CRPF Syllabus: Constable Written Test, Physical Test and Trade Test

Which CRPF exam are you preparing for

Aspirants often say "CRPF exam" when they mean very different tests. Sorting this out first saves you weeks of reading the wrong topics.

The rest of this page focuses on the technical and tradesman recruitment, which is the one where the CRPF writes and runs the paper.

CRPF constable exam pattern

The table follows the scheme printed in the last CRPF notice for technical and tradesman constables.

• You get 2 hours for the whole paper, with no separate clock for each part.
• Each correct answer gives 1 mark. Every incorrect choice pulls 0.25 off your total, which means blind guessing among four options gains you nothing over time.
• The paper is bilingual, Hindi plus English. Calculators and other gadgets are not allowed.
• When the CBT runs in several shifts, scores may be normalised before the merit list is drawn.

Detailed CRPF syllabus by section

Part A: reasoning

• Analogy questions, odd one out and grouping by likeness
• Number and non verbal series, sorting of figures
• Coding and decoding, relationship concepts
• Mental rotation of shapes, direction sense, memory of pictures
• Observation, discrimination and arithmetical reasoning

Part B: GK and awareness

• Current events of India and its neighbours, sports, awards and appointments
• Ancient to modern Indian history, culture and the struggle for independence
• Rivers, soils, crops and resources of India, with key world facts
• Indian Constitution and polity basics, general policy
• Everyday science, the kind an observant person picks up

Part C: maths

• Types of numbers, fractions and decimal working
• Basic operations and the relation between numbers
• Percentage, ratio and proportion, averages
• Interest of both kinds, buying and selling sums with discount
• Area and volume of common shapes, speed problems, work and wages

English

• Short passages with questions, finding the error in a sentence
• Blanks and completing sentences with the right word
• Vocabulary, spelling, synonyms and antonyms
• Idioms and phrases, basic grammar and usage

Hindi

• Vyakaran: sandhi, samas, karak, ling and vachan
• Tatsam and tadbhav words, word formation
• Paryayvachi, vilom and words with many meanings
• Muhavare, lokoktiyan and comprehension

Physical standards and the running test

Many candidates lose out here rather than in the CBT, so treat the physical tests as a full stage. The figures below were set in the last technical and tradesman notice.

Height and chest relaxations exist for Scheduled Tribes, people from the north eastern states, Garhwalis, Kumaonis, Dogras, Marathas and candidates from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, among others. The exact list and values sit in the notice. The trade test for your trade is qualifying too: it checks hands on skill, and the score you earn there never enters the merit ranking.

Who can apply

• Education: you must have passed class 10 (matriculation). Some trades ask for more; the motor mechanic post wanted an ITI course plus work experience, and drivers needed a heavy vehicle licence.
• Age: 18 to 23 years for most trades and 21 to 27 years for drivers, as per the last notice.
• Relaxation: upper age goes up by 5 years for SC or ST candidates and by 3 years for OBC, with separate rules for ex servicemen.
• Pay: Level 3 of the pay matrix, Rs 21,700 to Rs 69,100.

Women and men are both eligible, and selected constables serve wherever the force sends them across the country.

Preparation plan built around the four sections

Since each part carries 25 marks, no single subject can rescue a weak one. Build steady scores across all four, then keep your running in shape alongside.

1. Weeks 1 to 4: revise class 6 to 10 NCERT maths for percentages, ratio, interest and mensuration. Solve 20 sums a day by hand, since no calculator is allowed.
2. Weeks 5 to 8: add daily reasoning sets on series, coding and figure questions, which reward speed more than theory.
3. Throughout: read one newspaper daily and note sports, awards and government schemes for the GK part. Pick either English or Hindi early and drill grammar in that language only.
4. Last month: attempt full 2 hour mocks and keep a list of questions you guessed wrongly, so the quarter mark penalty does not eat into your score.

CRPF syllabus in Hindi

सीआरपीएफ में टेक्निकल और ट्रेड्समैन कांस्टेबल बनने के लिए सबसे पहले ऑनलाइन टेस्ट देना होता है। पूरे पेपर में 100 सवाल हैं, कुल अंक 100 और समय दो घंटे। रीजनिंग, जीके, गणित और भाषा (अंग्रेजी अथवा हिंदी), इन चारों से 25 25 सवाल रहते हैं। गलत विकल्प चुनने पर हर बार 0.25 अंक काट लिए जाते हैं। सवाल दसवीं के स्तर के रहते हैं। टेस्ट पास करने पर लंबाई और सीने का माप, दौड़, ट्रेड टेस्ट, कागजों की जांच और मेडिकल जांच होती है। जीडी कांस्टेबल की भर्ती एसएससी जीडी परीक्षा से होती है।

Where to read the official CRPF notice

The force posts every recruitment advertisement, admit card and result on its recruitment portal. For GD constable posts, the notice appears on the Staff Selection Commission website instead. Download the notice of your own cycle and mark the scheme of exam, the PST table and the trade list, since these change more often than the topics do. For other forces and police exams, browse our defence and police hub.