Exam Pattern
Territorial Army Exam Pattern
Territorial Army (TA Officer Entrance Examination)
The Territorial Army exam pattern below is checked stage by stage, so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.
Reasoning and English
Official 2026 pattern| Questions | 21 |
| Total marks | 21 |
| Duration | 25 minutes |
| Negative marking | 0.33 per wrong answer |
| Sections | Reasoning, English |
| Test | Qs | Marks | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 12 | 12 | — |
| English | 9 | 9 | — |
Timing: Single composite 25-minute timer for both sections combined: no sectional lock, matching the official exam's single continuous session.
The official Territorial Army written exam has 100 questions for 100 marks in 2 hours, split as Reasoning (40 questions, 40 marks), General Knowledge (30 questions, 30 marks), and English (30 questions, 30 marks), with one-third (0.33) deducted per wrong answer. There is no Mathematics section in the current exam cycle. This mock covers Reasoning and English only, in the same 40:30 proportion: 21 questions (12 Reasoning, 9 English) in 25 minutes. General Knowledge is not covered, since it depends on current-affairs and general-knowledge facts that carry higher correctness risk for self-authored content.
Official source · checked 16 August 2026