The Intelligence Bureau has released the notification for IB Security Assistant & MTS Recruitment 2024 on the official website. There has been a press release from the Ministry of Home Affairs in this regard. The exams for IB Security Assistant & MTS are meant for the recruitment in the posts of Security Assistant/Executive (SA/Exe) & Multi-Tasking Staff/General (MTS/Gen). This year a total of 1671 vacancies are announced. There is a three-tiered selection process which will include an objective type exam, a descriptive exam, and an interview. Candidates can download the IB Security Assistant & MTS Official Notification from here.
For the uninitiated, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) is India's intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, founded in 1887. Later it underwent division into two different organizations - Intelligence Bureau and Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW). The following are the vital points from the press release by the Ministry of Home Affairs Department for the IB Security Assistants exam. It was issued in October 2024.
● Candidates up to the age of 27 years are eligible to apply for this recruitment.
● Candidates must complete matriculation and know the local language.
The exam date for the post of security assistant at the Intelligence Bureau has not been released though there are chances that the exams will commence soon after the application process ends.
Events |
Exam Dates (Tentative) |
Notice Date |
To be Notified |
Start Date of Online Application |
To be Notified |
End Date of Online Application |
To be Notified |
Last Date of Online Fees Payment |
To be Notified |
Admit Card |
To be Notified |
Exam Date |
To be Notified |
Result |
To be Notified |
The important details of the Intelligence Bureau security assistant exam are given in the table.
Particulars |
Details |
Board of Exam |
Ministry of Home Affairs (Intelligence Bureau) |
Job Post |
Security Assistant |
Total Vacancies |
1054 |
Level of Exam |
All India |
Job Type |
Central Government Job |
Application Mode |
Online |
Exam Level |
● Written Test ● Language Translation (Local) ● Personal Interview |
Website |
The exam consists of three stages. There are different exam patterns and different marking options for each stage. All the details of the exam pattern are given here.
Tier |
Paper |
Marks |
Time |
|
Tier I |
Written Test – MCQ, Objective Type |
100 |
2 Hours |
|
Tier II |
● Descriptive Type – Translation ● Spoken Ability |
40 + 10 |
1 Hour |
|
Tier III |
Interview |
50 |
- |
|
● There is a negative marking of ¼ marks for each wrong answer.
● Candidates will qualify for the next stage of the exam if only they clear the first stage.
The syllabus of all the exam tires of the Intelligence Bureau security assistant recruitment has been given below.
● Indian Economy
● Indian Culture
● Current Affairs
● History
● Politics
● Science and Technology
● Geography
● Simplification
● Numbers
● Percentage
● Average
● Algebra
● Time
● Speed
● Mensuration
● Data
● Trigonometry
● Interest
● Geometry
● Permutation and Combination
● Probability
● Analogy
● Sitting Arrangement
● Direction
● Distance
● Coding and Decoding
● Blood Relations
● Orders
● Rankings
● Classification
● Venn Diagram
● Reasoning
● Error Spotting
● Fill in the Blanks
● Phrases
● Spellings
● Idioms
● Jumbled Sentences and Phrases
● Synonyms and Antonyms
● One-word Substitution
● Phrase Correction.
There are a total of 1054 vacancies which have been divided state-wise.
Place |
Vacancies |
Agartala |
15 |
Aizawl |
14 |
Ahmedabad |
39 |
Amritsar |
52 |
Bangalore |
30 |
Bhopal |
17 |
Chandigarh |
21 |
Bhubaneshwar |
14 |
Chennai |
40 |
Chandigarh |
21 |
Dehradun |
08 |
Dibrugarh |
08 |
Delhi |
228 |
Gangtok |
07 |
Hyderabad |
36 |
Itanagar |
29 |
Imphal |
13 |
Jammu |
31 |
Jaipur |
48 |
Kolkata |
67 |
Lucknow |
19 |
Leh |
14 |
Mumbai |
70 |
Meerut |
12 |
Nagpur |
08 |
Patna |
24 |
Ranchi |
16 |
Raipur |
16 |
Shillong |
09 |
Shimla |
17 |
Siliguri |
25 |
Srinagar |
32 |
Trivandrum |
49 |
Vijayawada |
20 |
Varanasi |
06 |
Total |
1054 |
Aspirants aiming to appear in the Intelligence Bureau exam should be aware of all the educational criteria and the age limit criteria before moving forward with their application. All the details are given below.
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Aspirants must possess the following educational qualifications to get selected for the exam process.
● The aspirants must hold Matriculation from a recognized institution.
● The contenders must be fluent in the local dialect of the particular exam center they are choosing.
The age limit of the security assistant criteria is as follows.
Particulars |
Details |
Upper Age Limit |
27 Years |
Lower Age Limit |
18 Years |
Nationality |
Indian |
Note - Age Limit Relaxation shall be provided to the contenders belonging to the SC.ST, OBC background as per the rules and regulations.
The steps for applying for the exam have been provided below for reference.
Step 1: The contenders have to visit the official website, i.e., www.mha.gov.in
Step 2: There, the contenders can find an employment notice for the position of security assistant. They have to click on that PDF.
Step 3: The applicants must read the PDF seriously as it has all the instructions relating to the exam.
Step 4: Now, the aspirants can register themselves by clicking on the “Registration Link”.
Step 5: Now, the aspirants can fill out the form by giving all the correct information about themselves.
Step 6: Next, the aspirants need to deposit the application fee through an online process.
Step 7: Lastly, they can take the printout of the application process and keep it safe.
Candidates |
Application Fees |
General Male applicants |
Rs. 50 |
Women applicants |
N/A |
The admit card has important details like exam date, venue, time of the examination, etc. Candidates can download the admit card by following the below steps:
Step 1: Visit the official website- www.mha.gov.in
Step 2: Click on the link displaying- download the admit card.
Step 3: Enter all the necessary details asked on the portal.
Step 4: Click on the submit button and download the admit card.
Step 5: Take a printout of the admit card and read it carefully for further use.
The 3 stages of the Exam will be as follows:
● Tier I (Objective Test)
● Tier II (Descriptive + Spoken Ability)
● Tier III
Once uploaded by the authority after the exam is finished, aspirants will be able to check the answer key of the Intelligence Bureau security assistant exam. The answer key that will be provided will only have the answers to the Tier-I exam. In case any candidate wants to challenge any answer in the answer key as a wrong one, they can do so by raising an issue through the website. If it is found to be true then the website shall rectify the mistake.
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Once the exam is over, the final result will be out around December 2024 to January 2025 tentatively.
The result of each exam tier shall be released in phases. The result of tier-I shall be released after the exam of tier-I and the aspirants clearing that round shall be promoted to the next round of the exam.The cut-off marks for the exam of security assistant are different according to the category of the candidates. The cut-off marks are given below:
Category |
Cut-Off Marks |
SC/ST |
33 |
OBC |
34 |
UR |
35 |
Ex-Servicemen |
Shall be treated according to the category |
The cut-off mark is decided to keep in mind the following factors such as.
● The number of contenders applying to the exam
● The difficulty of the exam level
● Selection of Contenders
The salary structure details are given in the table below:
Position |
Salary |
Security Assistant |
Rs. 5,200 – Rs. 20,200 |
● The salary is revised in accordance with the 7th pay commission.
● A grade pays of Rs. 2000 shall be paid to the employees with their basic salary
● The employees shall also enjoy other Central Government allowances.
Q1. What is the full form of the MHA IB Security Assistant?
Ans. The MHA stands for Ministry of Home Affairs and the IB stands for Intelligence Bureau which is a department of the MHA. The MHA IB is recruiting employees in 2024 from all over India for the position of security assistant.
Q2. How many exam levels are there in the IB Security Assistant Recruitment 2024?
Ans. The MHA IB is conducting the recruitment of the aspirants through three exam levels. The contenders can finally be selected if they clear all three rounds of the exam. The three exam levels are-
● Written Test (Objective Type)
● Language Translation
● Interview
Q3. What is the educational qualification needed for the exam of the IB Security Assistant Recruitment 2024?
Ans. The contenders should check the eligibility criteria before applying for the exam. The educational criteria of the IB security assistant position are-
● The aspirants must hold Matriculation from a recognized institution.
● The contenders must be fluent in the local dialect of the particular exam center they are choosing.
Q4. From where can I download the admit card for the IB Security Assistant Recruitment 2024?
Ans. Candidates can download the admit card for the IB Security Assistant exam 2024 on the website of the intelligence bureau, MHA, GOI.
Q5. How can I apply for IB Security Assistant Recruitment 2024?
Ans. Candidates can apply for the exam through the official website or they can follow the steps given above in the article.