West Bengal Police Recruitment 2019 for Constable : 8419 Vacancies

West Bengal Police has released 8419 vacancies for Constable. But Female applicants are not eligible to apply for the post of Constable. In this article, you will get all information about Exam pattern, eligibility criteria, selection procedure, etc.

Start Date to apply online: 5th February 2019
Last Date for Submission of Application :  5th March 2019  (5 P.M.)

S. No.	Category (Sub-category)	No. of vacancies
1	Unreserved (UR)	2982
2	Unreserved (E.C.)	1638
3	Scheduled Caste	1149
4	Scheduled Caste (E.C.)	707
5	Scheduled Tribe	345
6	Scheduled Tribe (E.C.)	193
7	OBC-A	622
8	OBC-A (E.C.)	311
9	OBC-B	261
10	OBC-B (E.C)	211
	TOTAL	8419

Note: Female applicants are not eligible to apply for the post of Constable

Pay Scale: 

Pay Scale of Rs.5,400–25,200/- (i.e. Pay Band-2) + Grade Pay Rs.2,600/-.

Age Limit:

• Minimum Age: 18 years
• Maximum Age: 27 years

Upper age limit relaxation:

• Scheduled Castes (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST): 05 (Five) years
• Other Backward Classes (OBC): 03 (Three) years

Crucial date for determining the age limit will be 1st January 2019.

Educational Qualification:

• The applicant must have passed Madhyamik Examination from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent.
• The applicant must be able to speak, read and write in Bengali language.

Application Fee:

Selection Process:

1. Preliminary Written Examination (Qualifying In Nature)
2. Physical Measurement Test (PMT) (Qualifying In Nature)
3. Physical Efficiency Test (PET) (Qualifying In Nature)
4. Final Written Examination
5. Interview
6. Medical Examination

1. Preliminary Written Test (Marks – 200)

	Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	General Awareness and General Knowledge	50	50	1 hour
2	Elementary Mathematics (Madhyamik standard)	30	30
3	Reasoning	20	20
	Total	100	100

• Question paper will be set in two languages (Bengali & Nepali).
• The marks obtained by a candidate in the preliminary written test will not be considered for preparing final merit list.

Note :- There will be NEGATIVE marking ¼th for each wrong answer.  

2. Physical Measurement Test (PMT) 

This test will be of qualifying in nature.

3.  Physical Efficiency Tests :
PET consists of 1600 (Sixteen hundred) meters run within 06 (six) minutes 30 (thirty) seconds.PET are also qualifying in nature.

4.  Final Combined Competitive Examination : –

	Subjects	No. Of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	General Awareness and General Knowledge	25	25	1 hour
2	English	25	25
3	Elementary Mathematics (Madhyamik standard)	20	20
4	Reasoning and Logical Analysis	15	15
	Total	85	85

• Note: Question paper will be set in two languages (Bengali & Nepali) except questions on English language.

Note :- There will be NEGATIVE marking ¼th for each wrong answer.  

5. Inetrview: [15 Marks]
In the Interview, the general awareness and suitability of the candidate for public service will be tested.

Final Merit List: Final merit list will be made on the basis of the marks obtained in the Final Written Examination and the Interview, a merit list of the provisionally selected candidates will be prepared by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board

Check Official Notification of West Bengal Constable Vacancy 2019

Apply Link will be activated from 5th Feb 2019

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