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UPSC CAPF Essay Question Paper Download

By Saurabh Sir Last updated Jan 6, 2023

I hope that you guys are aware of the exam pattern and Syllabus of CAPF. You have to pass the essay writing exam as well for the final selection. You need CAPF Essay Previous Year Paper. So you can get an idea about the type of questions asked in the Essay writing exam. Below we are providing the latest CAPF Essay Writing Questions paper to download.

CAPF Selection Process

Table of Contents

The Selection Procedure/Scheme of the Examination will be as follows:

Written Exam (Offline)
Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests
Interview/Personality Test

UPSC CPF Written Exam Detail:-

The written examination will comprise two papers. Paper-I will be held from 10 a.m. to 12.00 Noon and Paper-II will be held from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Paper I: General Ability and Intelligence – 250 Marks

The questions in this paper will be of Objective (Multiple Answers) Type in which the questions will be set in English as well as Hindi.

Paper-II: General Studies, Essay, and Comprehension – 200 Marks

In this paper, 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 English only.

NOTE-I: Candidates should ensure that in Paper II they write the answers only in the medium allowed by the Commission for the different Components as mentioned above. No credit will be given for answers written in a medium other than the one allowed in the Paper. Candidates will be required to indicate the medium of the Essay Component in the Attendance Lists and on the Answer Book. No credit will be given for the Essay Component if the candidate indicates a medium the Attendance
List and on the Answer Book other than the one in which he/she has written the Essay.

NOTE-II: There will be minimum qualifying marks separately in each Paper as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion. Paper-I will be evaluated first, and Paper-II will be evaluated only of candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks in Paper-I.

Interview/Personality Test:-

Candidates who are declared qualified in the Medical Standards Tests will be called for an Interview/Personality Test to be conducted by Union Public Service Commission. Candidates who are declared medically unfit but allowed to appear before the “Review Medical Board” on their appeal by the Appellate Authority will be called for Interview/Personality Tests provisionally. The Interview/Personality Test will carry 150 Marks.

Final Selection/ Merit

The merit list will be drawn based on marks obtained by the candidates in the Written Examination and Interview/Personality Test.

Paper-2 Syllabus

Part-A – Essay questions which are to be answered in the long narrative form either in Hindi or English totalling 80 Marks. The indicative topics are modern Indian history, especially the freedom struggle, geography, polity and economy, knowledge of security and human rights issues, and analytical ability.

Part-B – Comprehension, précis writing, other communications/language skills – to be attempted in English only (Marks 120) – The topics are Comprehension passages, précis writing, developing counterarguments, simple grammar, and other aspects of language testing.

CAPF Essay Previous Year Paper PDF Download

You have to appear for the Essay writing paper, commission checks your ability to write skill yours. Here is the previous year’s essay paper given so you can understand the type of questions asked in the essay writing paper.