Central Government Exams

Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2025

IMPORTANT

1. CANDIDATES TO ENSURE THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXAMINATION:

Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.
Mere issue of e-Admit Card to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has
been finally cleared by the Commission.
Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

2. HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates are required to apply online only by using the website
https://upsconline.gov.in. It is essential for the applicant to register himself/herself first at One Time Registration (OTR) platform, available on the Commission’s website, and then proceed for filling up the online application for the examination. OTR has to be registered only once in life
time. This can be done anytime throughout the year. If the candidate is already registered, he/she can proceed straightway for filling up the online application for the examination.

2.1 Modification in OTR Profile (Registration): -

In case, the candidate wants to effect any change in his/her OTR profile, it shall be allowed only once in the lifetime after the registration at OTR platform. The option to change in OTR profile data shall be available till expiry of 07 days from the next day after the closure of application window of his/her first final application for any Examination of the Commission. The above will be subject to the following :-

(A) The following entries in the OTR profile are editable until the final submission of application and thereafter during the correction window:

(a) Have you ever changed name?
(b) Gender
(c) Minority Status;
(d) Class 10th Board Examination Roll No.

(B) The candidates are NOT allowed to make any change(s) in the columns relating to the following entries in the OTR profile:

(a) Name (as per Class X)
(b) Date of Birth
(c) Father’s Name
(d) Mother’s Name
(e) Mobile Number*
(f) Email ID@

*If a candidate has lost access to his/her registered mobile number but he/she has the access to his/her registered email ID, he/she can apply for change in the mobile number and in this case, an OTP will be sent to the registered email ID.

@If a candidate has lost access to his/her registered email ID but has the access to his/her registered mobile number, he/she can apply for change in the email ID and in this case, an OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number.

(C)However, if a candidate reports that he/she has lost access to his/her registered mobile number as well as registered email ID, the candidate will have to send a request to the Commission for making necessary changes at the (email ID: otr-upsc@gov.in) along-with the
following four documents:

(a) Matriculation Certificate
(b) Aadhar Card or PAN Card or Passport or Driving License
(c) Recent passport size photograph
(d) Undertaking in prescribed format (as per APPENDIX-VII)

(D) In case, a candidate name has changed and there is a mismatch with the name given in his/her matriculation or higher educational certificate, the candidate is required to submit a Gazette Notification to that effect. However, if the Gazette Notification is not available with them at present, they may upload the copy of the same during the window, which will be made available to the candidates AFTER the declaration of the result of written part of the Exam.

(E) The candidates having Integrated Master Degree (Graduation and Post-graduation) may fill the same course in their Graduation as well as higher qualification column.

(F) The candidates are advised to go through the entries made by them in relevant columns before finally submitting the same. It may be noted that after submission of the application, the changes/corrections, if any, in the entries in the Application Form, can be carried out only during the one week correction window, (except for the entries in Para B), which will be provided by the Commission after the closing date of the application.

2.2 Modification in application form (Other than OTR Profile):

The Commission has also decided to extend the facility of making correction(s) in any field(s) of the finally submitted online application form for this examination from next day of the closure of the application window of this Examination. This window will remain open for 07 days from the date of opening of the same, i.e., from 26.03.2025 to 01.04.2025. In case a candidate
wants to carry out any change in his/her OTR Profile (Registration) during this period, then he/she should log into the OTR Profile (Registration) platform and do the needful accordingly. In other words, no change in the OTR Profile (Registration) can be made by visiting the window for Modification in application form.

2.3 Withdrawal of Application: The candidates will not be allowed to withdraw their applications after submission of the same.

Brief instructions for filling up the online Application Form have been given in Appendix
II. Detailed instructions are available on the above mentioned website.

2.4 Candidate should have details of one Photo ID Card viz.

Aadhaar Card/ Voter Card (EPIC)/PAN Card/ Passport/Driving License/Any other Photo ID Card issued by the State/Central Government. The details of this Photo ID Card will have to be provided by the candidate while filling up the online application form. The candidates will have to upload a scanned copy of the Photo ID whose details have been provided in the online application by him/her. This Photo ID Card will be used for all future referencing and the candidate is advised to carry this Photo ID Card while appearing for Examination/Personality Test.

3. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:

The Online Applications can be filled upto 25th March, 2025 till 18:00 Hours.

4. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admit Card on the last working day of preceding week of the date of the Examination.

The e-Admit Card will be made available in the UPSC website [https://upsconline.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post. All the applicants are required to provide valid and active E-Mail I.D. while filling up Online Application Form as the Commission may use electronic mode for contacting them at different stages of examination process.

5. PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS (In Objective Type Question Paper):

Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Paper.

6. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING UP OMR SHEETS:

(a) For both writing and marking answers in the OMR Sheets (Answer Sheet) candidates must use black ball point pen only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use Pencil or Ink pen. Candidates are further advised to read Special Instructions contained in Appendix-III of the Notice.

(b) Candidates should note that any omission/mistake/discrepancy in encoding/filling in details in the OMR answer sheet; especially with regard to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series Code, will render the answer sheet liable for rejection.

7. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Candidates are advised to read carefully “Special Instructions to the Candidates for Conventional Type Tests” (Appendix-IV).

8. HELPLINE FOR “CANDIDATE INTERACTIVE CELL/HELPDESK”:

The Commission has established a dedicated helpline to assist candidates applying for the Central Armed Police Force (ACs) Examination 2025. Candidates seeking clarification, guidance, or assistance related to the application process or examination details can contact the helpline at 011-24041001. The helpline will be operational from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM on all
working days. Applicants may utilize this service for any issues relating to the application process, including registration, fee payment, uploading of documents, etc.

9. Mobile Phones/other articles Banned:

(a) The use of any mobile phone (even in switched off mode), pager or any electronic equipment or programmable device or storage media like pen drive, smart watches etc. or camera or blue tooth devices or any other equipment or related accessories either in working or switched off mode capable of being used as a communication device during the examination is strictly prohibited. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action including ban from future examinations.


(b) Candidates are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned item including mobile phones or any valuable/costly items to the venue of the examination, as no arrangement for safe-keeping will be made at the venue of the Examination. Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.

10. Instruction in respect of uploading of Photograph while filling up online application form:-

(a) The photograph, uploaded by candidate should not be more than 10 days old from the start of the online application process (i.e. the application commencement date).
(b) Ensure that the name of candidate and the date on which the photograph was taken are clearly mentioned on the photograph.
(c) The candidate’s face should occupy 3/4th of the space in the photograph.
(d) The candidates must ensure that their appearance must match with their photograph at each stage of the Examination Process i.e. at the time of Written and Interview/Personality Test. For instance, If a candidate uploads a bearded photograph, he must appear with the same look in the Written and Interview/Personality Test. Same would be the case with spectacles,
moustaches, etc.

11. The candidates should reach the venue of the Examination well in time at least 30 minutes prior to the commencement of each session of the Examination. No late entry will be allowed inside the Exam-venue under any circumstances.

12. Online Question Paper Representation Portal (QPRep)

The Commission has introduced a time frame of 7 days (a week) i.e. from the next day of the Examination Date to 6:00 p.m. of the 7th day is fixed for the candidates to make representations to the Commission on the questions asked in the Papers of the Examination. Such representation must be submitted through the “Online Question Paper Representation Portal
(QPRep)” only by accessing the URL https://upsconline.gov.in/miscellaneous/QPRep/ . No representation by email/post/hand or by any other mode shall be accepted and the Commission
shall not involve into any correspondence with the candidates in this regard. No representation shall be accepted under any circumstances after this window of 7 days is over.

13. The existing pattern of the Central Armed Police Force (AC) Examination has been revised. Therefore, candidates are requested to read the Notice and Rules of the Examination carefully.

CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY ONLINE ONLY. NO OTHER MODE IS ALLOWED FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.

GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO HAVE A WORKFORCE WHICH REFLECTSS GENDER BALANCE AND WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

No.11/03/2024-E.1(B) : The Union Public Service Commission will hold a Written Examination on 03rd August, 2025 for recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) viz. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The Examination will be held in accordance with the Rules for the published by Ministry of Home Affairs in the Gazette of India dated 05th March, 2025. The date of holding the examination as mentioned above is liable to be changed at the discretion of the Commission.