For the aspirants of the Indian army, it is crucial to go through the information about the selection process as there are different range of step taken by the Indian Army Recruitment Authority in order to ensure more transparency in the selection process and only educational qualification eligible qualify for the later Physical Efficiency Test. Indian Army has changed and modified its selection process for the new session of applicants, these changes include the change in the selection scheme of Open Rallies and other recruitment parts. From now, Indian Army has shuffled the process as the written exam will be the initial process for the candidates applying for the job, candidates succeeding to qualify the written exam will be later going for physical screening test later.
Candidates failing the written test will be disqualified, so in simple terms, in order to become part of the prestigious Indian Army, you need to first exercise your brain fully then go to the management of body for the capability and proficiency in Physical Screening Test. This new Perform a of the selection process will be applicable for the different Indian Army posts from 01st of April 2017.
Revised timings for the Open Rallies
The timings for the Race is revised, the new rules for Group 1 and Group 2 is mentioned below
- For all the categories the timings of 1600 meter race are 05 minutes and 30 seconds, the marks for the race is 60 Marks.
- For Group II the revised time for 1600 meter race is from 05 minutes 31 seconds to 05 minutes and 45 seconds with marks of the race is 48.
Note: Provision of added time is available for the hilly areas as in case the height of the region is 5000ft in such case 30 seconds will be added to the official time. If the height of the region is 9000ft in such case add 120 seconds in the official time.
For all the applicants applying for the year 2017-18, all these changes mentioned above will be applicable, the changes are not for the year only as for the later process will apply the same rule and conduct of exams.
Mode of Exam
The written exam will be taken online in different recruitment centers available with the computer for the candidates applying for the Indian Army posts. The online test will be asked in objective type questions and also help Indian Army Recruitment Process to become cost effective.
Advantages of Written Test before Physical Test
As per Indian Army Recruitment Reports, 40% of the physical fitness pass candidates fails in the written exam. Shifting written exam as the initial process will help Indian Army to recruit only the qualified candidates, each year Army needs to employ lots of management people in order to balance the crowd appearing for the physical screening test, the duration becomes longer due to the heavy crowd. All these problems will be resolved with the change as it will save lots of money and time during the recruitment process.
