Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination conducted by UPSC

Eligibility

For appear in this candidates
Must be a citizen of India.

Age
Must not have attained the age of 32 years for General Category, 35 years for Other Backward Classes category candidates and 37 years for candidates belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.

candidate must hold a degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University u/s 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 or possess an equivalent qualification

Exam pattern
The Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination will consist of two successive stages

It will consist of two successive stages; Written Examination; Interview for Personality for Personality Test

Paper-I (General Studies, Objective Type, 2 hours duration, 200 marks)

Paper-II (Aptitude, Objective Type, 2 hours duration, 200 marks)

Paper-III (English Language, Descriptive Type, 3 hours duration, 200 marks)

Paper-IV (Essay, Descriptive Type, 3 hours duration, 200 marks)

Paper-V (General Studies, Descriptive Type, 3 hours duration, 200 marks)

Interview (200 marks)

Total Marks for Written Examination and Interview will be 1000 marks

Paper-III is only qualifying in nature and the marks for Paper-III will not be counted for merit ranking

The objective type papers will be qualifying in nature for evaluating Descriptive Type Papers

However, marks obtained will be counted for merit ranking

Syllabus

Paper I: General Studies covering Current affairs, History of India, Geography of India and the world, Indian polity and Governance, Economic and social development , Environmental issues and General Science

Paper II: Aptitude test comprising Comprehension, Interpersonal skills, Logical reasoning and analytical ability, Decision making and problem solving, General mental ability, Basic numeracy and English Language Comprehension skills

Paper III: English Language paper

This paper would be of Matriculation standard and qualifying in nature only

Its marks will not be counted for preparation of merit ranking

Paper IV: Essay paper

It will comprise two essays, one on security aspect and the other on various developmental aspect of the society

Paper V: General Studies paper covering various aspects like Elementary Principles of Public Law, State Policy, Fundamental Rights, Human Rights, Disaster Management, National Security etc

The Essay Paper (Paper-IV) and the General Studies Paper (Paper-V) will have to be answered either in English or in Hindi


Interview for Personality Test: The candidate will be interviewed by a Board who will have before them a record of his career

He will be asked questions on matters of general interest