Can you tell me in detail about the Physical Test Pattern under RPF (Railway Police Force) Constable Post Exam as I need to prepare for it?

One who applies for the recruitment for Constable Post in Railway Police Force (RPF) has to qualify PET (Physical Efficiency Test) first.

There will be total three events in the Physical Efficiency Test. There will be no marks in this exam; this test will be held only for the qualifying purpose.

Those who qualifies both in PET event and in physical measurement will be recorded as ‘PASS’ in the PET sheet and they have to appear for the written examination.

Physical Test Pattern:

Event Male Female No. of Chances
1600 m. race 5 min. 45 sec. NA One
800 m. race NA 3 min. 40 sec. One
High Jump 3 ft 9 inch 3ft Two
Long Jump 14 ft. 9 ft. Two

Physical Measurement:

One who will qualify Physical Test will enter in the Physical measurements test:

Category Height Chest Chest Expanded Height Female
Male (cms) Unexpanded Male (cms) (cms)
Male (cms)

UR/ OBC 165 80 85 157
SC/ ST 160 76.2 81.2 152
Hill men 163 80 85 155


Written Examination:

There will be OMR based Answer Sheets having total 120 multiple choice questions.

Each question will carry one mark for each. One will have time duration of 90 minutes.

There will be General Intelligence & Reasoning, Arithmetic and General Awareness.

Document Verification:
One who will get short listed through Written Examination, PMT/PET and Trade Test will be called for document verification.
One needs to get educational qualification, Age, SC/ST/OBC status domicile and any other documents with them.

Medical Examination:
Then one will be called for the medical exam at a Railway Hospital.
One has to pass Medical category ‘B-I’ as per Indian Railway Medical standard.
One who will get selected after this round will get selected and will send for the training.