Central Police Organisation (CPO) Recruitment 2020
Updated On : 11 Jul, 2022
CENTRAL POLICE ORGANISATION OVERVIEW
The staff selection commission conducts national level examinations for various posts every year. SSC Central Police Organisation exam is held for the recruitment of Assistant Sub Inspector in CISF, Sub Inspector in Delhi Police, Sub Inspector in CAPFs, and other Inspector and Sub Inspector posts in India.
Important Dates
Event | Date |
Application begins | 10th August, 2022 |
Last Date To Apply | 30th August, 2022 |
Last Date Of Fee Submission | 30th August, 2022 |
Exam Date (Computer Based) Paper 1 | November, 2022 |
Exam Date (Computer Based) Paper 2 | - |
CENTRAL POLICE ORGANISATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Educational Qualification
Candidates must have passed Bachelor’s degree from any recognized university or equivalent qualification.
(note- candidates must possess a valid driving license for the post of SUB INSPECTOR IN DELHI POLICE only).
AGE
Candidates must come under the age of 20 to 25 years. Relaxation in age will be given as per the government rules and the same is mentioned in the following table —
Category | Relaxation age |
SC/ST | 5 Years |
OBC | 3 Years |
Ex- Servicemen (ESM) | 3 Years (rendered years in defence service) |
Delhi Police SI post
Category | Age Relaxation |
Widow/ Divorced women/ Judicially Separated from their husbands | Till 35 years of age |
Widow/ Divorced women/ Judicially Separated from their husbands (SC/ST) | Till 40 years of age |
Department candidates of Delhi Police
Category | Relaxation Age |
Department candidates UR (Rendered not less than 3 years in service) | Till 30 years of age |
Department candidates OBC(Rendered not less than 3 years in service) | Till 33 years of age |
Department candidates SC/ST (Rendered not less than 3 years in service) | Till 35 years of age |
Nationality
The Candidate must be a citizen of India. Refugees of Tibetan origin can also apply. (In case an aspirant migrates here to be the permanent citizen of India, he can also apply).
HOW TO APPLY
Candidates can apply for this examination in online mode. In case you are facing any trouble during application process then you can follow these steps to resolve the problem:
Visit the official website of the Commission i.e. Click Here
Click on the Registration Link.
Fill your required details for the registration process.
Your ID and Password will be sent after the registration process on your registered email address.
Login on the portal with your ID and Password.
Fill your details which are needed to fill.
Upload your documents in required format and size to avoid problems in the process.
Submit your application fee as per your category.
Take a print out of your application form for future reference.
Application fee according to the different categories participating in the exam:
Category | Application Fee |
Gen/ OBC | INR 100 |
SC/ST/PH/Female | Exempted |
ADMIT CARD OR HALL TICKET:
Before 10 or 15 days of the examination, your admit card will be updated on the official website of the authorities. Some steps are given below which will help you download your admit card.
Go to the official website i.e. Click Here
Now, click the exam admit card.
Now, enter your registration details such as your registration ID or password.
Your admit card appears on the screen.
Now, download your admit card and take the printout of the same for the further process.
(Note: Admit card or hall ticket is the most important document for your examination in which all the required details such as your name, date of birth, photo, registration details, name of your centre, date of your examination and reporting time of your examination are mentioned.)
CENTRAL POLICE ORGANISATION EXAM PATTERN AND SYLLABUS
Examination consists of 3 stages. Both Prelims and Mains will be objective and 0.25 marks will lead to deduction from each wrong answer.
Prelims
Subject | No. of questions | Marks | Duration |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50 | 50 | 2 hours |
General Knowledge and General Awareness | 50 | 50 | |
Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | |
English Comprehension | 50 | 50 |
Syllabus
General Intelligence and Reasoning- Space Visualization, Decision Making, Relationship Concept, Judgement, Observation, Discrimination, Coding- Decoding, Number Analogy, Venn Diagram, Word Building, etc.
General Knowledge and General Awareness- Neighbouring Countries, History, Culture, Indian Constitution, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, etc.
Quantitative Aptitude- Height, Circles, Sphere, Hemisphere, Regular Polygon, Histogram, Distance, Frequency Polygon, Bar Diagram & Pie Chart.
English Comprehension- Writing Ability and Reading Comprehension.
Mains
Subject | No. of questions | Marks | Duration |
English Language and Comprehension | 200 | 200 | 2 hours |
Syllabus
English Language and Comprehension- Vocabulary, Synonyms and Antonyms, Sentence Completion, Phrases, Idioms, Comprehension, etc.
Physical
Category | Height (in cm) | Chest (in cm) | |
Unexpanded | Expanded | ||
Male | 170 | 80 | 85 |
Candidates belonging to Hill areas | 165 | 80 | 85 |
ST | 162.5 | 77 | 82 |
Female | 157 | - | - |
Females belonging to Hill areas | 155 | - | - |
Females of ST | 154 | - | - |
Race
Category | Race | Time |
Male | 100 metre | 16 sec |
1.6 KM | 6.5 min | |
Female | 100 metre | 18 sec |
800 metre | 4 min |
Event | Category | Range | Chances |
Long Jump | Male | 3.65 metre | 3 chances |
Female | 2.7 metre | ||
High Jump | Male | 1.2 metre | |
Female | 0.9 metre | ||
Shot Put | Male | 4.5 metre |
Cut Off
Cut off of SSC CPO examination of year 2022-23 are tabulated below
Category | Male | Female |
GEN | 250.45154 | 279.60209 |
OBC | 178.32090 | 227.47302 |
SC | 129.19381 | 155.38100 |
ST | 135.08361 | 175.78553 |
Ex-servicemen | 81.73154 | - |
EWS | 129.06660 | 222.26934 |
CENTRAL POLICE ORGANISATION VACANCY
Vacancy details for the year 2022 are yet to be announced. Details of previous year vacancy are tabulated below:
Sub Inspector (Exe) in Delhi Police- Male
vacancy | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
Open | 32 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
Departmental candidates | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Ex-Servicemen | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Total vacancies | 41 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
Sub Inspector (Exe) in Delhi Police- Female
vacancy | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
Open | 35 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 6 |
Sub Inspector GD in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)
Force | Category | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
CRPF | Male | 421 | 104 | 281 | 156 | 78 |
CRPF | Female | 13 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
BSF | Male | 94 | 23 | 63 | 35 | 17 |
BSF | Female | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
ITBP | Male | 22 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
ITBP | Female | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
CISF | Male | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
CISF | Female | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SSB | Male | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
SSB | Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 577 | 137 | 373 | 209 | 99 | |
Male | 553 | 132 | 360 | 201 | 96 | |
Female | 24 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 3 |