Freshness Note
This syllabus is based on the 2018 RPF Constable and Sub Inspector recruitment (9739 posts, CBT held in September/October 2018). Check the latest official notification for any change in pattern before you prepare.
General Awareness (50 Marks)
- Awareness of the environment around you and its application to society
- Current events and matters of everyday observation and experience expected of an educated person
- Indian history, art and culture
- Geography and economics
- General polity and the Indian Constitution
- Sports and general science
Arithmetic (35 Marks)
- Number system, whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers
- Fundamental arithmetical operations
- Percentage, ratio and proportion, averages
- Interest, profit and loss, discount
- Use of tables and graphs
- Mensuration, time and distance
General Intelligence and Reasoning (35 Marks)
- Analogies, similarities and differences
- Spatial visualisation and spatial orientation
- Problem solving, analysis, judgement and decision making
- Visual memory and discriminating observation
- Relationship concepts and arithmetical reasoning
- Verbal and figure classification
- Arithmetic number series and non-verbal series
- Coding and decoding
- Statement and conclusion; syllogistic reasoning
Exam Languages
The CBT can be taken in any one of these 15 languages: Hindi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Konkani, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Manipuri and Punjabi.
Marking Scheme
- Online computer-based test with objective questions: 120 questions, 120 marks, 90 minutes
- +1 mark for each correct answer
- One-third of a mark is deducted for each wrong answer
- No marks are added or deducted for questions left unattempted
Preparation Pointers
- General Awareness alone carries 50 of the 120 marks, the largest share of the paper
- With a one-third penalty per wrong answer, skipping a question you are unsure of costs nothing, while a wrong guess does
- This post covers only the CBT stage; for any further selection stages, refer to the official notification