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 PYQs
- Articles and Determiners
- Parts of SpeechNouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Interjections, Prepositions2 PYQs
Hindi (Hindi language)20 marks
- स्वर एवं व्यंजन — Vowels and Consonants3 PYQs
- पर्यायवाची शब्द — Synonyms2 PYQs
- विलोमार्थी शब्द — Antonyms2 PYQs
- 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 PYQs
- अव्यय — Indeclinable words (Avyay)
- मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ — Idioms and Proverbs8 PYQs
B. Mathematics and Reasoning(40 marks)
Mathematics20 marks
- Rational Numbers
- Fraction and Decimals2 PYQs
- Mensuration8 PYQs
- Surface Area & Volumes
- Profit and Loss1 PYQs
- Time and Distance2 PYQs
- Triangles
- Statistics3 PYQs
- Probability2 PYQs
Reasoning20 marks
- Visual Memory
- Clocks & Calendars3 PYQs
- Number Series5 PYQs
- Number Ranking3 PYQs
- Arithmetical Reasoning
- Alphabet Series3 PYQs
- Cubes and Dice
- Non-Verbal Series2 PYQs
- Analogies3 PYQs
- Blood Relations1 PYQs
C. General Awareness(10 marks)
General Awareness10 marks
- International & National Organizations3 PYQs
- Books and Authors
- Science - Inventions & Discoveries1 PYQs
- Countries & Capitals
- Current Affairs - National & International (Current & Previous Year)2 PYQs
- Important Days1 PYQs
- Abbreviations
- Important Awards & Honors2 PYQs
- Sports2 PYQs
- Geography and Culture of Himachal Pradesh17 PYQs
- Policies, Programs and Schemes of the Government1 PYQs
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.