Kerala Police Constable Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

OMR, 100 marks, 1 hour 30 minutes. The English part is in English and the rest is in Malayalam, Tamil or Kannada.

The law section (Part VI) has moved to the new criminal codes:

• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: definitions, general exceptions and the main offences (4 marks)
• Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (3 marks)
• Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (2 marks)
• Kerala Police Act 2011 (3 marks)
• NDPS Act 1985 (2), POCSO Act 2012 (2), IT Act (2), RTI Act 2005 (2)

General knowledge covers history, geography, economics, the Constitution (8 marks on its own), Kerala administration, biology and public health, physics, chemistry and culture. The section list is in the Police Constable syllabus.

• Age: 18 to 26 (born 02.01.1999 to 01.01.2007 for the 2025 notification). Upper limit 29 for OBC, 31 for SC/ST and 41 for ex-servicemen. No other relaxations apply.
• Education: Plus Two or equivalent. SC/ST candidates who failed Plus Two are considered only if the reserved quota cannot be filled otherwise.
• Men only. Differently abled candidates are not eligible.
• Height and chest: 168 cm, chest 81 cm with 5 cm expansion. For SC/ST, 160 cm and 76 cm, expansion still 5 cm.
• Vision without glasses: 6/6 distant and 0.5 near in each eye, full field of vision, no colour blindness or squint.
• No knock-knee, flat foot, varicose veins, bow legs, protruding teeth or speech and hearing defects.
• Apply to one battalion only.

1. OMR test.
2. Short list for each battalion.
3. Physical measurement, then the efficiency test. You need any 5 of these 8 at one-star standard: 100 m in 14 s; high jump 132.2 cm; long jump 457.2 cm; shot put (7.264 kg) 609.6 cm; cricket ball throw 6096 cm; rope climb 365.8 cm with hands only; 8 pull-ups; 1500 m in 5 min 44 s.
4. Medical certificate and document check, then the battalion ranked list.

NCC certificates add 2, 3 or 5 per cent (A, B, C). Student Police Cadets and meritorious sportspersons also get extra marks.

₹31,100–66,800, drawn as a trainee first.

Online only, through One Time Registration on the Thulasi portal. No fee. Confirm your intention to write in the window shown in the exam programme, or the application lapses. Each ranked list lapses one year after it is finalised, so the post comes up roughly once a year.

Selection is battalion-wise. After appointment you can only be transferred to the District Armed Reserve linked to your battalion.

For June 2026 the admission ticket opened in the profile on 6 June, two weeks before the test.

Short lists and ranked lists are posted battalion by battalion under Short Lists and Ranked List. The physical test schedule is announced on the PSC site after the short list.

• The Part VI questions now come from the BNS, BNSS and BSA, not the IPC and CrPC. Old question banks are out of date on this.
• Five of eight events is the bar. Practise all eight, so one bad attempt on the day does not knock you out.

• Notification, Cat. No. 563/2025
• Previous notification, Cat. No. 740/2024
• Detailed syllabus
• June 2026 exam programme (test date and candidate numbers)
• Short list, SAP battalion, 2025 cycle; ranked list, SAP battalion, 2024 cycle
• All notifications, previous question papers

Can women apply?

Not for this post. Women apply for Woman Police Constable (Woman Police Battalion).

How many battalions can I apply to?

One.

What is the age limit?

18 to 26, up to 29 for OBC, 31 for SC/ST and 41 for ex-servicemen.

Is the syllabus still based on the IPC?

No. It uses the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the other 2023 codes.