DRDO 2020 Highlights

Exam Name Defence Research and Development Organization

Acronym DRDO

Level National

Conducting Body Defence Research and Development of Ministry of Defence

Mode Offline i.e. Pen and Paper-based Test (PBT)

Date February 2, 2020

Frequency Once a year

Passed Bachelor'/ Master's Degree or Final Year Candidates or GATE Score of

Eligibility
2016/ 2017/ 2018

No. of Sections Section A and Section B

Duration 3 hours i.e. 180 minutes

Section A - 400 marks

Marking Pattern
Section B - 100 marks

Section A - 1 marks
Negative Marking
Section B - 1/2 marks

Age Limit 18-27 Years

Website www.drdo.gov.in

DRDO 2020 Important Dates

 Application Form: DRDO 2020 Application Form was available from September 1, 2019
and the last date to submit the Application Form was on October 4, 2019.
 Admit Card: The Admit Card was available on the official website on December 3, 2019.
 Date of Exam: DRDO 2020 will be conducted offline i.e. Pen and Paper-based Test
(PBT) from February 2, 2020.
  Results: After the completion of the DRDO written test the result will be published on the
DRDO official website from February 19, 2020.

DRDO 2020 Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME):

 Engineering Mechanics
 Strength of Materials
 Theory of Machines
 Vibrations
 Design
 Fluid Mechanics
 Heat-Transfer
 Thermodynamics
 Applications
 Engineering Materials
 Metal Casting
 Forming
 Joining
 Machining and Machine Tool Operations
 Metrology and Inspection
 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
 Production Planning and Control: Inventory Control
 Operations Research

DRDO Exam Pattern 2020

The DRDO 2020 is for a duration of 3 hours. Candidate will get a Question Booklet
containing objective type questions, in two separate sections.
 Section 'A' will consist of 100 objective type questions to check the knowledge of the
candidates for the subject as per the syllabus is given in Section V of this brochure.
 Each question in Section A will have 4 choices. For every correct answer candidates will
fetch 4 marks and 1 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
 Section 'B' will consist of 50 objective type questions to check the candidate knowledge
in aptitude relevant to Applied Research & Development.
 Each question in Section B will have 4 choices. For every correct answer candidates will
fetch 2 marks and 1/2 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

Subjects No of Questions Marks

Section A 100 400

Subjects No of Questions Marks

Section B 50 100

Total 500

 The distributions of 50 questions for Section 'B' are given below:

Section B

Questions Type No of Questions

Logical Relations 10

Spatial Reasoning 10

Concept Formation 10

Abstract Reasoning 10

Numerical Reasoning 10