Nepal Police Inspector study guide
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The Nepal Police Inspector examination is the competitive selection process through which candidates seek entry into the officer cadre of the Nepal Police as Inspectors. It is aimed at Nepali citizens who meet the eligibility conditions set by the recruiting authority and who want to move from general policing duties or civilian life into a supervisory, investigative and command role. The Nepal Police Inspector study guide has 12 sections and about 3,554 words.
01General Knowledge and Current Affairs
General knowledge and current affairs questions test placement, not trivia: which tier of government, which body, which year. Roughly half is stable structural knowledge; the rest is events from the past year - appointments, treaties, disasters, sports, budget figures.
298 words, about 1 min02Constitution
The Constitution of Nepal 2072 (promulgated 3 Ashoj 2072 / 20 September 2015) has 35 parts, 308 articles and 9 schedules. Article 1 makes it the fundamental law: a law inconsistent with it is void to the extent of inconsistency.
345 words, about 2 min03Law and Legal System of Nepal
Article 1 supremacy means the Constitution prevails over statutes, statutes over regulations and by-laws. Sources are legislation, Supreme Court precedent (binding on all courts below), custom, and ratified treaties applied where no inconsistent statute exists.
292 words, about 1 min04Police Organization
Nepal Police is a civil police force under the Ministry of Home Affairs, headed by the Inspector General of Police. It is distinct from the Armed Police Force (border, industrial and riot-support duties) and the National Investigation Department (intelligence).
327 words, about 2 min05Criminal Law and Procedure
The Criminal Code 2074 and Criminal Procedure Code 2074 (in force 1 Bhadra 2075) codify offences and process. Core principles: legality (no offence or penalty without law), no retrospective punishment, presumption of innocence, and proof by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt.
297 words, about 1 min06Public Administration and Governance
Federalism creates federal, provincial and local governments with powers in Schedules 5–9: exclusive federal (defence, foreign affairs, police as a federal subject), exclusive provincial (provincial police, health, secondary education), concurrent (criminal justice, forests, disaster management) and residual powers with the federal level. Local levels deliver services under the Local Government Operation Act 2074 through 753 bodies.
299 words, about 1 min07English Language
Grammar (tense, subject–verb agreement, articles, prepositions, conditionals, voice, reported speech), vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, idioms), comprehension, and writing (letters, essays, precis, translation). Inspector papers favour error-spotting and sentence improvement.
266 words, about 1 min08Nepali Language and Grammar
251 words, about 1 min09Mathematics and Quantitative Aptitude
Percentage, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time–work, speed–distance–time, HCF/LCM, mensuration, basic algebra, probability and data interpretation. Inspector papers are speed tests: 25–30 questions in 30–45 minutes.
267 words, about 1 min10Science
Basic physics (units, motion, force, work and energy, heat, light, sound, electricity), chemistry (matter, atom, acids and bases, water, common salts), biology (cell, human systems, nutrition, vitamins, blood groups, communicable disease), plus applied science used in policing: fingerprints, DNA, toxicology and basic cyber hygiene. SI base units: metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela; force in newtons, pressure in pascals, power in watts.
295 words, about 1 min11Health and Environment
Service delivery runs from federal hospitals through provincial and district hospitals to local-level health posts, urban health centres and community units. Female Community Health Volunteers link households to immunisation, family planning and maternal care.
279 words, about 1 min12Human Rights, Gender and Social Inclusion
Human rights operate at three layers: international (UDHR 1948; ICCPR, ICESCR, CEDAW, CRC, CAT and CRPD, all ratified by Nepal), constitutional (Part 3, especially articles 18 equality, 20 right to justice, 38 women, 39 children, 40 Dalits, 42 social justice, 43 social security) and statutory. Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act 2064 Domestic Violence (Offence and Punishment) Act 2065 Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention) Act 2071 Caste-based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offence and Punishment) Act 2068 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2074 Institutions: National Human Rights Commission (constitutional since 2015, Paris Principles ‘A’ status, recommends but does not prosecute), National Women Commission, National Dalit Commission, and police Women and Children Service Centres working with hospital One Stop Crisis Management Centres.
338 words, about 2 min