UP Police Syllabus 2026 and Exam Pattern
The UP Police syllabus below is taken from the official notification, together with the exam pattern set by UPPRPB. Use it to plan your preparation subject by subject.
UP Police exam pattern
As per the official UPPRPB notification: Written exam (constable direct recruitment)
| Section / subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 38 | 76 |
| General Hindi | 37 | 74 |
| Numerical and Mental Ability | 38 | 76 |
| Mental Aptitude, IQ and Reasoning | 37 | 74 |
| Total | 150 | 300 |
- Time: 120 minutes
- Marking: +2 for each correct answer, −0.5 for each wrong answer
- The exam is on an OMR sheet; scores are normalised across shifts.
- The detailed advertisement could not be opened on the board's site, so the marking (+2 / −0.5) and the per-subject counts follow recent papers and reliable reports.
Topics
The official UP Police notification lists only the sections shown in the pattern above; it does not give a topic-wise list. Questions follow the usual level of these sections for this exam.
How to use this syllabus
- Tick off each topic as you finish it, section by section.
- Practise under the real time limit; the pattern above shows the time and negative marking.
- Previous cut-offs · Previous year papers · Exam calendar
Official source (UPPRPB): uppbpb.gov.in