CPF (AC) Exam Syllabus

This article provides you CPF (AC) Exam Syllabus - Paper I & Paper II

This blog post is being made as a part of the blog article titled: CPF (AC) Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books to give you the study materials for the CPF Exam.

The syllabus of CPF exam has been reproduced below from UPSC exam website.

There are two papers in the UPSC CPF Written Exam:

Paper I: General Ability and Intelligence: 250 marks.

Paper II: Essay, Précis Writing and Comprehension: 200 marks.

Subsequent to qualifying in the UPSC Written test, you have to appear in the UPSC Interview for 150 marks. The merit list is based on thus a total of 600 marks.

CPF Exam Syllabus Paper I : General Ability and Intelligence

The objective type questions with multiple choices in this paper will broadly cover the following areas:

1. General Mental Ability:

The questions will be designed to test the logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude including numerical ability, and data interpretation.

2. General Science:

The questions will be set to test general awareness, scientific temper, comprehension and appreciation of scientific phenomena of everyday observation including new areas of importance like Information Technology, Biotechnology, Environmental Science.

3. Current Events of National and International Importance:

The questions will test the candidates’ awareness of current events of national and international importance in the broad areas of culture, music, arts, literature, sports, governance, societal and developmental issues, industry, business, globalisation, and interplay among nations.

4. Indian Polity and Economy:

The questions shall aim to test candidates’ knowledge of the Country’s political system and the Constitution of India, social systems and public administration, economic development in India, regional and international security issues and human rights including its indicators.

5. History of India:

The questions will broadly cover the subject in its social, economic and political aspects. This shall also include the areas of growth of nationalism and freedom movement.

6. Indian and World Geography:

The questions shall cover the physical, social and economic aspects of geography pertaining to India and the World.

CPF Exam Syllabus Paper II: General Studies, Essay and Comprehension

It has two parts:
Part-A – Essay questions which are to be answered in long narrative form either in Hindi or English totalling 80 Marks. The indicative topics are modern Indian history especially of the freedom struggle, geography, polity and economy, knowledge of security and human rights issues, and analytical ability.

Part-B – Comprehension, précis writing, other communications/language skills – to be attempted in English only (Marks 120) – The topics are Comprehension passages, précis writing, developing counter arguments, simple grammer and other aspects of language testing..