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Central Armed Police Forces Exam ( CAPF )

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had invited applications from eligible candidates for recruitment in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF’s) at the post of Assistant Commandants (AC). The online CAPF 2017 application process has ended on May 5, 2017 and the candidates who have submitted complete application forms will be issued admit card. The CAPF written exam will be held on July 23, 2017 and the tentative date for the release of admit card is last week of June 2017. A total of 179 vacancies have been released for recruitment of candidates in Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

CAPF 2021 Exam Pattern

Exam Pattern For UPSC Central Armed Police Force

Written Exam Pattern

  1. Written exam will consist of two papers i.e. Paper I & Paper II.
  2. Type of Question: Paper I: Objective type questions, Paper II: Descriptive type questions.
  3. Marking Scheme: Paper I: +2 for each correct answer; 1/3 marks for negative marking. Paper II: marks as per questions; no negative marking.
     

Paper

Subject

Type

 Question

Marks

Duration

Paper I

General Ability and Intelligence

Objective

 125

250

2 Hours

Paper II

General Studies, Essay
& Comprehension

Conventional

 20

200

3 Hours

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