UPSC conducts a written exam for the recruitment of Assistant Commandant’s to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). There will be two papers for this written exam. Paper I will have questions on General Ability and General Intelligence where as Paper II is related to Essay, General Studies, and Comprehension.

Exam Pattern for UPSC Assistant Commandant Examination 2012

There will be two papers for the written test held at two different timings. Paper I is purely objective where as Paper II includes essay type questions also. Paper I comprises questions related to general ability and intelligence. Time duration for this paper is 2 hours and marks for the paper is 250. Paper II contains questions on General Studies, English Comprehension and Essay. There will be two parts to this paper and maximum marks allotted for the same is 200.

Detailed Syllabus for UPSC Assistant Commandant Examination 2012

Paper I: General Ability and Intelligence

• Alphabet Test
• Analogy
• Area
• Arithmetical Reasoning
• Average
• Blood Relations
• Boats & Streams
• Calendar
• Classification
• Clocks
• Coding Decoding
• Compound Interest
• Direction Test
• Inserting the Missing Character
• Logical Venn Diagrams
• Mathematical Operations
• Numbers
• Odd Man Out & Series
• Ordering Test
• Partnership
• Percentage
• Permutations & Combinations
• Probability
• Problems on Ages
• Problems on Numbers
• Simple Interest
• Simplification
• Problems on Trains
• Profit & Loss
• Ranking
• Ratio & Proportion
• Series Completion Test
• Sitting Arrangements
• Square Roots & Cube Roots
• Surds & Indices
• Time & Distance
• Time & work
• Time Sequence Test
• Volume & Surface Areas
• Data Interpretation
• Line Graphs
• Bar Graphs
• Pie Charts

General Science

• General Awareness
• Scientific Temper
• Information Technology
• Biotechnology
• Environmental Science

Current Events of National and International Importance

Current events of national and international importance related to any of the following topics as mentioned below will be asked in the exam.

• Culture
• Music
• Arts
• Literature
• Sports
• Societal and developmental issues
• Industry
• Business
• Globalization
• Interplay among nations

Indian Polity and Economy

• Constitution of India
• Economic development of India
• Political System of India
• Public Administration
• Regional and international security issues
• Social systems

History of India

• Growth of Nationalism
• Freedom Movement

Other than this, there will be questions based on social, political and economic aspects of Indian History.

Indian and World Geography

Social, political and economic aspects related to geography of India and World forms the syllabus of this section.

Paper II: General Studies, Essay and Comprehension

Part A of paper II includes essay model questions. The questions will be asked basically from areas such as

• Freedom Struggle
• Geography
• Polity
• Economy
• Knowledge of Security &
• Human Rights Issues

Part-B

• Comprehension
• Précis writing
• Developing counter arguments
• Simple Grammar etc

Eligible candidates can apply for the exam via the official portal of UPSC. Application details can be collected from the portal itself.