Indian Police Service Information

As I want to apply for the Indian Police Service [IPS] examination so please give me details about the eligibility criteria required to appear in the entrance exam of it? Also give me some details about that how can I apply for this? From where can I get the application form of it?

I want to apply for Indian Police Service IPS Exam so can you provide me the information about the exam?

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The Indian Police Service examination is a Civil Services Examination which is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission each year.

IPS Exam Eligibility Criteria

A candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree from any of the universities recognised by the UGC or possess an equivalent qualification.

Age Limit :

Minimum age 21 years
Maximum age 32 years as on 1st of August in the year of examination

Relaxable age limit is as follows:

Up to max. 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
Up to max. 3 years for OBC candidates.
Up to max. 5 years for a candidate from the State of Jammu & Kashmir
Up to max. 5 years for Defence Services personnel
Up to max. 5 years for Ex-servicemen including Commissioned officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least 5 years Military Service and have been released.
Up to max. 5 years for ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of 5 years of Military Service.
Up to max. 10 years for Blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons

IPS Physical Criteria

The physical criteria for eligibility of the IPS officer is as follows:

Minimum Height

Men - 165cm
Women - 150cm

Relaxable minimum height is 160cm (men) and 145cm (women) for candidates belonging to ST and races such as Gorkhas, Garhwalias, Assamese, Kumaonis, Nagaland Tribals, etc.

Minimum Chest Girth - Men/Women: 84cm 79cm

Myopia (including cylinder) should not exceed minus 4.00D

Hypermyopia (including cylinder) should not exceed plus 4.00D

The presence of Squint is a disqualification
Spectacles are permitted
Distant vision for better eye(Corrected Vision) should be 6/6 or 6/9
Distant vision for the worse eye(Uncorrected Vision) should be 6/12 or 6/9
Near vision should be J1 and J2 respectively
High grade color vision is required and Binocular vision is needed

IPS Exam pattern-

Part A

PAPERS OF OBJECTIVE TYPE

Paper I - (200 marks) Duration : Two hours

Current events of national and international importance
History of India and Indian National Movement
Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.
Indian Polity and Governance Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.
Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization
General Science.

Paper II-(200 marks) Duration : Two hours

Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level).

Note :-

Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.

Part B

PAPERS OF DESCRIPTIVE TYPE

Paper III : English (200 marks / 3 hours duration) :- This will be a qualifying test only of Matriculation or equivalent standard.

The aim of the paper is to test the candidates ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and to express his ideas clearly and correctly, in English.

The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows (indicative only) :