The examination is held twice a year generally in the months of June and December as advertised in the Employment News and leading newspapers.

Eligibility Conditions: Unmarried Indian citizens are eligible.

1. Educational Qualifications:

   Matriculation or equivalent with Science and Mathematics with 60% or above marks in aggregate. Candidates with less than 60% marks in Matric may be recruited if they have secured 55% or more marks in aggregate in a higher board examination with Science and Math's.

2. Age Limits:

   15 to 18 years.

3. Physical Standards:

   Weight correlated to height and proportionate chest with minimum expansion of 5 cms. Good medical and physical health, free from any disease/disability. No cardio-vascular, surgical deformities or infection of ear. No history of fits or psychiatric ailment.

   1. Minimum height: 157 cm.
   2. Minimum eye standard: Without glasses better eye 6/6 and worse 6/9.
   3. Color perception: CP II.

The eligible candidates may complete the application form as per format given in the Employment News on a plain paper either handwritten or typed.

The application duly completed should be sent to the concerned Zonal Recruitment Offices by the prescribed date.

Eligible candidates will be called for the written examination in

1. Written Examination
   1. English
   2. Science
   3. Mathematics
   4. General Knowledge

   English

   Comprehension, transformation of simple sentences, punctuation, tenses and parts of speech.

   Science

   State of Matter, Universe, Chemical bonding, Electricity, Gravitation, Newton's laws, Simple Harmonic Motion, Work and Energy, Heat, Light, Nuclear Energy, Metals and Nonmetals, Carbon and its compounds: Health and Nutrition, Physiology.

   Mathematics

   Algebraic identities, Surds, Linear and simultaneous equations, Basic Trigonometry and Geometry, Mensuration, Quadratic equations, Set theory, Polynomials and Exponents.

   General Knowledge

   Who's Who, Sports, Entertainment, Indian History and Geography, Discoveries and Inventions. Elementary Knowledge of Computers.

   The question paper will be bilingual, and of objective-type of 75 minutes duration. The standard of the questions will be of matriculation level.

2. Physical Fitness Test (PPT):

   Qualifying in the Physical Fitness is mandatory for enrolment. The standard of PFT is as follows:

   1. One-mile (16 km) run to be completed in 7 minutes.
   2. 20 squats (Uthak-Baithak).
   3. 10 push-ups.