IPS Exam 2024 - Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2024 is taken by the UPSC for the filling vacancies in the Indian Police Service from the candidates serving in the various state police services and other Para-military services in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 3rd March 2012.

Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

• To be notified

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

• To be notified

Date of Entrance Exam

• To be notified.

Last time Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination was held on:

• To be notified

Note: Candidates should note that this Exam is not held every year.

Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Exam 2024 Eligibility

The Candidates applying for the Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Exam should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the exam.

Basic Eligibility Conditions

• Must be a citizen of India or he/she must belong to such category of persons as may be, from time to time, be notified in this behalf by the Central Government;
• Have completed 05 years of continuous and actual service as Deputy Superintendent of Police in States under State Police Service or Assistant Commandants in Central Para Military Forces (Central Reserve Police Service, Border Security Force, Indo Tibet Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force, and Sashastra Seema Bal) or Officers of the Rank of Captain or Major or equivalent in the Armed Forces.
• Should have an unblemished service record.

Age Limits

• The candidate must not have attained the age of 35 years on the 1st of August of the exam conducting year. 
• For example, for the 2012 exam, he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August 1978.
• However, the upper age limit prescribed above will be relaxable up to a maximum of 01 years for Other Backward Classes category candidates and 02 years for candidates belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.

Note: The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a certificate recognized by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Exam 2024 Syllabus

Note: Questions relating to English Language Comprehension skills of Class X level (last item in the Syllabus of Paper-II) will be tested through passages from the English language only without providing Hindi translation thereof in the question paper.

Syllabus:

a. A brief idea about the History and Geography of India.
b. Constitution of India and Indian Polity: This part will include questions on the Constitution of India, as well as all Constitutional, legal, administrative, and other issues emerging from the politico-administrative system prevalent in the country.
c. Current National Issues and Topics of Social Relevance: This part is intended to test the Candidate’s awareness of current national issues and topics of social relevance in present-day India, such as the following:

• The Indian economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development, and employment.
• Issues arising from the social and economic exclusion of large sections from the benefits of development.
• Other issues relating to the development and management of human resources.
• Health issues including the management of Public Health, Health education, and ethical concerns regarding health care.
• Law enforcement, internal security, and related issues such as the preservation of communal harmony.
• Issues relating to good governance and accountability to the citizens including the maintenance of human rights, and of probity in public life.
• Environmental issues, ecological preservation, conservation of natural resources, and national heritage.

d. India’s diversity, unity amidst diversity, and pluralism as a part of the functioning of Indian Society. Conflicts due to political, economic, social, and cultural reasons. Conflict resolution.
e. Democratic rights and privileges of citizens. Emerging social changes/trends relevant to governance.
f. National Security: Structure and functions of Defence Forces, Para Military Forces, and Police. Origin, growth, and dimensions of fundamentalism, militancy, and terrorism. Local, regional, national, and international dimensions of organized crime and terrorism; and efforts at countering them. “White-collar” and cybercrime, money laundering, and tax-havens. Technology in crime detection, prevention, and investigation, including forensics. Weapons and weapons training that a uniformed officer should be aware of. Food security, energy security, water security, Technological self-reliance as a part of security objectives, Disaster Management Including natural and man-made disasters.
g. Statistical Analysis, graph, and diagrams: This part will test the candidate’s ability to draw conclusions from information presented in a statistical, graphical, or diagrammatical form and to interpret them.

Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Exam 2024 Pattern 

The Examination will consist of a Written Examination followed by an Interview for Personality Test.

The Written Exam will comprise of 2 parts with 2 papers in 1st part and 3 papers in 2nd part.

Note 1: Total Marks for Written Examination and Interview will be 1000 marks.

Note 2: Paper III is only qualifying in nature and the marks for Paper-III will not be counted for merit ranking.

Note 3: The objective type papers will be qualifying in nature for evaluating Descriptive Type Papers. However, marks obtained will be counted for merit ranking.

Candidates should note that there will be a penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.

How to apply for the Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Exam 2024?

Aspiring candidates can apply Online only by using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in.

Candidates should ensure that all columns of the Online Application Form are filled correctly. No correspondence will be entertained by the Commission from candidates to change any of the entries made in the application form. In the case of NIL information, candidates are advised to clearly write NIL or ‘0’ in the relevant column. No column should be left blank. The printed copy of the Online Application Form with necessary certification done by the appropriate authority must reach:

The Secretary
Union Public Service Commission
Dholpur House
Shahjahan Road
New Delhi – 110069 on or before the last dates.

The envelope containing the application should be superscribed “Application for Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination, 2024”. The application can also be delivered at the Union Public Service Commission counter by hand. The Commission will not be responsible for the applications delivered to any other functionary of the Commission.

Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2024 Test Centres:

The examination will be held at the following centers:

• Ahmedabad 
• Bangalore
• Chennai
• Delhi
• Guwahati
• Kolkata and
• Nagpur

Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2024 Contact Details

Secretary
Union Public Service Commission
Dholpur House
Shahjahan Road
New Delhi-110069.