SDSC SHAR 2026 MTS CBT

SDSC SHAR Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS), Post Code 29 — Exam Pattern, 4 Subject Areas and Qualifying Logic

Quick route check: MTS code 29 has a 100-question, 90-minute CBT covering numerical ability, reasoning, general awareness and English. The advertisement does not allocate exact questions per subject and does not prescribe a further skill test.

The MTS position is Matric/SSLC/SSC or equivalent pass; 16 seats are notified across UR 6, OBC 4, SC 3, ST 1 and EWS 2. Unlike Technical, Nurse and Driver posts, this recruitment prescribes written selection only for MTS: it does not notify a follow-up skill test, PET or interview as part of the normal MTS route. Official PDF pp.8,19–20.

Official MTS CBT scheme

The PDF does not specify how the 100 questions are divided across these four subjects. Any table assigning, for example, 25 questions to every subject would be an unsupported invention. Nor does the notification provide a separate topic-by-topic MTS syllabus beyond the four named subject areas.

Precisely notified subject scope and study guidance

Numerical and Mathematical Ability: the official paper names this subject area but publishes no exclusive list of arithmetic chapters or their marks. For optional preparation, revise mathematics skills appropriate to the candidate's Matric/SSC foundation, e.g. basic operations, ratios and percentages, while treating them as study advice rather than official topic weights.

Reasoning Ability and Problem Solving: the subject name is official; no list of puzzle types or topic share is notified. Practice a variety of basic reasoning questions, recording recurring mistakes, without attributing any specific puzzle weightage to ISRO.

General Awareness: the subject is officially included. News revision and static GK can be supported with SarkariSapna current affairs articles; this link is to general editorial preparation, not a notification-defined number of current-affairs questions.

English Language and Comprehension: the area is officially named, but no topic-specific allocation is given. Candidates can practice reading and language use for 10th-pass exams without assuming a fixed grammar-versus-comprehension percentage.

Minimum qualifying standards — not final cut-offs

These are minimum qualifying thresholds, not a predicted merit cut-off. MTS empanelment is limited by category-wise vacancies and actual written scores. No skill marks are added, because no MTS skill test is specified.

Official tie-break order and arithmetic illustration

1. Higher score in Reasoning Ability and Problem Solving breaks a tie in total written marks.
2. If still tied, older candidate receives priority by date of birth.

Score example, not a cut-off forecast: 65 correct, 15 wrong and 20 unanswered yield 65 − (15 × 0.25) = 61.25/100. A 61.25 score above a qualifying minimum does not establish final rank because seat-limited merit is separate.

Preparation workflow based on known facts

A candidate has 90 minutes for all 100 questions combined (average 54 seconds/question if time were allocated equally; this is an arithmetic observation, not an official per-question timer). As a practical method, use a timed practice set, review wrong questions, and prioritise accuracy because the paper deducts 0.25 per wrong answer. For general timed practice, browse SarkariSapna mock tests; the site does not thereby claim that an ISRO MTS-specific mock exists. For updates use the exam directory and published syllabus directory. The same SDSC recruitment page has the 16-seat vertical reservation split and applicable application conditions (once published).

Primary source: PDF pp.8 and 19–20; CBT city provision p.20. MTS exam date, admit-card release and actual category merit cut-offs are not announced.