Procedure to join Indian Police Service

Hi I want to join Indian Police Service so how can I do this?

[Kiran Chandar]

If you want to join Indian Police Service then you have to appear for IPS exam. It is conducted by the UPSC.
The UPSC conduct the Civil Services Examination like IPS, IAS, IAF exam for various post.

Eligibility Criteria for IPS Exam-

Age limit-
Age must be between 21 years to 30 years, max. 33 for OBCs and 35 for SCs/STs .

Number of Attempts-
Four attempts for general, seven for OBCs and no limit for SCs/STs.

Physical Standard-

The physical standards are important for the job profile and the rigorous training at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad which includes
weekly run for 10 k.m. in 60 minutes,
route march for 25 k.m. UAC,
Horse riding,
rock climbing,
assault course,
PT obstacles,
rope climbing etc.

IPS exam have some physical requirement which are different from other Civil Service exam-

Height –
Male 165 cm Pahari Male (general also) & ST (not the SC/ OBC) – 160 cm
Female 150 cm Pahari Female (general also) & ST (not SC/ OBC)- 145 cm

Chest –
Male Minimum 84 cm. Expansion 5 cm.
Female Min 79 cm expansion 5 cm.

Eye sight –
6/6 or 6/9 distant vision for good eye. 6/12 or 6/9 for worst eye. Near vision J 1 for good eye. J2 for worst eye. The correction is by lenses only. High standard for the Color-blind test.
No inherent night blindness. Vision should stereoscopic.

Blood pressure (High) –
Age 23 – 123,
age 24 – 124,
age 25 –122,
age 28 – 124,
age 30 –125,
age 32 – 126,
age 34 – 127.

Ear-
Good listening & normal ear cavity. 1000 to 4000 frequency hearing impairment shd not be more than 30 decibels.

Nasal-
Candidate should not stammer while speaking.

IPS Syllabus 2015-

IPS 2015 exam consist of total 9 papers which are based on different topics. These are as follows-

Paper I: General Studies
Paper II: Language Exam
Paper III: General English
Paper IV: Essay
Paper V, VI, VII, VIII and IX: Optional Subjects