Telangana Police SI key terms

The first screening exam of the Telangana Police SI recruitment, usually objective-type with multiple-choice questions on general studies, reasoning, and law-related awareness, used to shortlist candidates for later stages.

The main descriptive or detailed written test taken by candidates who clear earlier stages, carrying the largest weight in the merit list and covering subjects such as law, ethics, and general studies in depth.

A qualifying check of body measurements such as height, chest expansion, and weight against the minimum standards fixed for the candidate's category and gender. Failing it ends the candidature regardless of written marks.

A timed athletic test, typically a running event plus field activities, that measures speed and endurance. Candidates must finish within the prescribed time to be declared qualified.

The difference between chest circumference measured at rest and after full inhalation. It is recorded during the PMT and must meet the minimum expansion standard for the candidate's gender and category.

The lowest acceptable standing height for a police sub-inspector post, set separately for men and women and often relaxed for reserved categories. Height is measured barefoot under standard procedure.

Concession in age, height, chest, or qualifying marks granted to reserved and special categories such as SC, ST, BC, EWS, ex-servicemen, and women as notified in the recruitment rules.

Reserved vacancies and age or physical concessions available to candidates who have served in the armed forces, subject to production of discharge and service certificates at verification.

A test stage where marks are not added to the merit total but passing is compulsory. The PMT and PET are usually qualifying, so they decide eligibility rather than rank.

The final ranked list prepared by combining written examination marks, weightage for reserved categories where applicable, and other notified criteria, used to allot candidates to posts.

The minimum score, separately fixed for each category and post, at which the last shortlisted or selected candidate stands. Cut-offs vary by year, vacancy count, and paper difficulty.

A statistical adjustment applied when a test is held in multiple shifts with different paper difficulty, so that scores from all sessions can be compared fairly on one scale.

A penalty that deducts a fraction of the marks for each wrong answer in an objective paper, discouraging random guessing and changing how candidates decide whether to attempt a question.

The document-checking stage where original certificates for age, education, community, and physical standards are examined. Any mismatch or false claim leads to rejection and possible debarment.

An official document issued by revenue authorities certifying a candidate's caste or community, used to claim reservation, age relaxation, and fee exemption. It must be in the prescribed format.

The position of a candidate who satisfies the prescribed residence or study conditions in Telangana, which may be required for certain reservations and for eligibility under state recruitment rules.

A rule that a candidate must belong to the state by residence or specified educational history to be considered for particular posts or reserved quotas in state government recruitment.

The minimum academic qualification, generally a bachelor's degree from a recognised university, that a candidate must hold on the cut-off date to apply for the sub-inspector post.

The minimum and maximum permitted age, calculated as on a notified date, for applying to the post. Upper age limits are relaxed for reserved categories as per rules.

The principal criminal statute defining offences and punishments in India. Questions on its sections, ingredients of offences, and general exceptions appear in the law portion of the examination.

The procedural law governing investigation, arrest, bail, trial, and appeal. Candidates must know the roles of police, magistrates, and the sequence of criminal proceedings.

The criminal code that replaced the Indian Penal Code, retaining many familiar offences while renumbering sections and adding new provisions. Candidates should know both old and new section numbering.

The procedural criminal law that replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, covering investigation, arrest, bail, and trial with revised timelines and provisions on electronic records.

The written record of the first information about a cognizable offence given to the police, which sets the investigation in motion and is registered under the applicable procedural law.

An offence for which police may register a case and investigate without prior permission of a magistrate, and may arrest without warrant under the prescribed conditions.

An FIR registered at any police station regardless of where the offence occurred, later transferred to the station having jurisdiction, so that no time is lost in beginning investigation.

The statute governing what facts may be proved in court, how they are proved, and the rules on relevance, admissions, confessions, and witnesses. Now largely replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.

The evidence law that replaced the Indian Evidence Act, restating rules on relevance, documentary and electronic evidence, confessions, and the examination of witnesses with updated provisions.

The documented sequence showing who handled physical evidence from seizure to court production. Breaks in the chain weaken the prosecution case and are a common topic in evidence questions.

The location where an offence occurred and where police secure, photograph, and collect physical and trace evidence. Protection of the scene is a key investigative responsibility.

Basic freedoms and protections owed to every person, including rights of arrested persons such as production before a magistrate and access to a lawyer. Ethics questions often test these safeguards.

The use of force, torture, or ill-treatment against a person in police custody. It is unlawful, invites departmental and criminal action, and is frequently examined under human rights and ethics.

The standards of integrity, impartiality, and lawful conduct expected of police officers, covering issues such as bribery, misuse of authority, and treatment of vulnerable persons.

A strategy where police work with residents, local bodies, and volunteers to prevent crime and resolve neighbourhood problems, building trust instead of relying only on enforcement.

The division of a police station area into beats assigned to constables who patrol, gather local intelligence, and maintain contact with residents under supervision of the station house officer.

The officer in charge of a police station, responsible for registration of cases, supervision of investigation, maintenance of records, and overall law and order in the station jurisdiction.

The decades-long agitation for separate statehood for the Telangana region, culminating in the formation of Telangana state in 2014. Its phases and leaders are common general studies questions.

The creation of Telangana as the twenty-ninth state of India on 2 June 2014 under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, with Hyderabad as its capital.

The 1956 understanding between leaders of Andhra and Telangana on safeguards for the Telangana region upon merger, later cited as a grievance in the statehood movement.