IPS Officer Entrance Exam

Here I am looking for the eligibility criteria of IPS Officer Entrance Examination. Can you please provide me same

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

UPSC Conducts written examination every year for the Indian Police Services (IPS) Officer

Eligibility criteria for IPS Officer

-You must possess a degree from an Indian University or an equivalent qualification.
-You must have attained the age of 21 years on 1st August of the year of examination and must not have attained 30 years of age on that date.
- Age limit will be relaxed by 3 years for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
- Upper age limit is also relaxed in favour of Defense Services Personnel.
- You must be a citizen of India.

Process to become an IPS officer

To become an IPS officer one has to follow the below given steps:

Step 1

You have to obtain your “Application Form” along with “Information Brochure” from any of the “Head Post Offices or Post Offices” and sent the dually filled Application form to:

The Secretary
Union Public Service Commission
Dholpur House
New Delhi - 110011.


Step 2

You have to appear in “Preliminary Exam” which is held in the month of May/June. Exam is consists of two papers.

Paper 1
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. 200 marks

Paper 2
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) 200 marks

Optional subject for the second paper may be chosen from the following given subjects:

1 Agriculture
2 Animal Husbandry and veterinary science
3 Botany
4 Chemistry
5 Civil Engineering
6 Commerce
7 Economics
8 Electrical Engineering
9 Geography
10 Geology
11 Indian History
12 Law
13 Mathematics
14 Mechanical Engineering
15 Philosophy
16 Physics
17 Political Science
18 Psychology
19 Public Administration
20 Sociology
21 Statistics
22 Zoology


Step 3

Candidates who will qualify in the “Preliminary examination” have to appear in final exam which is normally held in the month of October.

Exam Pattern:

Essay type Indian Language Qualifying Paper 300
English Qualifying Paper 300
General Essay Type Paper 200
General Studies Papers 300
Optional Subjects Papers 300



Step 4

Once you have qualified final examination then you have to appear in personal interview to test your personality and mental ability.

the form of ips is coming date and it is coumpelsury that i have a degree of any university

i want to join indian police sarvice.

Final year b.tech students are eligible for this exam ?