Railway Protection Force Sub Inspector Eligibility Criteria

Will you please provide the information regarding the Eligibility Criteria required for Sub Inspector at Railway Protection Force ?

[Raman Vij]

Recruitment to the post of Sub Inspector in Railway Protection Force is on the basis of performance in Written Test, Physical Efficiency Test and Viva Voce.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants who have completed 20 years at the time of application are eligible to apply.

Upper age limit for eligibility is 25 years. Applicants belonging to reserved categories, Ex-Servicemen, those who are from the state of Jammu & Kashmir can seek upper age limit as per the norms issued by the Government of India.

Indian citizens who have completed graduation in any subject from a recognized University are eligible to apply for this post.

Applicants should have the physical standards as mentioned below.

Chest Unexpanded: 80 cms

Chest Expanded: 85 cms

Height: 165 cms

Applicants belonging to reserved categories as well as female candidates can enjoy the relaxations as per the notification.

Selection Procedure

Selection is on the basis of performance in

Written Examination

Physical Efficiency Test

Physical Measurement

Viva-Voce Test

Exam Pattern

There will be a total of 120 questions for written examination.

Each question carries one mark.

Questions will be in objective type multiple-choice format.

Maximum time allotted for the entire test is 90 minutes.

The question booklet comprises of three sections that is

General Awareness
Arithmetic
General Intelligence and Reasoning

Medium of instructions will be in English as well as other regional languages.

Arithmetic-There will be questions on simple Mathematics, ratio and proportions, simple and compound interest, data interpretation, time and distance, Computation of whole numbers and ratio and time etc.

This section carries questions for 35 marks.

General awareness section contains questions from topics such as Geography, General Polity, Sports, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research, History, Arts and Culture of India and General Science etc.

Total marks allotted for this section is 50.

Questions from General Intelligence and Reasoning are asked for a maximum of 35 marks.

This section carries questions on problems solving analysis, visual memory, relationship concepts, verbal and figure classification, coding and decoding and syllogistic reasoning etc.

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Eligibility :

Citizenship - Must be a citizen of India

Education - Graduate from a recognised university

Age - Not less than 20 years and not more than 25 years as on 1st January of the year
for the posts.

Relaxation in upper age limit will be admissible to SC/ ST / OBC, Ex-Servicemen and
Central Government Employees as per extant instruction of the Central Government

Physical measurement


Recruitment Process

Physical Measurement
Physical Efficiency Test
Written Examination
Viva-Voce Test
Documents Verification
Medical Examination


Physical Standards

Male Candidates

Event General Ex. Servicemen No. of Chances
1600 m. race 5 min. 40 sec. 7 min One
200 m. race 28 sec. 35 sec. One
High Jump 3 ft. 9 inch 3ft Two
Broad Jump 13 ft. 11 ft. Two
Shot Put (Wt. 16 lbs) 20 ft. 17 ft. Two

Female Candidates

400 m. race 2 minute

Long Jump 8 ft.