Those candidates who are preparing for upcoming Indian Police Service Exam (IPS Exam 2019) are advised to start their preparation as per latest updated IPS Exam Pattern and Syllabus 2019 given below.
- IPS Exam Pattern 2019-20
- IPS Preliminary Exam Pattern:
- IPS Mains Exam Pattern:
- IPS Exam Syllabus 2019
- Preliminary Exam Syllabus:
- Preliminary Exam covers two papers that are Paper 1 and Paper 2
- Syllabus for Paper II:
- Mains Exam Syllabus:
- Mains Paper A – Indian Languages
- Mains Paper VI, VII – Optional Subjects
- UPSC Exam Pattern – Personality test
- IPS 2019 Exam Dates:
IPS Exam Pattern 2019-20
IPS Preliminary Exam Pattern:
PAPER I (Indian Police Service IPS Syllabus):
- Number of Marks- 200 marks
- Paper Duration-2 hours (120 minutes)
- Question Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
PAPER II (Indian Police Service IPS Syllabus):
- Number of Marks- 200 marks
- Paper Duratiuon-2 hours (120 minutes)
- Question Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
| Paper – I | General Studies – Will be counted for qualifying to the Mains exam | 200 Marks | 2 Hours |
| Paper- II (CSAT) | Aptitude test – Of qualifying nature, must score at least 33%. Marks not counted for going to mains. | 200 Marks | 2 Hours |
IPS Mains Exam Pattern:
| Paper | Subject | Marks |
| A | One of the Indian languages listed below, to be selected by the candidate (Qualifying) | 300 |
| B | English (Qualifying) | 300 |
| I | Essay | 250 |
| II | General Studies I | 250 |
| III | General Studies II | 250 |
| IV | General Studies III | 250 |
| V | General Studies IV | 250 |
| VI, VII | 2 papers on subjects to be selected by the candidate from the list of optional subjects below (250 marks for each paper) | 500 |
IPS Exam Syllabus 2019
Preliminary Exam Syllabus:
Preliminary Exam covers two papers that are Paper 1 and Paper 2
Syllabus of Paper I:
- Current events of national and international importance
- History of India and Indian National Movement
- Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World
- Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc
- Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector initiatives, etc
- General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity, and Climate Change – that do not require subject specialization
- General Science.
Syllabus for Paper II:
- Comprehension
- Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
- Logical reasoning and analytical ability
- Decision-making and problem-solving
- General mental ability
- Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data
- Sufficiency etc. – Class X level)
Mains Exam Syllabus:
Mains Paper A – Indian Languages
This paper is conducted in in the following languages, from which a candidate has to choose any one of the Languages:
- Assamese (Assamese)
- Bengali (Bengali)
- Bodo (Devanagari)
- Dogri (Devanagari)
- Gujarati (Gujarati)
- Hindi (Devanagari)
- Kannada (Kannada)
- Konkani (Devanagari)
- Maithili (Devanagari)
- Malayalam (Malayalam)
- Marathi (Devanagari)
- Nepali (Devanagari)
- Oriya (Oriya)
- Punjabi (Gurumukhi)
- Sanskrit (Devanagari)
- Santhali (Devanagri or Ol Chiki)
- Sindhi (Devanagari or Arabic)
- Tamil (Tamil)
- Telugu (Telugu)
- Urdu (Persian)
Mains Paper VI, VII – Optional Subjects
The entire list of optional subjects in UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination are:
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
- Anthropology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Commerce and Accountancy
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Law
- Literature of any one of the non-English languages listed above
- Management
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Zoology
UPSC Exam Pattern – Personality test
Interview or personality tests for UPSC Civil Services is conducted for a total of 275 marks, with no minimum qualifying marks. Questions on matters of General Interest will be asked in Interview.
IPS 2019 Exam Dates:
| Title | IPS 2019 Important Dates |
| IPS Civil Services Date of Notification | 19-02-2019 |
| Start of IPS 2019 Online Registration | Feb 2019 |
| End of Online Submission (Till 6:00 PM) | 18-03-2019 |
| IPS 2019 Admit Card (Preliminary Examination) | 4th Week of May |
| Date of Civil Services Preliminary Examination | 02-06-2019 |
| Date of IAS Civil Services Main Examination | 20-09-2019 |
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