UPSC CAPF 2025: Result, Cut Off, Exam Date, Eligibility, Pattern & Syllabus

The UPSC describes the eligibility criteria for the CAPF exam in the official notification. The UPSC CAPF eligibility criteria 2025 is explained below in detail including the age limit and educational qualifications:

UPSC CAPF Nationality:

• The candidate must be a citizen of India.
• The candidates who are subjects of Nepal and Bhutan are also allowed to apply for the exam.
• No other candidate can apply for the UPSC CAPF exam.

UPSC CAPF Age limit 2025 for AC

The lower age limit for the CAPF exam is 20 years, and the upper age limit is less than 25 years. The age is calculated from August 1 of the exam year. To appear in the UPSC CAPF exam 2025, the candidates must have been born not earlier than August 2, 2000, and not later than August 1, 2005. However, there is relaxation in the upper UPSC CAPF age limit for the reserved category candidates. Have a look at the CAPF age relaxation norms below: 

Category	Relaxation
SC/ ST	five years
OBC	three years
Civilian Central Government Servants	five years. Ex-servicemen will also be eligible for this relaxation.
Domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1989	five years

However, the total relaxation claimed on account of Government Service will be limited to five years.

UPSC CAPF Eligibility 2025: Educational Qualification

As given in the official CAPF notification, "the candidate must hold a Bachelors degree from any recognised university" 

The candidates who appear in the final year of their degree course can also apply for the exam but they have to produce the final year mark sheet of the qualifying exam with the detailed application form.

Possession of NCC ‘B’ or ‘C’ Certificates:

The candidates having the NCC ‘B’ or ‘C’ Certificate will be given preference at the time of the Interview. These qualifications will be given consideration at the time of the Interview/Personality Test only.

UPSC CAPF Physical Eligibility 2025: Height & Weight

The UPSC CAPF notification prescribes the physical and medical standards in a very comprehensive manner. The important points related to the CAPF physical standards are given below. The minimum requirements for the candidate are as follows:

Physical Standards	Men	Women
Height	165 cm	157 cm
Chest(unexpanded)	81 cm (with 5 cm minimum expansion)	(Not applicable)
Weight	50 kg	46 kg

UPSC CAPF Medical Eligibility 2025: Eyesight

(a) Eyesight:
	Better eye (corrected vision)	Worse eye (corrected vision)
Distant vision	6/6 OR 6/9	6/12 OR 6/9
Near Vision	N6 (corrected)	N9 (corrected)

Also Read: UPSC CAPF 2025 Syllabus

Restriction on appearing in UPSC CAPF

Any candidate who has been selected as the Assistant Commandant in any of the forces are restricted to apply again in the exam.

The UPSC CAPF selection process comprises three stages - written exam, PET/ PST and Interview round. Have a look at the details of these CAPF selection stages below:

Stage I - UPSC CAPF Written Exam - 450 marks

The stage I of the UPSC CAPF AC selection process is the written examination. The written exam consists of two papers. Paper 1 is the objective type question paper, and Paper 2 is the conventional essay-type question paper having two parts.

Paper Name	Time Duration	Marks
Paper 1 - General and Mental Ability	2 hours	250 marks
Paper 2 - General Studies, Essay and Comprehension	3 Hours	200 marks
Total		450 marks

Stage II - UPSC CAPF Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests

The Physical Efficiency and Medical Standard tests are only qualifying in nature. The candidates need to meet the standard prescribed in the CAPF notification. After passing Stage I, the candidates need to undergo the Physical Efficiency and Medical Standard Test.

Physical Efficiency Tests (PET)

Event	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	-

Pregnancy at the time of PET will be a disqualification, and pregnant female candidates will be rejected.

Stage III: UPSC CAPF Interview/Personality Test - 150 marks

The candidates declared passed in the second stage of the CAPF exam will be called for the interview/personality test. The interview/ personality test will be conducted on the UPSC premises in New Delhi. After the interview/personality test, the final result will be declared.

Also Read: UPSC CAPF Cutoff

The exam pattern for the UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant exam carries for the written exam and physical test. Have a look at the UPSC CAPF exam pattern 2025 for the written exam below:

Subject Paper	Duration	Marks
Paper 1- General Ability and Intelligence (Objective)	2 hours	250
Paper 2 - General Studies, Essay and Comprehension (Descriptive)	3 hours	200

Have a look at the pattern in terms of the UPSC CAPF physical requirement for PET/ PST below:

Event	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	-

 

The syllabus of the UPSC CAPF 2025 exam differs for Paper 1 and Paper 2. Have a look at the details of the UPSC CAPF syllabus 2025 below:

CAPF (AC) Syllabus: Paper 1

General Ability and Intelligence (Paper 1)
General Mental Ability	Logical reasoning Quantitative aptitude Data interpretation
General Science	General awareness Scientific temper Comprehension and appreciation of scientific phenomena of everyday observation Information Technology Biotechnology Environmental Science
Current Events of National and International Importance	Current affairs Culture Music Arts Literature Sports Governance Societal and developmental issues Industry Business Globalization
Indian Polity and Economy	Constitution of India Social systems Public administration Economic development in India Regional and international security issues Human rights
History of India	Social, economic and political aspects Areas of growth of nationalism Freedom movement
Indian and World Geography	Physical, social and economic aspects of geography pertaining to India and the World

CAPF (AC) Syllabus: Paper 2

General Studies, Essay and Comprehension (Paper 2)
Part A	Essay questions (80 Marks) (Modern Indian history especially of the freedom struggle, geography, polity and economy, knowledge of security and human rights issues, and analytical ability)
Part B	Comprehension, précis writing, other communications/language skills (120 Marks) (Comprehension passages, précis writing, developing counter arguments, simple grammar and other aspects of language testing)