IPS Exam Qualifications

What qualifications are required for IPS exam?

IPS officers are recruited from the state police cadres and from the rigorous Civil Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission every year.
Qualifications required for IPS exam are as follows:

Eligibility Criteria:

For Indian Police Service, you must be citizen of India.

Age limits:

21 years minimum
30 years maximum, 33 for OBCs and 35 for SCs/STs .

Number of Attempts
Four attempts for general, seven for OBCs and no limit for SCs/STs.

Physical Standard

The physical standards includes weekly run for 10 k.m. in 60 minutes, route march for 25 k.m. UAC, Horse riding, rock climbing, assault course, PT obstacles, rope climbing etc.

Height – Male 165 cm Pahari Male (general also) & ST (not the SC/ OBC) – 160 cm
Female 150 cm Pahari Female (general also) & ST (not SC/ OBC)- 145 cm
Chest – Male Minimum 84 cm. Expansion 5 cm.
Female Min 79 cm expansion 5 cm

Eye sight – 6/6 or 6/9 distant vision for good eye and 6/12 or 6/9 for worst eye
Near vision J 1 for good eye and J2 for worst eye.

The correction is by lenses only.
High standard for the color-blind test, no inherent night blindness
Vision should stereoscopic.

Blood pressure (High) – Age 23 – 123, age 24 – 124, age 25 –122, age 28 – 124, age 30 –125, age 32 – 126, age 34 – 127.
Ear- good listening & normal ear cavity1000 to 4000 frequency hearing impairment should d not be more than 30 decibels
Nasal- candidate should not stammer while speaking.

IPS Exam Syllabus

IPS Exam consists of total 9 papers based on different topics which are mentioned below:
Paper I: Language Exam
Paper II: General English
Paper III: Essay
Paper IV and V: General Studies
Paper VI, VII, VIII and IX: Optional Subjects

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