Government Exam Patterns, Syllabus & Eligibility Guide
A quick reference to the exam structures, subjects and
selection stages behind every mock test on FatehMocks.
Exam Patterns at a Glance
The Agniveer GD (Indian Army) Common Entrance Exam is a computer-based test of 50 questions
worth 100 marks, solved in 60 minutes, drawing on General Knowledge, General Science,
Mathematics and Logical Reasoning — with negative marking, so accuracy matters as much as
speed. SSC GD Constable follows an 80-question, 160-mark computer-based exam in 60 minutes
with a 0.25-mark penalty per wrong answer, split evenly across Reasoning, General Awareness,
Elementary Mathematics and English/Hindi.
The UP Police Constable written exam is commonly a 150-question, 300-mark paper of two hours
covering General Knowledge, General Hindi, Numerical & Mental Ability and Mental
Aptitude/Reasoning, with negative marking applied. The UP Police SI exam is an online test of
160 questions carrying 400 marks across four equally weighted sections. Bihar SI (BPSSC)
Prelims is typically a 100-question, 200-mark General Knowledge and Current Affairs paper of
two hours, followed by a two-paper Mains.
MP Police Constable and MP SI papers test General Knowledge, reasoning, science and simple
arithmetic in state-specific patterns, while Railway exams such as RRB NTPC (100 questions in
CBT-1) and RRB Group D (100 questions in 90 minutes) commonly apply one-third negative
marking.
Subject-Wise Syllabus Breakdown
Nearly every paper above is built from five core subject blocks. General Knowledge and General
Awareness span Indian history, polity, geography, economy, static GK and current affairs.
General Science focuses on Class 10-level physics, chemistry and biology applied to everyday
situations. Mathematics and Numerical Ability cover number systems, percentages, ratio and
proportion, averages, simple and compound interest, time and work, speed and distance,
mensuration and basic data interpretation.
Reasoning and Logical Ability sections include analogies, number and letter series,
coding-decoding, syllogisms, blood relations, direction sense and non-verbal puzzles. Language
sections test Hindi grammar (sandhi, samas, paryayvachi shabd) or English grammar, vocabulary
and reading comprehension, depending on the exam you choose.
Eligibility & Evaluation
Criteria
Eligibility windows differ by exam: Agniveer GD accepts candidates roughly between 17.5 and 21
years, most constable posts fall in the 18 to 23/25 bracket, and SI posts extend further with
category-wise relaxations. Educationally, Agniveer GD and SSC GD require a 10th pass, UP
Police Constable requires a 12th pass, and Sub-Inspector posts such as UPSI, Bihar SI and MP
SI generally require graduation. Negative marking ranges from 0.25 to 0.5 marks per wrong
answer depending on the exam, while a few papers carry no penalty — always confirm details
from the latest official notification.
Most police and defence recruitments then move to Physical Efficiency and Physical Standard
Tests (PET/PST) — timed runs plus height, chest and weight standards — followed by document
verification and a medical examination. FatehMocks mock tests mirror these patterns, marking
schemes and bilingual options so that your practice matches the real exam from day one.
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