Online exams for army recruitment from January

Updated on: Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Brigadier Pankaj Sinha Deputy Director General army recruitment zone, Chennai today said that online examination system for army recruitment will be introduced from January.

Addressing a press conference here, he said the rally proved to be a tremendous success with as many as 33,000 candidates from six coastal districts, including Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari Krishna and the union territory of Yanam turning up for recruitment.

He said out of 7,884 candidates who qualified in the running race, only 1246 were selected for medical tests.

`The response to the recruitment was spontaneous but most of the candidates lagged behind in physical fitness.

But compared to last year the fitness standard was better, he said.

The recruitable male population in Andhra Pradesh was 7:2. Army was the biggest employer and youth should come forward to to join the armed forces to serve the nation better, he said.

Online exams for army recruitment from January

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