For any matriculates below 25 years who wish to start their career in Indian Railways, the constable position in Railway Protection Force will be a great start. Since the last notification was in 2018, the RPSF Constable latest notification shall have at least 5000 vacant posts across railway zones. The RPSF Constable notification 2021-22 is expected to be out by November 2021 and the railways may conclude the recruitment cycle by end of 2022.
RPSF Constable Notification 2022
The Railway Protection Special Force’s Constable recruitment is to hire eligible matriculates below 25 years to the Railway’s much-celebrated uniform services. With single-stage Computer Based Test and physical tests, selected candidates will have to undergo training in any one of the RPSF training centres or any other such institution as decided by the Railway administration. During this period the trainee will be given a stipend of Rs. 21,700/- plus other allowances. On successful completion, recruits will be on level 03 of the 07th Central Pay Commission. According to the latest RPSF constable notification 2022 calendar, the notice is expected to be out by November this year.
RPSF Constable Expected Dates 2022
The Railway Protection Special Force’s 2021 Constable upcoming exam details are as follows:
RPF Constable 2021 Events | RPSF Constable Important Dates |
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RPSF Constable 2021 Notification releases | November 2021 |
Starting Date for the RPF Constable Online registration | To be updated soon |
Last date of Railway Protection Force Constable 2021 Online Registration | To be updated soon |
Last Date for fee payment | Yet to be announced |
RPSF Constable Exam Date 2021 | To be updated soon |
Result of RPSF CBT | Yet to be announced |
RPSF Constable Physical Efficiency Test/
Physical Measurement Test |
Yet to be announced |
RPF Constable exam 2021 result | To be updated soon |
We will update this table, once the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) officially announces the RSPF Constable Notification 2022.
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RPF Constable: Eligibility Criteria
- Education Qualification: Candidates should have completed SSLC/ Matriculation from any recognized board of education in India or its equivalent. Candidates awaiting results of the final examination of the matriculation/ SSLC SHOULD NOT apply.
- Age Limit: The candidate’s age shall be between 18 years and 25 years. The upper age limit relaxation criteria for candidates from various categories are as follows:
Category | Upper Age Limit |
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SC/ ST | 5 years |
OBC– Non-Creamy Layer candidates | 3 years |
Ex-servicemen candidates who have put in not less than 6 months continuous service after attestation. |
To the extent of service rendered in Armed Forces plus
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- Physical Measurements: Before applying against the RSPF Constable notification, one should make sure that they satisfy the below given physical measurements.
Category | Height in cms | Chest (in cms) {only for male candidates} | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
UR/ OBC | 165 | 157 | 80 | 85 |
SC/ ST | 160 | 152 | 76.2 | 81.2 |
For Garhwalis, Gorkhas, Marathas, Dogras, Kumaonese and other categories specified by the Government | 163 | 155 | 80 | 85 |
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RPSF Constable Selection Process 2022
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) or the Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) recruits thousands of
The RPSF Constable selection procedure has four-stage of screening:
- Computer Based Test (CBT)
Section | Number of
Questions |
Maximum
Marks |
Exam
Duration |
---|---|---|---|
General Awareness | 50 | 50 | 90 minutes |
Arithmetic Ability | 35 | 35 | |
General Intelligence and Reasoning | 35 | 35 | |
Total | 120 | 120 |
- For every correct answer, the candidate will be able to score 01 marks and on the other hand, you will lose .33 (1/3) marks for every wrong answer.
- The RSPF Constable 2022 exam questions will be of matriculation standard and will be available in 15 languages: Hindi, Urdu, Assamese, English, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, and Telugu
- One must obtain at least 35% marks, i.e, 42 marks (30 % marks by ST and SC candidates) to get qualify in the Computer Based Test.
Category | Minimum
Marks |
---|---|
General | 42 |
OBC-NCL | 42 |
SC | 36 |
ST | 36 |
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- Physical Efficiency Test (PET)
The items included in the Physical Test for the Railway Protection Force’s Constable recruitment is:
Category | 1600 metres run | 800 metres run | Long Jump | High Jump |
---|---|---|---|---|
Constable Executive: Male | 5 min 45 sec | – | 14 feet | 4 feet |
Constable Executive: Female | – | 3 min 40 sec | 9 feet | 3 feet |
- Physical Measurement Test (PMT), and
- Document Verification (DV)
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RPSF Constable Syllabus 2022
The RPSF Constable’s Computer Based Test (CBT) questions will be asked from three topics:
- General Awareness
- Numerical Ability, and
- General Intelligence and Reasoning
General Awareness and Current Affairs
- History, Geography of India and its neighbouring countries
- India and its boundaries
- Indian Politics, Indian Constitution
- Science and Technology
- Sports and Sports Personalities
- Books and Authors and Inventions and Discoveries
- Countries, Capital, and Currency
- Economics (Basic Terms, and various rates)
- Who’s Who
- Current Affairs
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RPSF Constable: Arithmetic Ability
- Simplification
- Profit and Loss
- Simple and Compound Interest
- Percentage, Ratio, and Proportion
- Number System
- HCF, and LCM
- Time and Work
- Time, Distance and Speed
- Probability
- Partnership
- Surds
- Averages
- Permutation and Combination
- Mensuration, Geometry
- Problems on Clocks
- Charts, and Graphs
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General Intelligence and Reasoning
- Analogies, similarities and differences,
- space visualization, spatial orientation,
- Problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision making,
- Visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts,
- Arithmetical reasoning and figural classification,
- Arithmetic number series, non-verbal series,
- Coding and decoding,
- Statement conclusion, syllogistic reasoning
- Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Figural Analogy,
- Semantic Series, Number Series, Figural Series,
- Numerical Operations, Symbolic Operations,
- Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization,
- Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences,
- Punched hole/ pattern-folding and un-folding, Figural Patternfolding and completion,
- Embedded Figures, Critical thinking,
- Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence
- Puzzle, Data Sufficiency,
- Statement- Conclusion, Statement- Courses of Action, Decision Making,
- Maps, Interpretation of Graphs, etc.
- Syllogism and Decision Making
- Linear, and Circular Seating Arrangements
- Distance and Directions
- Blood Relations
- Analogy and Classification
- Odd Man Out
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RPF Constable Vacancy
With the official notification, Railways do publishes the detailed vacancy break up of the constable posts across all railway zones in the country. Since the 2022 official notification is yet to be out, the below-given table below has the vacancy details from the last recruitment cycle of 2018. We will update this with the latest numbers once the 2022 RSPF Constable notification gets out.
Group | Zonal Railway | Male | Female | ||||||||
UR | SC | ST | OBC | Total | UR | SC | ST | OBC | Total | ||
A | Southern Railway, South Western Railway and South Central Railway | 656 | 82 | 34 | 32 | 804 | 621 | 114 | 54 | 138 | 927 |
B | Central Railway, Western Railway, Western Central Railway and South East Central Railway | 329 | 42 | 18 | 51 | 440 | 388 | 92 | 45 | 187 | 712 |
C | ER, ECR, SER & ECoR | 877 | 184 | 134 | 92 | 1287 | 816 | 201 | 132 | 242 | 1391 |
D | NR, NER, NWR & NCR | 761 | 152 | 68 | 65 | 1046 | 646 | 141 | 75 | 144 | 1006 |
E | Northeast Frontier Railway | 136 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 660 | 128 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 180 |
F | RPSF | 378 | 66 | 18 | 204 | 666 | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 3137 | 531 | 284 | 451 | 4403 | 2599 | 566 | 320 | 732 | 4216 |
RPSF Constable Notification: Online Application
The Railway Recruitment Boards is expected to publish the next RPF Constable by the year-end. Once the RPSF Constable Notification 2021-22 is out candidates with required qualifications, both education as well as physical qualification can start their applications through the railway Recruitment boards websites. While filling the application applicants should opt for the Railway Group to which he/ she wishes to apply and shall further
indicate his/ her preference of Zonal Railways falling in that Group (except for Group E and F). If you are opting for Group E and F you have only North Eastern Railway Zone and RPSF respectively. So to get selected to the RSPF instead of RPF one should select Group F during the application stage.
The application fee for the RPF Constable 2022 online application is:
Candidates Category | Fees |
---|---|
For all candidates except the fee concession categories mentioned below.
charges on appearing in CBT |
Rs.500 |
For candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ Ex-servicemen/
Female/ Minorities/ Economically backward class.
bank charges on appearing in CBT. |
Rs. 250 |
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