The UPSC CAPF Written Exam 2024 will be held on 4 August 2024. It comprises of two papers – Paper I and Paper II. Paper I Exam will be held from 10.00 AM to 12.00 PM. Paper II Exam will be held from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM.
UPSC CAPF Paper I Exam will be conducted for a total of 250 marks. This paper will contain Objective Type Questions of General Ability and Intelligence.
UPSC CAPF Paper II Exam will be conducted for a total for a total of 200 marks in General Studies, Essay and Comprehension. The candidates will be allowed the option of writing the Essay Component in English or Hindi, but the medium of Precis Writing, Comprehension Components and other communications/language skills will be in English.
There will be minimum qualifying marks separately in each paper as fixed by UPSC. Paper I will be evaluated first and the evaluation of Paper II will be done only of those candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in Paper I.
There will be a penalty / negative marking for wrong answers marked by the candidate in the objective type question papers. Each wrongly answered question will carry a negative marking of one third of the marks assigned to that particular question.