The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will be conducting an Indian Police Service (IPS) Limited Competitive Examination on 20 May 2012 for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Indian Police Service (IPS). This examination will be held at the following centres: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata, and Nagpur.

Important Dates for Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2012

Opening date for submitting online application: 3 March 2012
Closing date for submitting online application: 1 April 2012 till 11.59 pm
Closing date for sending receipt of online application: 19 April 2012
Written Examination: 20 May 2012

Eligibility Criteria for Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2012

Educational Qualification: The candidate must have completed 5 years of continuous and actual service as Deputy Superintendent of Police in States under State Police Service or Assistant Commandants in Central Para Military Forces (Central Reserve Police Service, Border Security Force, Indo Tibetan Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force and Sashastra Seema Bal) or Officers of the rank of Captain or Major or equivalent in the Armed Forces and should have an unblemished service record.

Age Limit (as on 1 August 2012): Maximum 35 years

Selection Procedure for Indian Police Service Examination:

The Examination will comprise two components viz; Written Examination and Interview for Personality Test as given below.

Note 1: Total Marks for the written exam and interview will be 1000 marks.
Note 2: The English language paper (paper 3) is only qualifying in nature and the marks will not be counted for merit ranking.
Note 3: The objective type papers will be qualifying in nature for evaluating the descriptive type papers. However, marks obtained will be counted for merit ranking.
Note 4: In cases, where simultaneous evaluations of Papers 3 and 4/5 are resorted to for saving time, the Commission retains the discretion to treat the Papers 4 and 5 of such candidates who do not attain the qualifying standards for Paper 3 as "deemed to be not evaluated".

Application Fee for Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2012

Application Fee for General and OBC category candidates is Rs 50 either by remitting the money in any Branch of SBI by cash, or by using net banking facility of SBI or by using Net banking facility of Associate bank of SBI or by using Visa/ Master Credit/ Debit Card. Female/ SC/ ST/ PH candidates are exempted from payment of Fee.

How to Apply for Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination 2012

Interested Candidates may apply Online by using the link http://www.upsconline.nic.in/ Candidates should ensure that all columns of the Online Application Form are filled in correctly. No correspondence will be entertained by the Commission from candidates to change any of the entries made in the application form. In case of NIL information, candidates are advised to clearly write NIL or ‘0' in the relevant column. No column should be left blank.

The printed copy of the Online Application Form with necessary certification done by the appropriate authority must reach the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110069 

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