Kerala PSC Sub Inspector of Police Mains Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2026: Download PDF

The Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) has released the shortlist for the Sub Inspector of Police (Trainee) and Armed Police Sub Inspector of Trainee Preliminary Examination. With the shortlist out, attention now shifts entirely to the Main Examination — the stage that actually decides selection into one of Kerala’s most sought-after uniformed services posts. The official Main exam date has not yet been confirmed by KPSC, but it is widely expected to be announced soon, so shortlisted candidates should treat this as active preparation time rather than a waiting period. Download Kerala PSC SI Mains Syllabus 2026 PDF below!

Kerala PSC SI Mains Syllabus 2026 PDF Download

The Kerala PSC SI 2026 Mains syllabus has been officially released. Candidates can now refer to the latest syllabus and exam pattern for their preparation. Download PDF here to get a clear understanding of the exam structure and important topics. Start your studies with the updated guidelines and pattern!

Kerala PSC has explicitly stated that questions may also be drawn from topics outside this detailed list, based on the educational qualification prescribed for the post, and that there is no guarantee every listed topic will be covered in the question paper. Treat this syllabus as a strong preparation framework rather than a rigid checklist.

Kerala PSC SI Mains Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2026 Highlights

Only candidates named in the SI of Police Preliminary shortlist are eligible for the Main Examination. Given how heavily this paper leans on post-specific legal knowledge (explained below), candidates should not wait for the official date announcement to start Special Topic preparation — that section alone decides nearly half the paper.

Kerala PSC Police SI Mains Exam Pattern 2026

The Main exam carries 100 marks, and its structure looks very different from most other Kerala PSC Main exams — General Knowledge is deliberately light, while a single Special Topic section carries 45 marks, almost half the entire paper.

This mark distribution makes one thing clear: SI of Police is not a “General Knowledge-heavy” exam like most Kerala PSC posts — it is fundamentally a law and policing-knowledge exam, and candidates who prepare it like a standard GK paper will be leaving nearly half the marks on the table.

Kerala PSC Police SI Mains Detailed Syllabus 2026 

The Kerala Police Sub Inspector (SI) Mains examination 2026 is conducted to test candidates on a wide range of subjects, from general knowledge and current affairs to arithmetic, reasoning, English, regional language, and law-related topics. With a total of 100 marks, the exam gives special emphasis to subject areas connected to police duties and the Indian Constitution, making focused preparation essential.

General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Aptitude & Language (55 Marks Combined)

General Knowledge (20 Marks) is compact compared to other exams, split as:

• History (3 marks): Kerala’s reform-movement and Travancore-era history, India’s freedom struggle, major world revolutions
• Geography (3 marks): Physical geography basics, India and Kerala physiography, climate, and resources
• Economics (3 marks): Five Year Plans, NITI Aayog, GST, agriculture, and financial institutions
• Kerala Governance and System of Administration (5 marks): State Civil Service, Planning Board, disaster management, land reforms, social welfare and security
• Life Science and Public Health (6 marks): Human body basics, deficiency diseases, communicable diseases, Kerala’s health sector initiatives, lifestyle diseases, and environmental hazards

Current Affairs (5 Marks): Recent national, international, and Kerala-specific events, schemes, and appointments.

Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability & Reasoning (10 Marks): Split evenly between arithmetic (percentages, ratios, interest, time-speed-distance, mensuration, progressions) and reasoning (series, coding-decoding, analogies, family relations, direction sense, clocks and calendars, clerical ability).

General English (10 Marks): Split evenly between grammar (tenses, voice, sentence correction, degrees of comparison) and vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, idioms, phrasal verbs, one-word substitutes, abbreviations).

Regional Language (10 Marks): Available in Malayalam, Tamil, or Kannada, covering grammar correctness, translation, synonyms/antonyms, idioms and proverbs, and gender/number classification.

Part VI: Special Topic (45 Marks) — Kerala PSC SI Mains Syllabus 2026

This is what makes the SI of Police Main Exam fundamentally different from every other Kerala PSC exam: 45 of the 100 marks come from India’s new criminal law codes, evidence law, cyber crime fundamentals, the Constitution, and basic human psychology — subjects that require dedicated, post-specific study, not general revision.

Part I: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (5 Marks)

BNS is India’s new substantive criminal code, replacing the IPC, and this section tests precise, section-wise knowledge:

• Definitions: Child, counterfeit, document, harbour, injury, public servant, and acts done in furtherance of common intention
• Punishments and General Exceptions: Mistake of fact, judicial acts, accident, necessity, infancy, insanity, intoxication, consent, compulsion, trifles, and private defence
• Offences Against Women and Children: Rape and its categories, sexual harassment, stalking, voyeurism, dowry death, bigamy, kidnapping to compel marriage, causing miscarriage, and offences relating to selling or buying a child
• Offences Affecting the Human Body: Culpable homicide, murder (including mob lynching provisions), attempt to murder, organized crime, terrorist acts, hurt and grievous hurt, wrongful restraint/confinement, assault, kidnapping, abduction, and human trafficking
• Offences Against Public Tranquillity: Unlawful assembly, rioting, affray, and promoting enmity between groups
• Offences by or Relating to Public Servants: Disobeying law or lawful direction, framing incorrect documents, and personating a public servant
• Offences Against Property: Theft, snatching, extortion, robbery, dacoity, criminal breach of trust, cheating, mischief, and criminal/house trespass

Part II: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (5 Marks)

BNSS is the new procedural code replacing the CrPC — this section is entirely about police powers and procedure, making it arguably the single most job-relevant part of the whole syllabus:

• Definitions: Bailable/non-bailable offences, cognizable/non-cognizable offences, complaint, inquiry, investigation, summons case, victim, and warrant case
• Arrest procedures: When police may arrest without warrant, procedure and duties of the arresting officer, the arrested person’s right to meet an advocate during interrogation, arrest by private persons, protection of armed forces members from arrest, search of arrested persons, and the 24-hour detention limit
• Summons and warrants: Forms and service of summons, warrant types, and jurisdiction for execution
• Search and seizure: Search warrants, search of places suspected to hold stolen property, recording searches via audio-video electronic means, and power to seize property
• Maintenance of public order: Dispersal of unlawful assembly, use of armed and civil force, and protection against prosecution for acts done in this course
• Preventive action of police: Duty to prevent cognizable offences, arrest to prevent offences, and prevention of injury to public property
• Investigation procedure: Information in cognizable and non-cognizable cases, investigation procedure and reporting, examination of witnesses, recording of confessions, medical examination in rape cases, and inquiry into suicide/death

Part III: The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (5 Marks)

BSA is the new evidence law replacing the Indian Evidence Act:

• Definitions: Document, evidence, fact, facts in issue, and relevant
• Confessions: Confession by inducement/threat/promise, confession to a police officer, and confession of a co-accused
• Statements by persons who cannot be called as witnesses, and relevancy of entries in books of account, public records, electronic records, maps, and statutory notifications
• Expert opinion: Opinions of experts, facts bearing on such opinions, and opinion as to handwriting, custom, usage, and relationship

Part IV: RTI Act & Indian Constitution (10 Marks)

• The Right to Information Act, 2005 (3 marks): Definition of “information,” grounds for exemption and rejection of access, and third-party information
• Indian Constitution (7 marks): Preamble, citizenship, Fundamental Rights and Writs (Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari, Quo Warranto), Directive Principles, Fundamental Duties, the structure of Union and State governments, Local Self-Government Institutions, key constitutional amendments (including the 105th and 106th), constitutional authorities (CAG, Attorney General, Election Commissions, UPSC/State PSC, Finance Commissions, GST Council), and the distribution of legislative powers

Part V: IT Act & Cyber Crime Fundamentals (10 Marks)

• The Information Technology Act, 2000 (3 marks): Sections on damage to computer systems, data protection failures, tampering with source documents, identity theft, cyberstalking and privacy violations, cyber terrorism, and obscene/sexually explicit electronic content
• Basics of IT and Cyber Crimes (7 marks): Email, social media, online portals, blogs, vlogs, cryptocurrency, blockchain, digital/electronic signatures; cyber, computer, network, mobile, and live forensics; CDR/IPDR analysis; IMEI and IMSI numbers; digital evidence sources (computers, mobile phones, IoT devices, cloud storage, CCTV, server logs, IP addresses, GPS, biometrics); and offence categories such as hacking, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, denial-of-service attacks, web defacement, spoofing, morphing, phishing, ransomware, source code tampering, and online financial and identity theft

Part VI: Basics of Human Psychology (10 Marks)

This is a genuinely unusual inclusion for a Kerala PSC exam, and candidates often skip it entirely — a costly mistake given its 10-mark weight:

• Approaches to human behaviour: Psychoanalytic, behaviouristic, humanistic, and Gestalt approaches
• Cognitive processes: Attention, thinking, and memory
• Individual differences: Intelligence, emotions, aggression and frustration, stress and anxiety
• Social dimensions of behaviour: Phobia, imitation and modelling, social deviance, cultural deprivation, prejudice and discrimination, and intergroup conflict
• Developmental aspects of behaviour: Later childhood, adolescence, psychosocial development (Erik Erikson’s contributions), and moral development (Kohlberg’s contributions)