Maharashtra Police Constable study guide
Maharashtra Police Constable · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Maharashtra Police Constable (पोलीस शिपाई भरती) recruitment is a state-level hiring process for constable posts in the Maharashtra State Police, advertised by the department through notices such as "पोलीस शिपाई भरती २०२४-२५, माहिती" and "पोलीस शिपाई भरती २०२२-२३, माहिती", both listed under ठळक बातम्या on the official website. It is aimed at candidates who want a uniformed constabulary career in one of the state's police units and commissionerates, and who are willing to go through the department's written and physical selection stages. The Maharashtra Police Constable study guide has 4 sections and about 1,099 words.
01General Knowledge & Current Affairs
General Knowledge in the Maharashtra Police Constable paper leans heavily on the state itself - its formation, geography, polity, culture and government schemes - with a smaller share of national and international current affairs drawn from roughly the six to twelve months before the exam date. Maharashtra was created on 1 May 1960 under the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, which split the bilingual Bombay State into Maharashtra and Gujarat.
302 words, about 2 min02Marathi Language (मराठी)
The Marathi section tests formal written grammar and vocabulary: संधी, समास, कारक/विभक्ती, शब्दसिद्धी, समानार्थी व विरुद्धार्थी शब्द, म्हणी व वाक्प्रचार, शुद्धलेखन, अलंकार आणि उताऱ्यावरील आकलन. संधी: two vowels joining produce a change.
256 words, about 1 min03English Language
English is a functional-grammar paper: tenses, subject–verb agreement, articles, prepositions, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, synonyms and antonyms, idioms, one-word substitutions, spelling, error spotting and a short reading comprehension. Agreement: a singular subject takes a singular verb.
259 words, about 1 min04Mathematics & Reasoning
Numerical ability covers percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time–speed–distance, time and work and the number system; reasoning covers series, coding–decoding, blood relations, direction sense, syllogism, analogies and seating arrangement. Successive percentage changes of a% then b% give a + b + ab/100.
282 words, about 1 min