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The Staff Selection Commission holds an open Competitive Examination for recruitment in Central Police Organisation in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). This exam is also highly sought after among graduates who dream of a career with armed forces. You will be working at a prestigious post of sub-inspector, working as an investigating officer and dealing with the crime related issues of the country.

Basics

Exam Calendar

The process of CPO is a long standing one and can last for a couple years from the date of notification to the date of final marks/result declaration.

DATE	EVENT
	Release of notification/announcement
	Start of application
	End of application
	Tier 1 examination
	Result of tier 1 examination available
	Physical standard test/ Physical endurance test
	Result of PET/PST available
	Tier 2 examination
	Result of tier 2 examination available
	Detailed Medical Examination

Posts to be filled

SSC CPO hires candidates for several sections of the armed forces on multiple posts. List of exact number of vacancies of each post is revealed in the notification

Name of post	Department/ Armed force of posting
Sub-Inspector (Exe.) in Delhi Police – Male	Delhi Police
Sub-Inspector (Exe.) in Delhi Police – Female	Delhi Police
Sub-Inspector (GD) in CRPF	CRPF
Sub-Inspector (GD) in BSF	BSF
Sub-Inspector (GD) in ITBP	ITBP
Sub-Inspector (GD) in CISF	CISF
Assistant Sub-Inspector (GD) in CISF	CISF
Sub-Inspector (GD) in SSB	SSB

Procedure of application

1. Visit ssc.nic.in

2. Click Apply

3. Go to CPO tab

4. From here, login and register.

5. Follow the given steps to fill out the basic information and the application form.

6. Candidates are advised in their own interest to submit online applications much before the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of disconnection/ inability or failure to login to the SSC website on account of heavy load on the website during the closing days.

7. Application Fee: payable: Rs 100/- (Rs one hundred only).

Eligibility and qualifications

Age limit (as on 1 January Year 2)

Age limitation in CPO 20-25 years as on 01-01-Year 2

Age relaxations

Permissible age relaxation for reserved categories is as follows -

Category	Permissible age relaxation (in years)
SC/ST	5 years
OBC	3 years
Ex-Servicemen	3 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date.
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried.	Up to 35 years of age
Widows/ Divorced Women/ Women judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST).	Up to 40 years of age

For departmental candidates of Delhi police applying against vacancies in Delhi police only, permissible age relaxation is as follows -

Category	Permissible Age relaxation
Departmental candidates (Unreserved) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date.	Up to 30 years of age.
Departmental candidates (OBC) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date.	Up to 33 years of age.
Departmental candidates (SC/ ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and continuous service as on closing date.	Up to 35 years of age.

Essential educational qualification (as on 1 January year 2)

Educational Qualification for all posts is Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university or equivalent.

NOTE : The result of requisite educational qualification must have been declared by the Board/ University by the specified date. Mere processing of the result by the Board/ University by the crucial cut-off date does not fulfil the EQ requirement.

Scheme and Pattern

The Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below

1. Tier-I: Computer Based Examination (Preliminary)

2. Tier-II: Physical Standard Test (PST)/ Physical Endurance Test (PET)

3. Tier III: Computer Based Examination (Mains) (English language and comprehension)

Tier 1 (Pre)

• Tier-1 will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions. The questions will be set both in English & Hindi except for English language.

• Test will be conducted in online mode.

• Each question will carry 1 mark and there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer.

• Total time allowed will be 2 hours

Subject	Number of question	Maximum marks
General Intelligence and Reasoning	50	50
General Knowledge and General Awareness	50	50
Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
English Comprehension	50	50

Tier 2 (PET/PST)

This phase of examination does not carry any marks but is of QUALIFYING/ ELIMINATION nature.

Ex-servicemen applying for the examination are not required to undergo PET. However they need to fulfil PST and pass the prescribed medical standards.

Physical Standard Test

Physical standards for MALE candidates -

Category of candidates	Heights (in cms)	Chest (in cms)(Unexpanded)	Chest ( cm)(Expanded)
For candidates from General Category	170	80	85
For candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North-Eastern States and Sikkim	165	80	85
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes	162.5	77	82

Physical Standards for FEMALE candidates -

Category of candidates	Heights (in cms)
For candidates from General Category	157
For candidates belonging to Hill areas of Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K, North-Eastern States and Sikkim	155
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes	154

NOTE : Weight will be measured corresponding to height (for all posts)

Physical Endurance Test

Physical endurance test for MALE candidates -

Race	100 meters race in 16 seconds
Race	1.6 Kms race in 6.5 minutes
Long Jump	3.65 metres in 3 chances
High Jump	1.2 metres in 3 chances
Shot put (16 Lbs):	4.5 metres in 3 chance

Physical endurance test for FEMALE candidates

Race	100 metres race in 18 seconds
Race	800 metres race in 4 minutes
Long Jump	2.7 metres in 3 chances
High Jump	0.9 metres in 3 chances

Tier 3 (Mains)

• Tier-2 will consist of Objective Type, Multiple choice questions. The questions will be set in English language.

• Test will be conducted in online mode.

• Each question will carry 1 mark and there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer.

• Total time allowed will be 2 hours.

• There will be total 200 questions for a total of 200 marks.

Detailed medical Examination

• Medical examination

  • All the candidates who qualify in Paper-II will be medically examined by the Medical Officer of the CAPFs or any other Medical Officer or Assistant Surgeon belonging to Grade-I of any Central/ State Govt. Hospital or Dispensary. Candidates, who are found to be unfit, will be informed of the position and they can make an appeal before Review Medical Board within the prescribed time limit of 15 days. Decision of Re-Medical Board/ Review Medical Board will be final.
  • The candidate must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes and they should possess high colour vision.
  • They must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the duties.

• Eye sight: The minimum near vision should be N6 (better eye) and N9 (worse eye). The minimum distant vision should be 6/6 (better eye) and 6/9 (worse eye) of both eyes without any correction like wearing glasses or surgery of any kind to improve visual acuity. In right handed person, the right eye is better eye and vice versa.

Syllabus

Tier 1

General Intelligence and Reasoning

• Semantic Analogy

• Symbolic/ Number Analogy

• Figural Analogy

• Semantic Classification

• Symbolic/ Number Classification

• Figural Classification

• Semantic Series

• Number Series

• Figural Series

• Problem Solving

• Word Building

• Coding & de-coding

• Numerical Operations

• Symbolic Operations

• Trends

• Space Orientation

• Space Visualization

• Venn Diagrams

• Drawing inferences

• Punched hole/ pattern-folding & un-folding

• Figural Patternfolding and completion

• Indexing Address matching

• Date & city matching

• Classification of centre codes/ roll numbers

• Small & Capital letters/ numbers coding, decoding and classification

• Embedded Figures

• Critical thinking

• Emotional Intelligence

• Social Intelligence, etc.

General Awareness

• History

• Culture

• Geography

• General Policy & Scientific Research

• Economic Scene

• Current Affairs

Quantitative Aptitude

• Whole numbers

• Decimals

• Fractions and relationships between numbers

• Percentage. Ratio & Proportion

• Square roots

• Averages

• Interest

• Profit and Loss

• Discount

• Partnership Business

• Mixture and Alligation

• Time and distance

• Time & Work

• Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds

• Graphs of Linear Equations

• Triangle and its various kinds of centres

• Congruence and similarity of triangles

• Circle and its chords

• Triangle

• Quadrilaterals

• Tangents

• Angles subtended by chords of a circle

• Common tangents to two or more circles

• Regular Polygons

• Circle

• Right Prism

• Right Circular Cone

• Right Circular Cylinder

• Sphere

• Hemispheres

• Rectangular Parallelepiped

• Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base

• Trigonometric ratio

• Degree and Radian Measures

• Standard Identities

• Complementary angles

• Heights and Distances

• Histogram

• Frequency polygon

• Bar diagram & Pie chart

English comprehension

Candidates ability to understand correct English, his/ her basic comprehension and writing ability, etc. would be tested.

Tier 2

All tier 2 details provided above under Schem of examination (Tier 2)

Tier 3 (English Language and Comprehension)

Questions in this components will be designed to test the candidate‟s understanding and knowledge of English Language

This will be based on -

• Error recognition

• Filling in the blanks (using verbs, preposition, articles etc)

• Vocabulary

• Spellings

• Grammar

• Sentence Structure

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Sentence Completion

• Phrases and Idiomatic use of words

• Comprehension etc.

Salary, perks and other benefits

Pay level and grade pay

Name of post	Department/ Armed force of posting	Pay Level	Pay Scale
Sub-Inspector (Exe.) in Delhi Police – Male	Delhi Police	6	INR 35,400 - 1,12,400
Sub-Inspector (Exe.) in Delhi Police – Female	Delhi Police	6	INR 35,400 - 1,12,400
Sub-Inspector (GD) in CRPF	CRPF	6	INR 35,400 - 1,12,400
Sub-Inspector (GD) in BSF	BSF	6	INR 35,400 - 1,12,400
Sub-Inspector (GD) in ITBP	ITBP	6	INR 35,400 - 1,12,400
Sub-Inspector (GD) in CISF	CISF	6	INR 35,400 - 1,12,400
Assistant Sub-Inspector (GD) in CISF	CISF	5	INR 29,200 - 92,300/-
Sub-Inspector (GD) in SSB	SSB	6	INR 35,400 - 1,12,400

Allowances

House rent allowance

The house rent allowance is given as a percentage of basic pay depending on the type of city

• City X – 24%

• City Y – 16%

• City Z – 8%

Transport allowance

This is also based on what city the candidate is in -

• Cities – 3600 INR

• Other places – 1800 INR

Dearness allowance

This is the cost of living allowance. Currently this is valued at 17% of basic pay.

Diet allowance/Ration Money

Diet Allowance or Ration money is provided to the CPO employees to cater to their diet needs. The Diet allowance of Rs 101.5 is provided to SI in Delhi Police. Ration money of Rs.97.85 per head per day is admissible to SI in CISF.

Children Education Allowance/Hostel subsidy

CEA @ Rs.2250/- per month (Total Rs.27000/- per annum) for children studying class Nursery to 12th class.

Hostel subsidy @ Rs.6750/- per month (Total Rs.81000/- per annum) for children studying in hostel.

Dress Allowance

Rs.10,000/- (Annual) is given to posts from Constable to Inspector in the month of July of every year.

Risk /Hardship Allowance

The risk/hardship allowance is given according to the region. The sub-inspectors working in remote and dangerous areas are given this allowance according to the level of risk. Officials posted in areas of high-risk zone are given an extra allowance.

Pension

Pension is based on the amount of money that gets deducted from the salary the the employee every month. This gets rewarded after retirement when the employee gets a handsome amount every month.

In-hand salary

Following is the calculation of in hand salary that a CPO aspirant may get according to his city after all deductions and allowances

Pay level	X city	Y city	Z city
6	INR 46k-47k (Approx)	INR 41K-42k (Approx)	INR 39K-40k (Approx)
5	INR 39K-40k (Approx)	INR 33K-34k (Approx)	INR 31K-32k (Approx)