Free Study Material For CAPF

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The Central Armed Police Forces Examination conducted by the UPSC for recruitment of officers – Assistant Commandants.

Assistant Commandant is a Group A Gazetted Officer rank. Assistant commandant serves as officers in the central armed police forces viz CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, and CISF.

Exam Pattern:
Written :

There will be 2 Papers.

Paper 1 – General Ability and Intelligence
It contains questions from Indian History, Polity, Economics, Geography, Science, Maths and Reasoning, Environment & bio-diversity and Current affairs.
Total Questions = 125.
Each Question Carries 2 marks [ Total Marks = 250 ]
Negative Marking = 1/3

Paper 2 – Essay, Precis Writing and Comprehension
Total marks = 200

There is no Negative Marking in Paper 2.

Total Marks in CAPF = 250+200+150=600

General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper - 1 (2014) 1st Edition (English, Paperback, MHE)



Some best books for CAPF:

Ancient History: Old NCERT by R.S. Sharma

Medieval History: Old NCERT by Satish Chandra

Modern History: India’s struggle for independence by Bipin Chandra, Modern India by Spectrum, Grover (more important for CAPF as it is factual)

Art & Culture: Art and Culture by Spectrum, Newspaper

Polity: Indian polity by Laxmikant (more imp for CAPF), Our Constitution/ Our Parliament Subash Kashyap, Current Events The Hindu

Economy: NCERT (11th and 12th Std), The Hindu and Indian Express.

Science: Questions are application oriented and test practical knowledge, so no specific book would help.

Environment: NCERT books for Std 10th, 11th and 12th, Erach Bharuch or Shankar IAS Environment book, Magazines like Pratiyogita Darpan, Civil Services Chronicle.

Physical Geography: 11th and 12th NCERT. Cover the entire geography section of India and World.

Geography world: NCERT, Certificate Physical and Human Geography by G.C. Leong

Other National/International Current Affairs: Hindu, Express and Mrunal.

Government Schemes, Policies & Projects: Economic survey ,Yearbook and hindu

Maths: Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Agarwal, Any other material you know of

Reasoning: From TMH CSAT guide and previous years question papers.