Process For Indian Police Service

I have completed 12th and now I want to become Indian Police Service IPS officer so tell me the process to become IPS officer. I have completed 12th arts with 52% so can I eligible for this? I have to clear any entrance exam to get into Indian Police Service?

What is the eligibility & process for joining the Indian Police Service, please guide me in the same as I am intending to join the force to serve the country?

[Shaleen]

The eligibility & process for joining the Indian Police Service has been mentioned below:

Eligibility to be an IPS Officer

1. Educational Qualification

To be eligible for becoming an IPS officer, the applicant must possess a degree from an Indian University or an equivalent qualification. Those in the final year of a degree course can also emerge in the Preliminary Examination taken every year by UPSC.

2. Age
The applicant 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.
The higher age limit will be relaxed by 3 years for OBC applicant and 5 years for SC/ST applicants.
The higher age limit is also relaxed in favour of Defence Services Personnel.

3. Other Eligibility Conditions
1. For IPS, the applicant must be a citizen of India.
2. For other services, a applicant must be either:
Citizen of India, or
subject of Nepal, or
subject of Bhutan, or
Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Process to become an IPS officer

Step 1
As a first step the applicant has to procure the “Application Form” along with “Information Brochure” from any of the “Head Post Offices or Post Offices” spread throughout the country and sent the filled Application form to:

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

Step 2
In the month of May or June the applicant have to take the “Preliminary Exam” consisting 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

The 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

Note: This exam is just a qualifying exam for the Final exam and marks obtained in this exam are not added to the final result.

Step 3

Those applicants who are declared qualified in the “Preliminary examination” are supposed to take the final exam (normally held in the month of October) having following papers:
Paper Marks
1 Essay type Indian Language Qualifying Paper 300
1 English Qualifying Paper 300
1 General Essay Type Paper 200
2 General Studies Papers 300
4 Optional Subjects Papers 300

Step 4
Once through, the final stage is the interview. The applicant are grilled in the interview to test their personality and mental ability.