Eligibility criteria for the exam of Indian Police Service

I want to give the exam of Indian Police Service and for that I want to get the details of eligibility criteria so can you provide me that?

As you want to get the details of eligibility criteria of exam of Indian Police Service so here is the information of the same for you:

Educational Qualification:
Candidates must have passed a degree from an Indian University or an equivalent qualification. Those in the final year of a degree course can also appear in the Preliminary Examination taken every year by UPSC.

Age:
The candidate must have attained the age of 21 years on 1st August of the year of examination and must not have attained 30 years of age on that date.
The upper age limit will be relaxed by 3 years for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.
The upper age limit is also relaxed in favour of Defense Services Personnel.

Nationality:
A candidate must be either:

a citizen of India, or
a subject of Nepal, or
a subject of Bhutan, or
a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

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I want to apply for Indian Police Service IPS Exam so can you please tell me the eligibility criteria required to apply for this exam?

Indian Police Service IPS exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission UPSC under Government of India for the recruitment of candidates for the various posts in the Indian Civil Services.

IPS Eligibility:-

Graduation degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

Age Limit:-

Age must be between 21 years to 32 years.

Age Relaxation:-

Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.

Upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.

No. of Attempts

GEN: 4 times
OBCs: 7 times
SC/ST: No limit

IPS Syllabus -

IPS exam having of total 9 papers which are based on different topics

Paper I: General Studies
Paper II: Language Exam
Paper III: General English
Paper IV: Essay
Paper V, VI, VII, VIII and IX: Optional Subjects

Contact address

Union Public Service Commision
Dholpur House, Shahajan Road
New Delhi, Delhi 110069

Map location

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