UP Police Sub Inspector Syllabus 2026

UP Police SI Syllabus

The written exam has four sections of 40 questions (100 marks) each. The official syllabus is printed in the UPPRPB notice on uppbpb.gov.in. The topics below follow the published syllabus for this exam.

1. General Hindi (40 questions, 100 marks)

Unseen passage (apathit gadyansh) and letter writing
Word knowledge and usage, paryayvachi and vilom shabd, one-word substitution
Sentence correction, muhavare and lokoktiyan
Grammar: sandhi, samas, upsarg, pratyay, ling, vachan, kaal, punctuation
Alankar, ras, chhand; major Hindi writers and poets and their works; Hindi awards

2. Basic Law / Constitution and General Knowledge (40 questions, 100 marks)

Indian Constitution: aims, features, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, amendments, All India Services
Laws on women and children, SC/ST reservation laws, human rights
Basic criminal law, principles of punishment, right of self-defence, traffic rules, national security
Environment and wildlife conservation
General knowledge: current affairs, history, geography, neighbouring countries, awards, Indian languages, books, capitals and currencies, sports, science developments

3. Numerical and Mental Ability Test (40 questions, 100 marks)

Number system, simplification, decimals and fractions, HCF and LCM
Ratio and proportion, percentage, profit and loss, discount
Simple and compound interest, partnership, average, time and work, time and distance
Tables and graphs, mensuration
Logical diagrams, symbol relationships, coding, letter and number series, analogies, direction sense, data interpretation

4. Mental Aptitude, IQ and Reasoning (40 questions, 100 marks)

Mental aptitude: public interest, law and order, communal harmony, crime control, rule of law, police system, sensitivity towards minorities, the weaker sections and gender
IQ: analogy, odd one out, coding-decoding, series, direction sense, blood relations, Venn diagrams, ranking and order
Reasoning: analysis and judgement, similarities and differences, space visualisation, problem solving, decision making, visual memory, verbal and figure classification

Preparation tip

All four sections carry equal weight and you need 35% in each, so do not skip any section. There is no negative marking, so attempt every question.

Source: Careers360 (syllabus), Free Press Journal (syllabus). The official website uppbpb.gov.in could not be opened from our research tool, so these facts are taken from news reports of the board's notices.