HP Police Constable syllabus
Not yet verified against the official notification
The topic list and per-subject marks come from a secondary website that mirrors the 2026 syllabus. The official syllabus PDF could not be opened, so the list was not checked against it line by line. Compare with the official PDF before publishing, and correct any item that differs.
Exam pattern
- Mode
- Offline (OMR based)
- Questions
- 90
- Marks
- 90
- Duration
- 120 minutes
- Negative marking
- −0.25 per wrong answer
- Languages
- English, Hindi
- Standard
- +2 (10+2) level
- Vacancies
- 734
Several sources say unattempted questions are also penalised by 0.25 (OMR sheet has a fifth circle for not attempted). Not confirmed from the official advertisement.
Paper is bilingual (English and Hindi). The English language section is available in English only, and the Hindi section is in Hindi.
A. Language(40 marks)
English20 marks
- Tenses
- Direct & Indirect Speech
- Change of Voice
- Correction of Sentences4 questions
- Articles and Determiners
- Parts of SpeechNouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Interjections, Prepositions2 questions
Hindi (Hindi language)20 marks
- स्वर एवं व्यंजन — Vowels and Consonants3 questions
- पर्यायवाची शब्द — Synonyms2 questions
- विलोमार्थी शब्द — Antonyms2 questions
- एकार्थी शब्द एवं अनेकार्थी शब्द — Words with one meaning and words with many meanings
- संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण एवं क्रिया — Noun, Pronoun, Adjective and Verbसंज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, क्रिया1 questions
- अव्यय — Indeclinable words (Avyay)
- मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ — Idioms and Proverbs8 questions
B. Mathematics and Reasoning(40 marks)
Mathematics20 marks
- Rational Numbers
- Fraction and Decimals2 questions
- Mensuration8 questions
- Surface Area & Volumes
- Profit and Loss1 questions
- Time and Distance2 questions
- Triangles
- Statistics3 questions
- Probability2 questions
Reasoning20 marks
- Visual Memory
- Clocks & Calendars3 questions
- Number Series5 questions
- Number Ranking3 questions
- Arithmetical Reasoning
- Alphabet Series3 questions
- Cubes and Dice
- Non-Verbal Series2 questions
- Analogies3 questions
- Blood Relations1 questions
C. General Awareness(10 marks)
General Awareness10 marks
- International & National Organizations3 questions
- Books and Authors
- Science - Inventions & Discoveries1 questions
- Countries & Capitals
- Current Affairs - National & International (Current & Previous Year)2 questions
- Important Days1 questions
- Abbreviations
- Important Awards & Honors2 questions
- Sports2 questions
- Geography and Culture of Himachal Pradesh17 questions
- Policies, Programs and Schemes of the Government1 questions
Sources
- Sarkari Syllabus - HP Police Constable Syllabus 2026 (secondary)
- Karma Sandhan, ExamDetail, GovernmentExamIndia and others (2026 recruitment summaries) (secondary)
- HPPSC Constable (Female/Male) syllabus PDF (freejobalert mirror, Nov 2024) (official)
Last checked 21 Oct 2026.