection Centre allotment. (c) Once Selection Centre has been allotted, candidates will select their SSB dates on first cum first serve basis by logging into the join indian army website (d) Shortlisted candidates will be put through Services Selection Board (SSB) interview at Bhopal, Bengaluru or Allahabad. Interviews will be held in July/Sep 2019 onwards. (e) Duration of SSB interview is five days. During their stay at SSB, Candidates are put through Psychological Tests, Group Tests and an Interview. (f) Candidates will be put through stage – I of the selection procedure on the first day. Only successful candidates shall be retained for balance of the testing. Candidates who fail to qualify in stage – I, will be returned on the first day itself. Stage I have psychologically originated tests including intelligence test. (g) Successful candidates at the SSB will be required to undergo medical tests lasting 3 to 5 days less Sundays and gazetted holidays. (h) Candidates recommended by the SSB and declared medically fit, will be appointed for training in the order of merit, depending on the number of vacancies available. (j) The finally selected candidates will execute all the Bonds/Certificates as prescribed for the Cadets of NDA entry under Al 53/78. (k) Candidates appearing for SSB interview for the first time for a particular type of commission shall be entitled for AC III tier to and fro railway fare or bus fare including reservation cum sleeper charges within the Indian limits. Candidates who apply again for the same type of commission will not be entitled to travelling allowance on any subsequent occasion.
