Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Central Police Forces (CPF) (Assistant Commandants) Examination eligibility is as follows:

Nationality:
One must be a citizen of India.

Sex:
Both males & female candidates are eligible for appointment to the post of Assistant Commandants in CRPF, CISF, SSB and BSF.

Age:
One must have attained the age of 20 years and must not have attained the age of 25 years.

Age Relaxation:
i. upto a maximum of 5 years for SC, ST candidates.
ii. upto a maximum of 3 years for OBC candidates.
iii. upto a maximum of 5 years for civilian central Government servants in according with the existing instructions of the Central Government. Ex-service men are also eligible for this relaxation.
iv. upto a maximum of 5 years if one had been a domiciled in the state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period from 01-01-1980 to the 31-12-1989.

Educational qualifications:
One must be a Bachelor’s Degree holder from a recognised University in India.
One appearing in the degree exam is allowed to appear this exam

Restrictions:
One who has been finally selected on the basis of an earlier exam to the post of in any of the forces participating in the Central Armed Police Forces Exam is not eligible to appear at a subsequent exam for recruitment in the participating CAPFs.

Physical Standards:
One must meet the prescribed physical and medical standards for admission to Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Exam.

Paper Pattern

Written Examination:
There are two papers in the UPSC CPF Written Exam.

Paper I: General Ability and Intelligence – 250 Marks
Paper I consists of Objective (Multiple Answers) type questions and is set in English as well as Hindi.
There is negative mark will be cut for each wrong answer.

Paper II: General Studies, Essay and Comprehension – 200 Marks
In it one is allowed the option of writing the Essay Component in English or Hindi, but the medium of Precis Writing, Comprehension Components and other communications/ language skills will be in English.