UPSC CAPF 2020

UPSC CAPF 2020: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts exam for the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) recruitments once every year. The selection procedure of UPSC CAPF consists of a written exam, physical eligibility test and personal interview. The written exam consists of 2 paper of a total of 450 marks. The personality test consists of document verification and personal interview of 150 marks. This recruitment is for the Assistant Commandant (AC) of various forces. Candidates who wish to read more details about UPSC CAPF 2020, must follow the article below.

After the candidates have qualified their UPSC written exam, they have to fill a detailed application form for the PET/PST. The pregnant female candidates will be disqualified in the PET/PST round. Below are important dates related to UPSC CAPF 2020 in the schedule:

UPSC CAPF AC 2019	Important Dates
Start date of Application form	22 Apr 2020
Last date of application form of UPSC CAPF 2020	12 May 2020
Application Withdrawn Process	To be announced
Admit Card issue date	Jul 2020
Date of Exam	08 Aug 2020
Result Date	To be announced
Interview Date	To be announced

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UPSC CAPF Eligibility Criteria

Below is the eligibility criteria for all the candidates that wish to apply for the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) exam is given below.

Nationality: Only citizen of India are allowed to apply for the vacancies of CAPF.

Age Limit: The age of the candidates must be in the bracket of 20 to 25 years only.

Age Relaxation: Below is the upper age relaxation for all the reserved categories:

Category	Relaxation
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
Civilian Central Government Servants/Ex-Servicemen	5 years
Domicile Jammu & Kashmir from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989.	5 years

Educational Qualification: The candidate must hold a grduate degree from the a recognised university.

Physical Qualifications:

Physical Standards	For Males	For Females
Height	165 cm	157 cm
Chest	81 cm (with 5 cm expansion)	NA
Weight	50 kg	46 kg

UPSC CAPF Application Form 2020

The application form for UPSC CAPF recruitment 2020 releases on the official website of UPSC. Candidates need mobile number, mail ID and photo ID proof while filling the form. They also need to upload passport size photo and signature in the application form. The candidates need to fill 01 exam centre of their choice in the registration process. Below is the application fee details to be paid online only. The application fee can not be refunded in any case.

Categories	Fee
Gen/OBC	Rs. 200/-
SC/ST/Female Candidates	Nil

Mode of Payment: The candidates can pay the application fee through

Debit card
Credit card
Net banking.
E-challan from SBI bank

UPSC CAPF Admit Card 2020

The admit card for UPSC CAPF releases on the official website of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The admit card releases in 3 stages for the CAPF which are written exam, physical efficiency test and personal interview. Vital information about the date and timing of exam and full address of the exam centre will be communicated to the candidates through the admit card only. Candidates must carry the admit card to the exam centre or else they will not be allowed inside the centre.

No admit card is sent to the candidate through post or mail. The admit card is issued to the candidates for PET and personal interview only if they clear the written exam.

Exam Pattern of UPSC CAPF 2020

Exam pattern helps the candidates know better about the exam. Below is the exam patten for UPSC CAPF 2020:

Paper-1:

Mode of Exam: The exam will be conducted offline for paper-1.
Language: All questions in the question paper will be in Hindi and English.
Duration: The candidates will get 2 hours to solve the question paper.
Number of Questions: There will be 125 questions in the question paper.
Type of Questions: The question paper will have objective type questions only.
Marking Scheme: There will be negative marking of 1/3rd of marks for all the objective type questions.
Sections:

General Mental Ability
General Science
Current Events of National and International Importance
Indian Polity and Economy
History of India
Indian and World Geography

Paper-2:

Mode of Exam: The exam will be conducted offline both the papers:
Language: The candidates can answer the questions in either English or Hindi.
Duration: All the candidates will have 3 hours to solve the question paper.
Number of Questions: There will be total 6 questions in the question paper.
Type of Questions: All the questions in the question paper will be subjective type.
Marking Scheme: There is no negative marking for the subjective type question paper.
Sections:

Topics	No. of Question	Marks
General Ability and Intelligence (Paper-1)	125	250
General Studies, Essay and Comprehension (Paper-2)	6	200

Exam Centres for CAPF 2020

Below are the exam centres as per the exam conducted last year and is likely to change:

Cities	Cities	Cities
Agartala	Hyderabad	Patna
Ahmedabad	Imphal	Port Blair
Aizawl	Itanagar	Prayagraj (Allahabad)
Bangalore	Jaipur	Raipur
Bareilly	Jammu	Ranchi
Bhopal	Jorhat	Sambalpur
Chandigarh	Kochi	Shillong
Chennai	Kohima	Shimla
Cuttack	Kolkata	Srinagar
Dehradun	Lucknow	Thiruvananthapuram
Delhi	Madurai	Tirupati
Dharwad	Mumbai	Udaipur
Dispur	Nagpur	Vishakhapatnam
Gangtok	Panaji	(Goa)

Selection Procedure of UPSC CAPF

Refer below the selection procedure for the UPSC CAPF 2020 recruitment:

Written Exam: The written exam for the UPSC CAPF exam is conducted in two phases. The paper-1 is an objective type exam of 250 marks which has questions based on general ability and intelligence. While paper-2 is subjective type paper of 200 marks. The candidates will get 3 hours to write 6 essays on the exam. The candidates who clear both the papers s per the cut-off will be called for physical eligibility test.

Physical Eligibility Test: The physical eligibility test comprises of long run, short run, long jump and shot put. The candidates are required to complete all the qualification in the time and standard given by the commission to clear this test. Pregnant female candidates will be disqualified in this test.

Personal Interview: Applicants who clear the physical eligibiliy test is called for the personal interview round. Candidates need to be declared medically fit by the Review Medical Board to clear appear for this round. The candidates are evaluate on the scale of 150 marks in the personality test.

PET Criteria of UPSC CAPF 2020

Below is the criteria to be achieved by the candidates while appearing for the physicaleligiblity test:

Criteria	Male	female
100 Meters race	in 16 sec	in 18 sec
800 Meters race	in 3 min 45 sec	in 4 min 45 sec
Long Jump	3.5 mtr in 3 chances	3.0 mtrs in 3 chances
Shot put (7.26 kgs)	4.5 mtrs	–

CAPF Answer Key 2020

The answer key for CAPF exam releases on the official website after the declaration of result. Candidates can not object to the official answer key. However, the answer key is also released by various prestigious institutes and individuals in PDF or video format. Candidates can use the answer key to know their marks in the written exam. For every wrong answer, 1/3rd of the total marks is deducted from the total marks. The answer key is the set of all the correct answers in the question paper of the exam. Candidates can download the official answer key almost 1 year after the exam in the “Answer Keys” section.

UPSC CAPF Result 2019

The result for UPSC CAPF releases in the format of merit list on the official website. The candidates need to go to the active examination sections and click on the link given for the exam. Here, the roll number wise and name wise merit list of all the qualified candidates is posted by the UPSC. The merit list released in 3 phases. Firstly, the merit list releases for the candidates qualified in the written exam. Then, the merit list for candidate qualifying the PET releases and then finally, the final merit list is released for all the candidates shortlisted for recruitment. The candidates who clear the written exam have to fill the detailed application form (DAF) to apply for the physical eligibility test.

Cut-off

Below is the cut-off of last year. Candidates can refer this cut-off and get an idea of the cut-off marks for this year’s exam:

Cut-off marks of Paper-I (250 Marks):

Years	Gen	OBC	SC	ST	Ex‐S
2017	123.65	123.65	111.55	109.54	38.31
2016	114	113	97	97	38
2015	111	110	95	95	38
2014	115	114	101	101
2013	107	106	90	91

Cut-off for Paper I & II (450 Marks)

Years	Gen*	OBC*	SC*	ST*	EX-S**
2017	206	206	189	189	84
2016	188	187	167	166	80
2015	172	170	153	149	68
2014	190	190	180	174
2013	171	165	151	143

Vacancies

Below are the vacancies as per last year for the recruitment of UPSC CAPF:

Post	Vacancies
BSF	100
CRPF	108
CISF	28
ITBP	21
SSB	66
Total	323

About UPSC

Union Public Service Commission also known as UPSC is an agency formed on 1 October 1926 for conducting the recruitment of group-A and group-B vacancies of the central services. All the members including the chairperson of this commission are appointed by the president of India. It has its headquarters in the Dholpur House, New Delhi, India.

Official Website: upsc.gov.in

Candidates can check more information from previous year information brochure of UPSC PACF: Click Here.