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    CAPF 2025 Notification- Exam Date, Pattern, Eligibility, Syllabus Here

    UPSC CAPF 2025- Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC CAPF recruitment 2025 notification on March 3. Along with the CAPF notification, the authorities will release the online application form at upsc.gov.in. The last date to submit the CAPF 2025 application form is March 25. UPSC CAPF (ACs) Exam 2025 is scheduled to be held on August 3, 2025. Candidates of age between 20 to 25 years are eligible to apply for UPSC CAPF 2025. Before filling the form, candidates are suggested to check CAPF eligibility.

    UPSC conducts Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) 2025 for recruitment to the post of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) viz. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Read the article to get details of UPSC CAPF exam 2025 vacancies, eligibility, CAPF Exam date, and more here

    UPSC CAPF 2025 Exam Date

    UPSC has released the CAPF 2025 exam date. Below table contains the UPSC CAPF application date and more.

    UPSC CAPF Exam Date 2025

    Events

    Important Dates

    CAPF Registration 2025 Start Date

    March 5

    UPSC CAPF 2025 Application last date

    March 25, 2025

    CAPF Application form withdrawn date

    May 2025

    CAPF 2025 Admit Card Release Date

    2nd Week of July 2025

    Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) 2022 Exam Date

    August 3, 2025

    CAPF Written Result 2025 Date

    October 2025

    Personal Interview Dates

    November 2025

    Final CAPF Result Date

    January 2025

    UPSC CAPF 2025 Vacancy (Tentative)

    Total number of CAPF vacancies- 159

    • Border Security Force (BSF)- 35 Posts
    • Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)- 36 Posts
    • Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)- 67 Posts
    • Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)- 1 Posts
    • Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)- 20 Posts

    UPSC CAPF 2025 Eligibility Criteria

    Candidates should satisfy all the eligibility conditions before applying online for CAPF exam 2025

    • Nationality- Only Indian citizens are eligible to apply for the examination.
    • Sex- Both Male and Female candidates are eligible for UPSC CAPF 2025.
    • CAPF 2025 Age Limit (on 1 August 2025)- A candidate’s age must be between 20 years to 25 years, i.e. he/she must have been born not earlier than August 2, 2000 and after August 1, 2005. Relaxation is an upper age limit is applicable to listed categories
    • Minimum Educational Qualifications- A candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree from recognized educational institutions or universities.

    UPSC CAPF 2025 Age Relaxation-

    • Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe Candidates- 05 years
    • Other Backward Classes Candidates- 03 years
    • Civilian Central Government Servants/ Ex-Servicemen Candidates- 05 Years
    • If a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1989- 05 Years

    CAPF 2025 Application Form

    The online application form of CAPF 2025 will be released on the official website of UPSC on March 5. The commission will not accept any hard copy of the CAPF application form at their postal address. It is suggested to read all the eligibility conditions carefully before applying for the UPSC CAPF exam 2025. We will provide the application link in this article as well. Click the link to access the CAPF 2025 application form.

    Steps to Apply Online for UPSC CAPF 2025

    • Visit the Official website, upsconline.nic.in or click the above-given link (to be activated after the official release)
    • Read all the instructions provided before filling the CAPF 2025 application form.
    • Fill the application form with correct details
    • Upload the scanned images of Photograph and signature.
    • Pay the application fee online or by Cash
    • Recheck the entered details and Click the “Submit” tab
    • Download a copy of the confirmation for future use.

    CAPF 2025 Application Fee

    Candidates have to remit a CAPF application fee of Rs. 200/- either by depositing CASH in any Branch of SBI, or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card or by using net banking facility of SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore. Female/SC/ST candidates are exempted from the payment of the fee.

    CAPF 2025 Selection Process

    The selection of eligible candidates will be based on their performance in CAPF 2025 written test followed by Physical Efficiency Test and an interview. Candidates who qualify each stage of the selection process will be recruited to the post of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). Below are the stage of CAPF selection process 2022.

    Stage-1- Written Examination

    • The written UPSC CAPF 2025 exam will be held on August 3, 2025 
    • The exam will comprise two papers, Paper-1 & Paper-2. 
    • Both the papers will be conducted in English and Hindi languages. 
    • In this paper-2, candidates will be allowed the option of writing the Essay Component in English or Hindi, but the medium of Precis Writing, Comprehension Components and other communications/ language skills will be English only. 

    CAPF 2025 exam pattern

    Papers

    Subject

    Total Marks

    Timing

    Paper-1

    General Ability and IntelligenceObjective (Multiple Answers)

    250 Marks

    10 a.m. to 12.00 Noon

    Paper-2

    General Studies, Essay and Comprehension

    200 Marks

    2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

     

     

    550 Marks

     

    Stage-2- Physical Efficiency Test (PET)

     

    Males

    Females

    100 Meters race

    In 16 seconds

    In 18 seconds

    800 Meters race

    In 3 minutes 45 seconds

    In 4 minutes 45 seconds

    Long Jump

    3.5 Meters (3 chances)

    3.0 meters (3 chances)

    Shot Put (7.26 Kgs.)

    4.5 Meters

    Stage-3- Interview/Personality Test

    Candidates who are declared qualified in the written exam and Physical Efficiency Tests, will be called for Interview/Personality Test. The Interview/Personality Test will carry 150 Marks. Medically unfit candidates who are allowed to appear before the “Review Medical Board” on their appeal by the Appellate Authority will be provisionally called for Interview/Personality Tests.

    CAPF 2025 Exam Centres

    Agartala

    Chandigarh

    Gangtok

    Kochi

    Panaji (Goa)

    Shimla

    Ahmedabad

    Chennai

    Hyderabad

    Kohima

    Patna

    Srinagar

    Aizwal

    Cuttack

    Imphal

    Kolkata

    Port Blair

    Thiruvananthapuram

    Allahabad

    Dehradun

    Itanagar

    Lucknow

    Raipur

    Tirupati

    Bangalore

    Delhi

    Jaipur

    Madurai

    Ranchi

    Udaipur

    Bareilly

    Dharwad

    Jammu

    Mumbai

    Sambalpur

    Vishakhapatnam

    Bhopal

    Dispur

    Jorhat

    Nagpur

    Shillong

     

    CAPF 2025 Syllabus

    Paper I- General Ability and Intelligence- In this section, questions will be asked on the below-mentioned topics. The question paper will consist of multiple choice questions.

    1. General Mental Ability
    2. General Science
    3. Current Events of National and International Importance
    4. Indian Polity and Economy
    5. History of India
    6. Indian and World Geography
    7. Paper II- General Studies, Essay and Comprehension
    8. Part-A – Essay (80 Marks)- Answers should be provided in long narrative form either in Hindi or English. The topics include freedom struggle, Indian History, geography, knowledge of security, polity and economy, and analytical ability and human rights issues.

    Part-B – Comprehension, précis writing, other communications/language skills – (Marks 120) – The topics are Comprehension passages, developing counter arguments, précis writing, simple grammar and other aspects of language testing.

    How to Prepare for UPSC CAPF AC 2025?

    To prepare for the Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination 2025, candidates should stay updated with the current events happening around the world. Candidates have to follow the given CAPF Preparation tips to qualify the test with good marks

    • Read Newspaper Daily- Candidates should read the daily newspaper and cover all the important news related to politics, sports, international and national news and more. It is suggested to read the English newspaper as it will help in improving your English language.
    • Solve Previous Year’s Question papers- Previous year’s CAPF papers provide you the insight of important sections, distribution of marks and difficulty level of the test. Hence, it is a must to solve at least 10 previous year’s papers.
    • Revise Regularly- Staying connected with the prepared syllabus will help you to retain the facts for a longer period. Hence, always keep a slot for revision in your daily schedule.

    CAPF 2025 Admit Card

    The admit card of CAPF 2025 will be released online on the official website of the Commission 03 weeks prior to the examination. It is estimated that the admit card will be made available in the last week of July 205. Candidates will need their registration number and date of birth to download the admit card of CAPF exam 2025.

    CAPF 2025 Answer Key

    UPSC releases the answer key of CAPF 2025 exam within a week after conducting CAPF exam. Candidates can check the righ answers to all the questions in the CAPF answer key 2025. The answer key will help students to calculate their expected scores before the release of result. Some caching institutes may also release the CAPF exam solution keys on the day of CAPF exam day

    CAPF 2025 Result

    CAPF result 2025 will be declared online. The result of CAPF exam 2025 will be declared in the form of pdf file that contains the roll number of the selected candidates. The shortlisted candidates will be called to appear in the personality test and medical test.

    Previous Year’s CAPF Cutoff

    Category

    General

    OBC

    SC

    ST

    Ex.S

    Paper- I (Out of 250)

    114

    113

    97

    97

    38

    Paper I & II (Out of 450)-

    188

    187

    167

    166

    80

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