To Become a Police Officer Required Eyesight

Give me information about Required Eyesight and Minimum eligibility to apply for Indian Police Service examination organized by UPSC ?

[Arvind Kumar]

Here I am giving you information about Required Eyesight and Minimum eligibility to apply for Indian Police Service examination organized by UPSC.

Vision Requirement for IPS
Parameters Better eye (corrected vision) Worse eye
Distant vision 6/6 or 6/9 6/12 or 6/9
Near vision J1 J2
Corrections permitted spectacles
Color vision requirements High grade

Physical requirement
Height – Male 165 cm & ST (not the SC/ OBC) – 160 cm
Female 150 cm & ST (not SC/ OBC)- 145 cm
Chest – Male Minimum 84 cm. Expansion 5 cm.
Female Min 79 cm expansion 5 cm.

Minimum height requirements are:
For males : 165 cm [160 cm for Pahari males and ST]
For females : 150 cm [145 cm for Pahari females and ST]


Ear-
Good listening & normal ear cavity. 1000 to 4000 frequency hearing impairment should not be more than 30 decibels.
Nasal- candidate should not stammer while speaking.

Educational Qualification:
You must have a degree from an Indian University or an equivalent qualification from a well recognized university .

Age limit :
-You must have attained the age of 21 years on 1st August of the year of examination and must not have attained 30 years of age on that date.
-The upper age limit will be relaxed by 3 years for OBC candidates and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

Number of attempts
4 times for general and
7 times for OBC and infinity for Sc/St

Nationality :
1. For IPS, the candidate must be a citizen of India.
a citizen of India, or
a subject of Nepal, or
a subject of Bhutan,

Exam pattern :
IPS Exam consists of total 9 papers based on different topics which are mentioned below:
Paper I: Language Exam
Paper II: General English
Paper III: Essay
Paper IV and V: General Studies
Paper VI, VII, VIII and IX: Optional Subjects

General English
Comprehension
Interpersonal skills including communication skills;
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Decision making and problem solving
General mental ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc) (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X level)
English Language Comprehension skills (Class X level)

Essay
Candidates will have to write two Essays. One topic will relate to Indian Society/politics/ Economy/Development, Growth and relevant phases. The other topic will relate to security and related stuffs.