Railway Protection Force Constable Recruitment 2009
Applications are invited from eligible Male / Female candidates for filling up the posts of Constable in Pay Band of Rs.5200-20,200/- + Grade Pay Rs.2000/- in Railway Protection Force / Railway Protection Special Force as per requirements/arrangement contained in the following paragraphs:
Number of Vacancies:
| Category | GEN (UR) | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
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| Male | 509 | 126 | 34 | 236 | 905 |
| Female | 64 | 16 | 04 | 29 | 113 |
| Ex-servicemen | | | | | 112 |
| Total | | | | | 1130 |
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These vacancies are meant for Group 2 Zones of RPF/RPSF (i.e. NFR, SER. ECR, ER and RPSF)
Vacancies are provisional and may increase or decrease or even become nil depending upon the requirement of the Railway Administration. The Administration also reserves the right to cancel the recruitment as well as the notified vacancies at its discretion and such decision will be binding on all concerned. In the event of cancellation of notified vacancies, the examination fee will not be refunded.
Post of Constable has not been identified as suitable for persons with disabilities and hence the same has been exempted from the purview of Section 33 and 47 of the persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
The selected candidates will be liable to serve anywhere in India in Railway Protection Force or Railway Protection Special Force.
Pay Scale: Pay Band of Rs.5200-20,200/- + Grade Pay Rs.2000/- with usual allowances as per Central Government Employees.
Eligibility:
- Citizenship: Must be a citizen of India.
Education: Must have passed Matriculation or equivalent examination from a recognized Board on the closing date of submission of application form. Educational certificates of other than State Board/Central Board should be submitted along with Government of India notification declaring that such qualifications are equivalent to matriculation / Xth for service under Central Government.
Age: The candidates must not be less than 18 years and not more than 25 years as on 1 January, 2010. The candidates must not be born before 01.01.1985 and must not be born after 31.12.1992. Age mentioned in the Matriculation/High School Examination certificate or an equivalent certificate as on the date of submission of application will only be accepted.
Relaxation in Age:
Relaxation in upper age limit up to 5 years will be admissible to SC/ST and up to 3 years to OBC candidates.
Upper age up to 5 years is also relaxable for those persons who had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J&K during the period from 1st January 1980 to 31st December 1989. The persons claiming relaxation under this category must produce a certificate to this effect from the District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction they had ordinarily resided or from any other authority designated on his behalf by the Government of J & K.
Relaxation in upper age limit to the extent of defence service plus 03 years is applicable to Ex-servicemen provided break in service and re-employment should not exceed 02 years and they must have put in at least 06 months after attestation.
- Physical Measurement:
| Category | Height-Male (cms) | Chest unexpanded Male (cms) | Chest expanded-Male (cms)* | Height-Female (cms) |
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| UR / OBC | 165 | 80 | 85 | 157 |
| SC/ST | 160 | 76.2 | 81.2 | 152 |
| Hillman" | 163 | 80 | 85 | 155 |
* A minimum expansion of 5 cms in chest is essential.
** Fa Garhwalis, Gorkhas, Kumaonese, Dogras, Marathas, persons hailing from Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Ladakh, Kashmir Valley and North Eastern States subject to production of Domicile certificate from the District Magistrate/SDM/Tehsilder and other categories specified by Government from time-to time.
A. Nature of Test:
A. Physical Efficiency Test (Pet):
- PET will precede the measurement.
- No PET shall be required for Ex-Servicemen.
- The PET will consist of the following three events. No marks shall be awarded. It will be qualifying in nature.
The minimum qualifying standard for each event is specified as under
| Event | Male | Female | Number of chances |
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| 1600 meters | 5 min 45 sec | Not applicable | One |
| 800 meters | Not applicable | 3 min 40 sec | One |
| High Jump | 3 feet 9 inches | 3 feet | Two |
| Long Jump | 14 feet | 9 feet | Two |
Candidates qualifying in the PET will be measured for their eligibility with respect to height and male candidate will also be subjected to measurement of chest (un-expanded) and chest (expanded) as specified above. Candidates, who fail in any of the events of the PET or in physical measurement, either of height or chest, will be declared failed and shall be escorted out of the venue after putting an indelible ink mark on the index finger of the left hand. Their call letters shall be collected.
B. Written Test:
Only those candidates who qualify in the PET shall be called for written examination, venue of which will be intimated in due course. Candidates must bring the Call Letters at the time of written test which will indicate the date, time and venue for the same and will be given to them after completion of PET / Measurement or may be sent to them by post depending on the situation.
Written test will be consist of 100 multiple choice objective type questions and shall be of 60 minutes duration. The question papers shall be of matriculation standard with maximum marks as 100. Four sets of question papers shall be prepared each having the same questions which shall be differently serial numbered. 20 questions each on General Intelligence, Arithmetic, Language and 40 on General Awareness will be given. Candidates will be required to answer all the questions. The test may be conducted using Optical Magnetic Reader (OMR) sheets and evaluation will be done electronically. Candidates shall be awarded 01 (one) mark for each correct answer and 01 (one) mark will be deducted for 04 (four) in correct answer. No mark shall be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted.
Question paper will be bi-lingual (English and Hindi).
C. Viva-Voce and Document Verification:
The candidates called for viva-voce must produce all original documents in support of their education, age, SC/ST/OBC status where applicable (on the format prescribed in the advertisement), domicile and any other extra curricular activities (including NCC). No further extension for production of the original certificate shall be given. Failure to produce the document will lead to disqualification of the candidate.
The purpose of the interview will be to determine the general intelligence, awareness, alertness and solidarity test and to assess their overall suitability for the RPF. The appearance of the candidates for interview is compulsory. Those who do not appear at the interview will not be considered in the final selection irrespective of their performance in the physical and written test.
- Bonus marks (Document verification):
There will be bonus marks to candidates who are having "B" or "C" certificate of NCC or who are having special qualification in sports like representing University, participating in Inter University Sports, representing State or Country in sports or winning medals in National level sports meet. There will also be bonus mark for Male candidates whose height is 178 cms or above and Female candidates whose height is more than 165 cms.
Brake-up of maximum marks allotted for Viva-Voce and bonus marks prescribed for different items of additional qualification as referred to above will be intimated to the candidates at the time of Viva-Voce.
Medical Examination: The empanelled candidates will be called for medical examination at the Railway Hospitals. The candidates will have to qualify in medical category 'B-1'.
The candidates wearing glasses or having flat feet, knock knee, squint eyes, colour blindness and other bodily defects are not eligible for appointment.
Training: The selected candidates will have to undergo 9 months rigorous training in the event of selection. The trainees will be given stipend of Rs.5200/- + Grade Pay Rs.2000/- plus other allowances as admissible under the Rules during the period of training.
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