5. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AS ON 01.0 .201
Educational Qualification for all posts is Bachelor?s degree from a recognized university or
equivalent.
Note For the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police only: Male candidates must possess a valid Driving
License for LMV (Motorcycle and Car) on the date fixed for Physical Endurance and Measurement Tests.
However the candidate who do not have a Valid Driving License for LMV (Motorcycle and Car) are
eligible for all other posts in CAPFs.
NOTE As per Ministry of Human Resource Development Notification dated 10.6.2015 published in
Gazette of India all the egree diploma/ certificates including technical education degree/ diploma awarded
through Open and Distance Learning mode of education by the Universities established by an Act of
Parliament or State Legislature, Institutions Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the University
Grant Commission Act 1956 and Institutions of National Importance declared under an Act of Parliament
stand automatically recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the Central
Government provided they have been approved by the Distance Education Bureau, University Grant
Commission.
Note II Candidates who have not acquired the educational qualification as on 01 2018 will not be
eligible and need not apply.
Note All candidates who are declared qualified by the Commission will be required to produce all
relevant Certificates such as Mark sheets for all the three years of Graduation/ Provisional Certificate/
Certificate of Graduation as proof of having acquired the minimum educational qualification on r before
01 08 201 failing which the candidature of such candidate will be cancelled by the Commission. The
candidates who are able to prove by documentary evidence that the result of the educational qualifying
examination was declared on or before the cut off date and he/she has been declared passed will also be
considered to have the required educational qualification.
6. How to apply: Candidates must apply through the website http://www.ssconline.nic.in or „Click
here to apply? lin provided at http://www.ssc.nic.in >Apply >CAPF. Procedure for online submission of
applications is given at Annexure II.
Application Fee: Rs.100/ (Rupees One Hundred only). Fee can be paid through SBI Challan/ SBI
Net Banking or by using Visa/ MasterCard/ Maestro Credit/ Debit card
Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Ex
Servicemen eligible for reservation are exempted from paying fee Fee once paid will not be refunded
under any circumstances.
Candidates who are not exempted from fee payment must ensure that their fee has been deposited
with SSC. If the fee is not received by SSC, status of Application Form is shown „Incomplete? and this
information is printed on the top of the Application Form. Further, such status can be verified at „Check your
Application Status Here” tab provided at http://www.ssconline.nic.in. Such applications which remain
incomplete due to non receipt of fee will be SUMMARILY REJECTED and no request for consideration of
such applications and fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of Examination shall be
entertained.

. Centers of Examination: A candidate must indicate th Centre ) in the online Application Form in
which he/ she desires to take the examination
No.
Examination Centres & Centre Code Address of Regional Offices
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1. Agra (3001), Allahabad (3003), Bareilly (3005),
Gorakhpur (3007), Kanpur (3009), Lucknow (3010),
Varanasi (3013), Bhagalpur (3201), Muzaffarpur
(3205), Patna (3206).
Regional Director(CR),
Staff Selection Commission,
21 23 Lowther Road, Allahabad,
Uttar Pradesh 211002
2. Kolkata (4410), Port Blair (4802), Gangtok (4001),
Bhubaneshwar (4604), Ranchi (4205)

Regional Director (ER),
Staff Selection Commission,1
st MSO
Building, (8
th
Floor) 234/4, Acharya
Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata,
West Bengal 700020
3. Bangalore (9001), Thiruvananthapuram (9211), Kochi
(9204), Thrisur (9212), Gulbarga (9005), Mangalore
(9008), Dharwar (9004), Kozhikode (Calicut) (9206),
Mysore (9009)
Regional Director (KKR),
Staff Selection Commission,
st Floor, “E” Wing, Kendriya Sadan,
Koramangala, Bangalore,
Karnataka 560034
4. Delhi (2201), Jaipur (2405), Jodhpur (2406), Kota
(2407), Bharatpur (2403) Bikaner (2404), Udaipur
(2409), Ajmer (2401), Alwar (2402), Sriganganagar
(2408), Dehradun (2002), Haldwani (2003), Almora
(2001),Haridwar(2005).
Regional Director (NR),
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12,
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110504
5. Guwahati (Dispur) (5105), Itanagar (5001), Dibrugarh
(5102), Jorhat (5107), Silchar (5111), Imphal (5501),
Shillong (5401), Ukhrul (5503), Aizwal (5701),
Kohima (5302), Agartala (5601), Churachandpur
5502 Tura (5402), Goalpara (5104), Tezpur (5112),
Lakhimpur (5109)
Regional Director(NER),
Staff Selection Commission,
Housefed Complex, West End Block,
Last Gate, Beltola Basistha
Road,Dispur Guwahati,
Assam 781006
6. Hyderabad (8002), Guntur (8001), Kurnool (8003),
Rajahmundry (8004), Tirupati (8006), Chennai (8201),
Puducherry (8401), Tiruchirapalli (8206),
Vishakhapatnam (8007), Vijayawada(8008)
Regional Director (SR),
Staff Selection Commission,
EVK Sampath Building, 2
nd
Floor,
College Road, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu 600006
7. Aurangabad (7202), Mumbai (7204), Kolhapur (7203),
Nagpur (7205), Panaji (7801), Pune (7208),
Ahmedabad (7001), Vadodara (7002), Rajkot (7006),
Nashik (7207), Amravati (7201), Surat (7007) Kutch
(7010), Thane (7210)
Regional Director (WR),
Staff Selection Commission,
st
Floor, South Wing, Pratishta Bhawan,
101 M.K. Road, Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400020
8. Indore (6006), Jabalpur(6007), Jagdalpur (6203),
Chindwara (6003), Bilaspur (6202), Satna (6014),
Ratlam (6011) Sagar (6015) Durg (6205), Raipur
(6204), Bhopal (6001), Gwalior (6005)
Dy. Director (MPR),
Staff Selection Commission,
“ 5 Anupam Nagar, Raipur,
Chhatisgarh 492001
9. Leh (1005) Chandigarh (1601), Jammu (1004),
Srinagar J&K (1007), Shimla (1203), Hamirpur
(1202)
Dy. Director (NWR),
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 3, Gr. Floor, Kendriya Sadan,
Sector 9, Chandigarh 160017
Note: A candidate may give option for three Centres, in the order of priority, within the same region. No
request for change of centre will be considered later under any circumstances. However, the
Commission reserves the right to cancel any Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from
another centre. Commission also reserves the right to divert candidates of any centre to some other Centre to
take the examination.
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
The examination will consist of Paper , Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test
(PET), Paper II and Detailed Medical Examination (DME). All these stages of the examination are
mandatory. Detail of these Papers/ Tests are as follows
PAPER
Date of
Exam
Part Subject Number of
Questions
Maximum
Marks
Time Duration
04 6.201
to
10 .201
General Intelligence
and Reasoning
50 50
02 hours
II General Knowledge and
General Awareness
50 50
III Quantitative Aptitude 50 50
IV English Comprehension 50 50
PAPER II
Date of
Examination
Subject Number of
Questions
Maximum
Marks
Time Duration
01 12 2018
English language
&
Comprehension
200 00 2 Hours
Questions in both papers will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type. Questions ill be set in Hindi
and English in Parts I, II and III f Paper I. There will be negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong
answer in Paper Paper II. Candidates are, therefore, advised to keep this in mind while answering the
questions. The Commission at its discretion may fix qualifying marks in Paper I, Paper II and any part(s) of
Paper
Note I: The ommission reserves the right to alter/ modify the scheme of examination.
Note II Candidates are not permitted to use Mobile Phone, Calculator, Bluetooth device, or any other
electronic/ electrical device for answering any paper (Test Booklets). Candidates must not, therefore, bring
Mobile Phone, Calculator or any other electronic/ electrical device inside the Examination premises.
Possession of these items, whether in use or not, will be considered as “use of unfair means” in the
Examination and candidature of such candidates will be cancelled forthwith. Such candidates are also liable
for debarment up to a period of (three) years
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Paper
I. General Intelligence & Reasoning: It would include questions of both verbal and non verbal type.
This component may include questions on analogies, similarities and differences, space
visualization, spatial orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual
memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning and figural
classification, arithmetic number series, non verbal series, coding and decoding, statement
conclusion, syllogistic reasoning etc. The topics are, Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/ Number
Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification, Symbolic/ Number Classification, Figural
Classification, Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series, Problem Solving, Word Building,
Coding & de coding, Numerical Operations, symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space
Visualization, Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/ pattern folding & un folding,
Figural Pattern folding and completion, Indexing Address matching, Date & city matching
Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers, Small & Capital letters/ numbers coding, decoding and
classification, Embedded Figures, Critical thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence,
Other sub topics if any.
II. General Knowledge and General Awareness: Questions in this component will be aimed at testing
the candidates? general awareness of the environment around him and its application to society.
Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of every day
observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person.
The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially
pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution,
scientific Research etc.
III. Quantitative Aptitude: The questions will be designed to test the ability of appropriate use of
numbers and number sense of the candidate. The scope of the test will be computation of whole
numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage, Ratio and Proportion,
Square roots, Averages, Interest, Profit & Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and
All gation, Time and distance, Time & work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and
Elementary surds, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence
and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle,
common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right
Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular
Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and
Radian Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram,
Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart.
IV. English Comprehension: Candidates? ability to understand correct English, his basic
comprehension and writing ability, etc. would be tested.
Paper II:
English Language & Comprehension Questions in this components will be designed to test the
candidate?s understanding and knowledge of English Language and will be based on error
recognition, filling in the blanks (using verbs, preposition, articles etc), Vocabulary, Spellings,
Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms, Antonyms, Sentence Completion, Phrases and
Idiomatic use of Words, comprehension etc.
ote : The Commission shall have the discretion to fix different minimum qualifying standards in each
part of Paper I taking into consideration among others, category wise vacancies and category
wise number of candidates. Only those candidates, who have scored above the cut off marks
fixed by the Commission in Paper I would be required to appear in the Physical Endurance Test
(PET) nd Physical Standard Test (PST)
Note II: Only those candidates who qualified in PET/ PST will be called for Paper II and the Medical
Examination would be conducted subsequently.
Note III The Candidates are advised to desist from use of any unfair method in the examination hall which
will render them ineligible for further consideration for the examination and also lead to their
debarment from Commission?s examinations in future beside inviting criminal prosecution.
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11 Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Endurance Test (PET):

11(A) Physical Standard Test (for all Posts):
Category of candidates Height
(in cms)
Chest (in cms )
Unexpanded Expanded
(i) For male candidates only
General
170 80 85
For candidates belonging to Hill areas of
Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh,
Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley,
Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North Eastern
States and Sikkim
165 80 85
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled
Tribes
162.5 77 82
ii) For Female candidates only
(General)
157
For candidates belonging to Hill areas of
Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh,
Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley,
Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North Eastern
States and Sikkim
155
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled
Tribe
154
11 (B) Physical Endurance Test (PET) For all posts)
(i) For male candidates only
a) 100 meters race in 16 seconds
b) 1.6 Kms race in 6.5 minutes
c) Long Jump : 3.65 metres in 3 chances
d) High Jump : 1.2 metres in 3 chances
e) Shot put (16 Lbs): 4.5 metres in 3 chance
(ii) For female candidates only
a) 100 metres race in 18 seconds
b) 800 metres race in 4 minutes
c) Long Jump: 2.7 metres in 3 chances.
d) High Jump: 0.9 metres in 3 chances.
Note:
1. There shall be no minimum requirement of chest measurement for Female candidates.
2. Relaxation in height and chest (as the case may be) as mentioned above will be permissible only on
production of certificate in the Performa as prescribed in Annexure VIII from the competent
authorities of the District where they ordinarily reside(s).
3. “The relaxation in physical standards (height/ chest) once granted at the time of initial appointment
in Delhi Police will hold good till the individual concerned remains in Delhi Police.”
4. Those candidates who are declared not qualified in Physical Standards, i.e height and chest, may prefer an
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appeal, if they so desire, to the appellate authority present on the PET/ PST ground. The decision of the
appellate authority will be final and no further appeal or representation in this regard will be entertained.
11(C Weight: Corresponding to height for all posts.
11(D) Medical standard (For all posts)
Eye sight: he minimum near vision should be N6 (better eye) and N9 (worse eye). The minimum distant
vision should be 6/6 (better eye) and 6/9 (worse eye) In right handed person, the right eye is better eye and
vice versa. The standards should be without visual correction of any kind even by glasses.
1) The candidate must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes. They must be in good
mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of
the duties.
Note I: Physical ndurance est ill not carry any marks but will be of qualifying/ elimination nature.
ote Ex Servicemen applying for the posts are not required to undergo PET. However, all Ex Servicemen
are required to pass the written test and fulfill the physical standards prescribed for direct recruits for
recruitment of Sub Inspector/ Assistant Sub Inspector, as the case may be. They should also pass the medical
standards prescribed for direct recruits.
ote The candidature of female candidates who are pregnant at the time of Physical Endurance Test will
be rejected as they cannot undergo PET. No appeal/ representation will be entertained against such rejection.
Note Medical Examination All the candidates who qualify in Paper II will be medically examined by the
Medical Officer of the CAPFs or any other Medical Officer or Assistant Surgeon belonging to Grade I of any
Central/ State Govt. Hospital or Dispensary. Candidates, who are found to be unfit, will be informed of the
position and they can make an appeal before Review Medical Board within the prescribed time limit of 15 days.
Decision of Re Medical Board/ Review Medical Board will be final and no appeal/ representation against the
decision of the Re Medical Board/ Review Medical Board will be entertained.
Finally selected candidates for the posts of Sub Inspector and Assistant Sub Inspector would, as part of
training curriculum, have to pass seven obstacle events as mentioned below, failing which they may not be
retained in the Force:
i) Jumping over the Vertical Board;
ii) Holding the rope on jumping from the Board.
iii) Tarzan Swing;
iv) Jumping on the Horizontal Board;
v) Parallel Rope;
vi) Monkey Crawl;
vii) Vertical Rope.
11 (E) Tattoo: It is noticed that during medical examination, the candidates having „tattoos? in various parts of
their body are appearing for medical examination. In this regard, Ministry of Home Affairs vide its letter
No.I 45020/7/2012/Pers II dated 12.01.2017 and 30 01 2017 issued the following guidelines regarding
candidates having tattoos applying for SI in Delhi Police, CAPFs and CISF examination:
(i Content: Being a secular country, the religious sentiments of our countrymen are to be respected and
thus, tattoo depicting religious symbol or figures and the name, as followed in Indian Army are to be permitted.
(ii Location: Tattoos marked on traditional sites of the body like inner aspect of forearm but only left
forearm, being non saluting limb or dorsum of the hands are to be allowed.
(iii Size: Size must be less than ¼ of the particular part (Elbow or Hand) of the body.
For Sub Inspector in Delhi Police, above clause on tattoo are not applicable.
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12. ode of Selection
(i) On the basis of their performance in Paper I, candidates will be shortlisted for appearing in PET/
PST Examination. The Commission shall have the discretion to fix different minimum qualifying
marks in each part of Paper I taking into consideration among others, category wise vacancies and
category wise number of candidates.
(ii) Only those candidates who qualified in PET/ PST Examination will be allowed to appear in Paper
II Examination PET/ PST are mandatory but qualifying in nature. Ex Servicemen are not required
to undergo PET
(iii) On the basis of their performance in Paper I+Paper II, candidates will be shortlisted for appearing
in Medical Examination. Candidates, who are successful in Medical Examination, will be called
for detailed Document Verification.
(iv) ll shortlisted candidates are required to come for Document Verification. Those failing to do so
will not be considered for final selection. Candidates are required to submit all documents in
original for verification at the time of Document Verification.
(v) Final selection will be made on the basis of aggregate marks scored by candidates in Paper
I+Paper II. Allocation of candidates to various User Departments/ Forces will be made based on
their merit position and the preference of posts exercised by them at the time of Document
Verification.
(vi) SC, ST, OBC and Ex servicemen candidates, who are selected on the same standard as applied to
general candidates, will not be adjusted against the reserved vacancies. Such candidates will be
accommodated against the general/ unreserved vacancies as per their position in the overall Merit
List or vacancies earmarked for their category, whichever is advantageous to them. The reserved
vacancies will be filled up separately from amongst the eligible SC, ST, OBC, Ex servicemen
candidates
(vii) SC, ST, OBC and Ex erviceman candidate, who qualifies on the basis of relaxed standards
viz. age limit, experience, qualifications, permitted number of chances in examination extended
zone of consideration larger than what is provided for general category candidates, etc is to be
counted against reserved vacancies. Such candidates would be deemed as unavailable for
consideration against unreserved vacancies.
(viii) To fill up all the vacancies in reserved categories, candidates may also be recommended at the
relaxed standards.
(ix) The benefit of age relaxation as admissible for ex servicemen will not be termed as relaxed
standards in regard to age.
(x) Success in the examination confers no right to appointment unless government is satisfied after
such enquiry as may be considered necessary that the candidate is suitable in all respects for
ppointment to the service/ post.
(xi) The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility
conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination will
be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on
verification, at any time it is found that they do not fulfill any of the eligibility conditions, their
candidature for the examination will be cancelled by the Commission.
(xii) Candidates, who are appointed on the basis of this examination, shall be on probation for a period
of two years and during the period of probation, the candidates would be required to undergo such
training or pass such examinations as prescribed by the Controlling Authority. On successful
completion of the period of probation, the candidates shall, if considered fit for permanent
appointment, be confirmed to their post by the Controlling Authority.
. Resolution of tie cases:
In cases where more than one candidate secure the equal aggregates marks, tie will be resolved by applying
the following methods one after another:
(i) Total marks in Paper I and Paper II.
(ii) Total marks in Paper I.
(i ) Total marks in Paper II
(i ) Date of birth, with older candidates placed higher.