UP Police Jail Warder Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

What changed on 31 December 2025

The marking scheme is now set by the Board's published procedure for each cycle, not by the rule. Check that before deciding whether to guess.

The rule names the subjects and leaves the detail to the Board: the Board will decide the detailed syllabus for the examination and display it on its website. No topic list or mark split is published yet, since no cycle is open. It will appear on uppbpb.gov.in with the next advertisement.

• General Knowledge
• General Hindi
• Numerical ability
• Mental Aptitude
• Mental Ability
• Reasoning
• Logical ability

The 2025 wording splits numerical from mental ability and drops "Intelligence Quotient".

The minimum qualifying marks work as an eligibility bar: candidates failing to obtain the above minimum qualifying marks in the written examination shall not be eligible for recruitment.

In a multi-shift cycle these apply to normalized marks.

Age, education, physical standards and reservation are set by the Jail Warder Cadre Service Rules, 2016 as amended in 2017, and applied through each advertisement. The Board publishes the full manual under Recruitment Rules on uppbpb.gov.in.

Rule 15(2) fixes the 300-mark paper, its subjects and the qualifying marks. It leaves to the Board the syllabus, the detailed procedure, the mode and any normalization, all to be published on uppbpb.gov.in and in the advertisement.

The stages after the written exam, including physical standards and tests, are in the 2016 rules and their appendices and are stated in each advertisement. None is open at present.

The pay scale is set by state pay rules and printed in each advertisement; none is open now, so check the next one on uppbpb.gov.in.

A Jail Warder is the entry rank of custodial staff in UP prisons, in the Jail Warder Cadre Service, a service separate from the police. Its rules are made under Article 309; the constable rules are made under the Police Act, 1861.

Apply through the Direct Recruitment section of uppbpb.gov.in when an advertisement opens. It lists each open recruitment with the number of posts and last date. No Jail Warder advertisement is open now.

Questions go to the Board at Tulsi Ganga Complex, 19-C Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow 226001, sampark@uppbpb.gov.in, 0522-2235752, or the CUG number +91-9454404786. There's also an enquiry form on the Contact and Control Room page.

UPPRPB publishes service manuals for eleven cadres: Sub-Inspector and Inspector (Civilian Police), Civil Police Constable and Head Constable, Provincial Armed Constabulary and Territorial Armed Constabulary Subordinate Officer, Skilled Sportspersons, Police Computer Staff (Non-Gazetted), Fire Service, Police Ministerial, Accounts and Confidential Assistant Cadres (Service Rules 2015), Jail Warder Service, Radio Police Service, Mounted Police and Special Security Force.

Its site also carries Government Orders, Important Court Decisions, Disposed Representation (how candidates' representations were decided), a Cyber Security and Preventive Action Cell and a Writ Management Software link.

No centres are listed, because no Jail Warder recruitment is open. The Board decides per cycle whether the exam is in one shift, several shifts or on computer, and publishes centres and reporting details with the advertisement on uppbpb.gov.in.

No recruitment dates are available as of now. The next Jail Warder advertisement, with its application window and exam dates, will appear on the Direct Recruitment page of uppbpb.gov.in. The Board doesn't follow a fixed annual calendar.

No admit card is available as of now, since no Jail Warder recruitment is open. When one is, admit card details come with the Board's published exam procedure on uppbpb.gov.in.

No result is pending, since no cycle is open. Results are published by the Board on uppbpb.gov.in with the advertisement they belong to. Its Important Court Decisions and Disposed Representation sections are where to look if a result is disputed.

In a multi-shift cycle, scores are normalized, so raw marks from different shifts can't be compared.

No closing marks are available for the current rules; none has been set since the exam rule was replaced on 31 December 2025, and earlier figures came from a different rule. The fixed floor is the 30, 25, 25 and 20 per cent qualifying mark (90, 75, 75 and 60 out of 300). Closing marks will be published with each result on uppbpb.gov.in.

• Use current material. Anything written before 31 December 2025 describes the old rule, without qualifying marks or normalization.
• Prepare for both exams at once. The UP Police Constable written paper (Police Constable and Head Constable Service Rules, 2015, Fourth Amendment Rules, 2025) is now the same 300-mark shape with the same qualifying figures. The subject wording differs slightly, and the employers and later stages differ.
• Cover all seven subjects; the rule doesn't split the marks between them.
• Find the Board's detailed procedure before the exam, since that now decides negative marking.
• Read the Second Amendment Rules, 2025, which prints the old and new rule side by side.

No sample papers or previous year papers are available for UP Jail Warder as of now. The Board hasn't published any.

The syllabus and exam procedure will be posted on uppbpb.gov.in with the next advertisement. Until then, the Second Amendment Rules, 2025 is the official statement of the exam.

• Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board: Direct Recruitment, Recruitment Rules, Government Orders, Important Court Decisions, Disposed Representation and Contact pages
• Jail Warder Cadre Service Rules, 2016 (the Service Manual of Uttar Pradesh Jail Warder Service)
• Second Amendment Rules, 2025, notification 1856/22-1-2025-22/2013 of 31 December 2025, replacing rule 15(2)

Who conducts UP Jail Warder recruitment?

The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board.

Is this a police post?

No. The employer is the Prison Administration and Reform Department.

Is a recruitment open now?

No. Watch the Board's Direct Recruitment page.

What is the exam pattern?

One objective paper of 300 marks across seven subjects.

Are there minimum qualifying marks?

Yes, since 31 December 2025: 30, 25, 25 and 20 per cent by category. Miss them and you're not eligible.

Is there negative marking?

The rule no longer says. The Board's procedure for the cycle decides it.

Is it the same as the UP Police Constable exam?

The written paper is, in shape and qualifying marks.

Where are the age limits and qualifications?

In the 2016 service rules, applied through each advertisement.