West Bengal Police Constable Recruitment | 5702 Posts

WEST BENGAL POLICE RECRUITMENT BOARD
1. NAME OF THE POST AND PAY SCALE :-
Constables in West Bengal Police in the Pay Scale of Rs. 5,400 – 25,200/- (i.e. Pay Band-2) + Grade Pay Rs. 2,600/-.
2. ELIGIBILITY:-
a. Must be a Citizen of India.
b. AGE: - (i) The applicant must not be less than 18 (eighteen) years old and must not be more than 27 (twenty seven) years old as on 01/01/2018. The Upper-age limit shall be relaxed for the SC/ST candidates of West Bengal only by 05 (five) years and OBC candidates of West Bengal only by 03 (three) years. The upper age limit is also relaxable for the Ex-servicemen, NVF and Home Guards Personnel (serving in West Bengal Police only) as per existing Government Rules. However Age relaxation is NOT available to Civic Volunteers.
(ii) There is no upper age limit for those applicants under O.A. Nos. and W.P.S.T. No. as mentioned under the ‘Note (ii)’.
Note:- (i) A candidate belonging to OBC-A or OBC-B category, if shortlisted for interview, has to produce revalidated/renewed or fresh OBC-A / OBC-B certificate issued form the competent authority within 01 (one) year preceding the date of his interview during verification of testimonials at the time of interview.
(ii) The Ex-servicemen, NVF personnel and Home Guards (serving in WBP only), if shortlisted, have to produce relevant documents regarding service rendered by them, in original, in support of their claim for Age Relaxation at the time of verification during interview.
c. Educational Qualification :- The applicant must have passed Madhyamik Examination from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent.
d. Language : - (i) The applicant must be able to speak, read and write the Bengali language. However, this provision will not be applicable to the persons who are permanent residents of hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts. (ii) For the applicant of hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong District, the provisions laid down in the West Bengal Official Language Act, 1961 will be applicable.
3. METHOD OF RECRUITMENT : -
A. Preliminary Written Test (Full Marks – 100) : -
Applicants provisionally considered eligible will have to appear in an MCQ based preliminary written test which is qualifying in nature. There would be 100 objective type questions having multiple choice (four choices) of answers carrying equal marks each. The duration of this test will be 1(one) hour. Question paper will be set in two languages (Bengali & Nepali). Questions of the Preliminary Written Test shall be from the following subjects :-
i. General Awareness and General Knowledge (50 Marks)
ii. Elementary Mathematics (Madhyamik standard) (30 Marks)
iii. Reasoning (20 Marks)
B. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TEST (PMT) :-
The physical standards (height and weight) of the candidates as given under 3(e) will be tested by using Electronic Machines of those who qualify in the Preliminary Written Test.
C. PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY TEST (PET) :-
Candidates who will qualify in PMT will be allowed to take part in PET which consists of 1600 (Sixteen hundred) meters run within 06 (six) minutes 30 (thirty) seconds.
- FINAL WRITTEN EXAMINATION : - Full Marks – 85;
All the candidates who qualify in the Physical Measurement Test (PMT) & Physical Measurement Test (PET) will be called to appear in the Final Written Examination to be conducted by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board.
The Final Written Examination will have 85 (eighty five) Multiple Choice (Four choices) Objective Type Questions (MCQs) carrying equal marks each. The duration of the examination will be 1 (One) hour. Question paper will be set in two languages (Bengali & Nepali) except questions on English language. Question of the Final Written Examination shall be from the following subjects:-
A. General Awareness and General Knowledge (25 Marks)
B. English 25 Marks
C. Elementary Mathematics (Madhyamik standard) 20 Marks
D. Reasoning and Logical Analysis 15 Marks
INTERVIEW : - Full Marks – 15;
A limited number of candidates will be called for Interview in accordance with merit. In the Interview, the general awareness and suitability of the candidate for public service will be tested.
On the basis of the marks obtained in the Final Written Examination and the Interview, a merit list of the provisionally selected candidates will be prepared by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board.
For more details check the Official Notification
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