UP Police Jail Warder cheat sheet

Fundamental Rights are in Part III (Articles 12–35); Directive Principles in Part IV (Articles 36–51); Fundamental Duties in Article 51A, added by the 42nd Amendment (1976).

The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950; Dr B. R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee.

Uttar Pradesh has 75 districts and 18 divisions; Lucknow is the capital, and the High Court sits at Prayagraj (Allahabad).

First in India: President Dr Rajendra Prasad, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Governor-General C. Rajagopalachari (last), woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, woman President Pratibha Patil.

National symbols: tiger (animal), peacock (bird), lotus (flower), mango (fruit), Ganga (river), Saka calendar; the national song Vande Mataram was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

Current affairs anchors: RBI monetary policy repo rate, Union Budget presented on 1 February, G20 presidency hosted by India in 2023, Chandrayaan-3 landing near the lunar south pole in August 2023.

Static geography: Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 Indian states; the Standard Meridian is 82°30'E through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.

Nobel/Indian honours: Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award; Param Vir Chakra is the highest wartime gallantry award.

वर्णमाला में स्वर 11 और व्यंजन 33 होते हैं; कुल 44 वर्ण माने जाते हैं (अनुस्वार, विसर्ग, विसर्जनीय अयोगवाह हैं)।

संधि: स्वर संधि (दो स्वर), व्यंजन संधि, विसर्ग संधि। उदाहरण - विद्या + आलय = विद्यालय (दीर्घ संधि)।

समास के भेद: तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्विगु, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि, अव्ययीभाव - कुल छह।

उपसर्ग शब्द के आरम्भ में जुड़ता है, प्रत्यय अंत में; प्रत्यय के दो भेद - कृत् और तद्धित।

कारक के आठ भेद हैं; 'ने' कर्ता कारक (कर्ता विभक्ति) का चिह्न है, 'को' कर्म कारक का।

रस नौ हैं: शृंगार, हास्य, करुण, रौद्र, वीर, भयानक, बीभत्स, अद्भुत, शांत।

अलंकार: अनुप्रास (वर्ण आवृत्ति), उपमा (समानता), रूपक (अभेद आरोप), यमक (शब्द आवृत्ति, भिन्न अर्थ)।

वाच्य तीन प्रकार के हैं - कर्तृवाच्य, कर्मवाच्य, भाववाच्य; मुहावरे का अर्थ शब्दशः नहीं, लाक्षणिक होता है।

Article 21 guarantees right to life and personal liberty; Article 21A (86th Amendment, 2002) makes elementary education a fundamental right for ages 6–14.

Article 22 safeguards arrested persons: grounds of arrest, right to counsel, production before a magistrate within 24 hours, and separate rules for preventive detention.

Article 20: no ex post facto conviction, no double jeopardy, no compulsion to be a witness against oneself.

Article 39A directs the State to provide free legal aid; Articles 14, 15 and 16 bar arbitrary classification and discrimination in public employment.

Habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari and quo warranto are the five writs under Articles 32 (Supreme Court) and 226 (High Courts).

Article 311 protects civil servants from dismissal or removal without inquiry; Article 310 fixes pleasure doctrine of the President/Governor.

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 was replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; the CrPC by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita; the Evidence Act by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.

Custody categories: police custody (remand under judicial order) versus judicial custody (jail); Section 167 CrPC/BNSS governs remand limits.

The Prisons Act, 1894 and the Model Prison Manual, 2016 govern prison management; prisons are a State subject under List II, Entry 4.

The Indian Police Act, 1861 remains the base statute for state police forces; Uttar Pradesh Police is headed by a DGP at the state level and a DM/SP at district level.

Custodial hierarchy in a district jail: Superintendent (senior), Deputy/Jailor, Head Warder, Warder; the Jail Warder handles security, counting, escort and prisoner movement.

Prisoner classification: undertrial, convict, detenue and civil prisoner; separate barracks for women, juveniles and high-security inmates.

Key custodial safeguards: prisoner search in presence of witnesses, entry in the General Diary, medical examination on admission, and prohibition of handcuffing except as permitted.

The National Human Rights Commission and the Supreme Court in the 2015 prison reforms case laid down rules on overcrowding, legal aid and visits.

Prison offences (escape, contraband, assault) are dealt with under prison discipline rules and reported to police for separate criminal action.

FIR procedure: information under Section 154 CrPC (now Section 173 BNSS) reduced to writing, read to the informant, and registered in the station diary.

Percentage change = (new − old) / old × 100; successive changes of a% and b% net to a + b + ab/100.

Simple interest = P × R × T / 100; compound interest = P[(1 + R/100)^T − 1]; for 2 years CI − SI = P(R/100)².

Profit/loss percentage is always on cost price unless stated; selling price = CP × (100 ± profit%)/100.

Speed = distance/time; to convert km/h to m/s multiply by 5/18, and m/s to km/h multiply by 18/5.

Average = sum of values / number of values; if a person of weight w joins n people of average A, new average = (nA + w)/(n + 1).

Ratio and proportion: if a:b = c:d then ad = bc; for partnership, profit shares follow capital × time.

Time and work: if A finishes in x days and B in y days, together they take xy/(x + y) days.

Mensuration: area of circle πr², circumference 2πr, volume of cylinder πr²h, and 1 hectare = 10,000 m².

Number series: check differences, then ratios, then squares/cubes, then alternating or prime-based patterns before assuming a rule.

Coding-decoding: convert letters to positions (A=1 … Z=26); reverse alphabet value of a letter = 27 − its position.

Blood relations: draw a family tree with gender symbols; 'maternal uncle' = mother's brother, 'paternal aunt' = father's sister.

Direction sense: fix north up; right turn = clockwise 90°, left turn = anticlockwise 90°; net displacement uses Pythagoras.

Odd-one-out: test shared properties such as prime/composite, perfect square, divisibility, or letter-position parity.

Calendar: ordinary year shifts the day by 1, a leap year by 2; a century has 5 odd days (100 = 24 leap + 76 ordinary).

Clock: hands coincide 11 times in 12 hours; angle between hands = |30H − 5.5M| degrees.

Ranking: if a person is nth from the left and mth from the right, total = n + m − 1.

Syllogism: use Venn diagrams; a conclusion follows only if true in every possible diagram consistent with the premises.

Statement–assumption: an assumption is something unstated but necessary for the statement; reject extraneous or far-fetched options.

Analogy: identify the exact relation type (worker–tool, cause–effect, part–whole, synonym) and apply it in the same order.

Seating arrangement: for a circle, facing centre means left is clockwise; facing outward means left is anticlockwise.

Logical sequence: arrange events by causal or chronological order, not by alphabetical or size order.

Syllogism terms: 'All A are B' and 'Some A are B' are not reversible; 'No A is B' converts to 'No B is A'.

Coding by pattern: letter shifts, position sums, or vowel/consonant rules - verify the rule on every given example.

Data sufficiency: decide whether the given statements are enough; do not solve fully unless the question demands the value.

Primary memory is volatile RAM and ROM; secondary storage includes HDD, SSD, pen drive and optical disc, which retain data without power.

1 byte = 8 bits; 1 KB = 1024 bytes, 1 MB = 1024 KB, 1 GB = 1024 MB, 1 TB = 1024 GB.

OS functions: process management, memory management, file system, device drivers and user interface; examples are Windows, Linux, Android.

Shortcuts: Ctrl+C copy, Ctrl+V paste, Ctrl+X cut, Ctrl+Z undo, Ctrl+S save, Ctrl+P print, Alt+F4 close window, Ctrl+Shift+Esc Task Manager.

MS Word is a word processor, Excel a spreadsheet with formulas starting with '=', PowerPoint a presentation tool; extensions .docx, .xlsx, .pptx.

Network basics: LAN is local, WAN wide; IP address identifies a device, HTTP/HTTPS are web protocols, and HTTPS is encrypted with TLS.

Cyber safety: phishing is fraudulent email/SMS to steal credentials; use strong passwords, two-factor authentication and never share OTPs.

Indian IT law: Information Technology Act, 2000 covers cyber offences; CERT-In is the national nodal agency for cyber incident response.

PST is a qualifying measurement check; failing any standard means disqualification regardless of written score.

Height, chest (unexpanded and expanded with minimum expansion), and weight are measured; standards differ for male, female and category (General, OBC, SC/ST).

Chest measurement is recorded as unexpanded plus expansion; the expansion minimum is typically around 5 cm for male candidates.

Height is measured barefoot; footwear, thick socks and hair padding are not permitted during measurement.

Weight must be proportionate to height and age; candidates marginally below the band may be given a short time to improve.

Vision and general physical fitness may be checked; knock-knees, flat feet and deformities can lead to rejection.

Documents such as category certificate and photo ID are verified at the PST venue before measurement.

Standards are set in the official recruitment notification; always confirm current figures for your category before the test.

PET is a qualifying endurance test; marks from PET are usually not added to the written merit, only pass/fail applies.

Typical events: running (male ~4.8 km, female ~2.4 km), long jump, high jump and, for some posts, shot put.

Races are timed; candidates must finish within the prescribed time limit, and a single failed event disqualifies.

Long jump and high jump are measured for distance/height with a fixed number of attempts; fouls on the take-off line are not counted.

Warm-up, proper running shoes and hydration before the run reduce injury risk and improve timing.

Medical fitness certificate may be required before PET; candidates with recent injury should declare it.

Timing and measurement are done by official equipment; disputes are settled by the presiding officer's record.

Exact distances, time limits and qualifying marks are published in the official notification for each recruitment year.