Dockyard Apprentice 2024 - Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam 2024 - Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentices Exam is conducted twice a year for recruiting personnel to the Indian Navy, one of the branches of the Indian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations in India. The shortlisted candidates have imparted the required training before absorbing into the force as Dockyard Apprentices in the following trades:

Crane Operator

Electrician Fitter Mechanic Diesel

Ref and Air condition Mechanic

Shipwright and Maintenance Mechanic

Turner Welder

Non-Designated: Engine Fitter, Ship Fitter, Radar Fitter, Machinery Control Fitter, Sonar Fitter, Electronic Fitter, GT Fitter.

 

Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • To be notified.

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • 1st January 2024

Date of Entrance Exam

  • 28th January 2024

Date of Declaration of Result

  • 2nd March 2024

 

Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

  • Aspiring candidates who have passed the Matriculation / equivalent examination preferably with Science are eligible to apply for the Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentices Exam.

Age Limits

  • Male candidates belonging to the age group of 14 to 19 years are eligible (relaxable by 5 years for SC/ ST candidates)

Nationality

A candidate must either be:

  • a citizen of India, or
  • a subject of Bhutan, or
  • a subject of Nepal, or
  • a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
  • a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia, and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (2), (3), (4), and (5) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

A certificate of eligibility will not, however, be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.

Marital Status

Unmarried Indian male citizens are eligible.

Physical Standard

  • The minimum Height of the candidates must be 150 cm.
  • Chest Measurement: Candidates should have a well-developed chest with a minimum range of expansion of 5 cm.
  • Weight: Maximum Weight of the candidates must not exceed 50 kilograms.
  • General Health: The candidate must be free of all communicable diseases and cardiovascular, medical, or surgical deformities or infections.

 

Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam 2024 Syllabus

Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam Consists of questions from:

Mathematics

General Awareness

 

Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam 2024 Pattern

Selections for the Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam are made on the basis of a written test divided into two parts.

The First Paper contains questions on Mathematics consisting of the questions from:

Number system, Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and Real numbers, Commutative, Associative and Distributive law, Fundamental operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), Square root, Decimal fractions, Unitary method (application to simple and compound interest), Time and Distance, Time and Work, Percentages, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, Areas and Volumes, Factors, Problems and Equations on Algebra.

The Second Paper contains questions on General Knowledge from:

Abbreviations, Books and Authors, Facts about India and the World, Sports, Awards and Prizes, Everyday Science, and short notes on various subjects in 100 words.
 
Each paper is of 2.5 hours duration and carries the maximum mark of 100.

Based on their performance in the written examination, candidates will be called for interviews in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, and Bangalore. Final selections will be made on the basis of the performance of the candidates in the final interview, after which they will be sent to Naval Dockyard School.

 

How to apply for the Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentice Exam 2024?

Applications as per the notification in the employment news along with the requisite fee and necessary documents must reach the nearest HQ Rtg Zone or as advertised in the Newspapers or Employment News.

 

Indian Navy Dockyard Apprentices Exam 2024 Test Centres

Most of the major cities of the country are made the test centers of this exam. Some of them are:

  • Agartala, Aizwal, Ahmedabad, Allahabad
  • Bangalore, Bhopal, Bareilly
  • Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack
  • Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur
  • Gangtok
  • Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair
  • Hyderabad
  • Imphal, Itanagar
  • Jaipur, Jammu, JorhKochiat
  • Kohima, Kolkata
  • Lucknow
  • Madurai, Mumbai
  • Nagpur
  • Raipur, Ranchi
  • Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar
  • Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati
  • Udaipur
  • Vishakhapatnam