This page groups everything a Kolkata Police SI aspirant needs in one place:

• Previous year questions split by subject — History, Geography, Science, GK & Current Affairs, Arithmetic, Reasoning, and Polity
• Mock Tests- Full practice sets to simulate the real exam
• A running FAQ list covering both this page and the actual Kolkata Police SI exam

Built so you don’t have to keep ten tabs open while revising.

The West Bengal Police Recruitment Board (WBPRB) conducts the recruitment for Sub-Inspector/Sub-Inspectress (Unarmed Branch) and Sergeant posts under the Kolkata Police, on behalf of the Kolkata Police Department. It is run alongside — but as a separate track from — the West Bengal Police SI recruitment.

No. Every subject button above — History, Geography, Science, GK & CA, Arithmetic, Reasoning, Polity — opens completely free content on wbpscupsc.com. No login wall, no hidden charge.

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An SI in the Unarmed Branch of Kolkata Police typically handles:

• Investigation and case filing at the police station level
• Maintaining law and order, including crowd management during events and festivals
• Supervising a team of Assistant Sub-Inspectors and Constables
• General administrative and community-policing duties within the city

It’s a field-facing, city-based posting rather than a rural or armed-branch role.

A mixed question list hides your weak spots. Splitting by subject lets you drill one topic at a time, track improvement subject by subject, and stop re-solving material you’ve already mastered — which matters even more here since the syllabus spans General Studies, Arithmetic, and Reasoning together.

The process generally runs through:

1. Preliminary Examination — MCQ, OMR-based screening test
2. Physical Measurement Test (PMT) — height, chest, and other measurements
3. Physical Efficiency Test (PET) — running and other physical tasks
4. Final Written Examination (Mains) — combined competitive exam
5. Personality Test / Interview
6. Medical Examination

Only candidates who clear each stage move to the next, and the final merit list is drawn from the Mains and Personality Test scores.

Yes — the Preliminary exam commonly carries a 0.25 mark deduction for every wrong answer. Since it’s purely a screening round, accuracy matters as much as how many questions you attempt; the exact figure should always be cross-checked against the year’s official notification.

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Unlike the OMR-based Prelims, the Mains (Final Written Exam) is generally of the traditional/descriptive type for Paper I (General Studies and Arithmetic), rather than pure objective MCQs. That’s a key difference many aspirants miss while preparing only from Prelim-style question banks.

Paper I (General Studies and Arithmetic) is typically available in Bengali, English, and Nepali. Some language-paper components also involve translation exercises — for example, translating short passages from Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, or Nepali into English — so candidates from hill-subdivision backgrounds aren’t left out.

A bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university is the standard requirement — a step up from the Madhyamik-level eligibility used for some other WBPSC posts. Candidates should also be able to read, write, and speak Bengali, with an exemption typically given to permanent residents of the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hill subdivisions.

General category candidates have typically needed to fall between roughly 20 and 27 years of age as on the notification’s cut-off date, with the usual government age relaxation for OBC, SC, ST, and other reserved categories. This changes cycle to cycle, so always confirm it against the current notification rather than a past one.

The PMT verifies whether a candidate meets the minimum height and chest measurement standards laid down for the post, with separate criteria for male and female candidates and relaxations for certain categories. The exact centimeter figures are fixed in the official notification for that recruitment cycle, so treat any number you see elsewhere as indicative until you check it there.

The PET is a qualifying round based on tasks like a timed run, and sometimes long jump or other events depending on the year’s notification. It’s pass/fail rather than marks-based, so candidates who clear the PMT still need to train physically alongside their written preparation — this isn’t a paper-only exam.

Across the Prelims and Mains, the written syllabus broadly spans:

• General Studies — History, Geography, Polity, Science, and General Knowledge & Current Affairs
• Arithmetic — numerical ability and calculation-based questions
• Reasoning — logical and analytical ability

That’s exactly why the subject buttons above are broken out the same way — so you can revise each block on its own.

Expect general-awareness level questions on Ancient and Medieval India, and — more heavily — the Modern Indian freedom movement: key leaders, movements, and dates. It stays at a broad, factual level rather than demanding graduate-level historiography.

Focus on the physical and political geography of India and West Bengal — major rivers, mountain ranges, climate zones, well-known cities and landmarks, and India’s neighbouring countries. This section tends to reward simple, fact-based revision over deep analytical study.

Science here stays at an everyday, general-awareness level — common scientific facts, applications in daily life, and basic environmental/ecological knowledge — rather than subject-specific technical depth. General reading habits cover most of what’s asked.

This block blends static General Knowledge with recent national and West Bengal–specific current events, along with major sports and international news. A daily newspaper habit plus a short revision notebook consistently beats last-week cramming for this section.

Common areas include ratio and proportion, percentage, profit and loss, simple interest, simplification, and HCF/LCM problems, generally pitched at a school-level calculation speed rather than advanced mathematics. Timed subject-wise practice is the fastest way to build speed here.

Yes, Reasoning is assessed as its own component alongside General Studies and Arithmetic. It typically covers analogies, series completion, coding-decoding, blood relations, and basic logical puzzles — the kind of questions that improve fastest with steady daily practice rather than last-minute study.

Expect basics of the Constitution of India, the structure of the Indian political and administrative system, fundamental rights and duties, and key constitutional bodies — covered at a factual, general-awareness depth rather than a legal-studies level.

Pay Level	Level 10 of the West Bengal pay matrix (ROPA 2019)
Basic Pay Range	Roughly Rs. 32,100 – Rs. 82,900 per month
Allowances	D.A., H.R.A., Medical Allowance, and posting-related allowances

The in-hand figure varies with DA revisions, HRA slab, and posting location, so treat the numbers above as indicative and confirm the current figures in the official notification.

Vacancy counts change every cycle and are decided by government requirement — recent notifications have ranged from roughly 170 to over 200 SI/Sergeant posts in a single cycle. The exact number for the current recruitment is confirmed only in the official WBPRB notification.

Applications are accepted online only, through the official West Bengal Police Recruitment Board portal. You’ll typically register, fill in personal, educational, and physical-standard details, upload photo and signature per the given specification, and pay the application fee before the deadline — applications by post or email aren’t entertained.

Both are recruited together under the same WBPRB notification and share much of the same written exam pattern, but they lead to different day-to-day roles within Kolkata Police — SI (Unarmed Branch) leans toward station-level investigation and administration, while Sergeant duties skew more toward traffic and field supervision. Post preference is usually indicated during the application itself.

Yes. Once a candidate clears the Mains and Personality Test, a medical examination is conducted to confirm fitness standards for the post before the final appointment is confirmed. This is the last gate in the whole process.

The written syllabus itself isn’t unusually hard, but the exam adds an extra layer most WBPSC posts don’t have — the PMT and PET — on top of two separate written stages (Prelim and Mains). So the overall preparation load is higher, even if no single subject is especially difficult.

Yes, and this is where many aspirants fall behind — they start PET training only after clearing the Prelims, leaving very little time before the actual test. Building basic running stamina alongside your daily subject-wise practice, right from the start, is a safer approach.

New previous year questions are added as they surface, and exam-related details here are revised whenever WBPRB puts out an official update. It’s worth bookmarking this page and checking back regularly rather than relying on a single visit.

Notifications are released periodically by WBPRB as vacancy needs arise, and the exact schedule isn’t fixed year to year. Keep an eye on wbpscupsc.com — this page gets refreshed the moment fresh official information is out.

For most aspirants, yes — subject-wise drilling shows you exactly which of the seven areas (History, Geography, Science, GK & CA, Arithmetic, Reasoning, Polity) is pulling your score down, so your revision time goes where it’s actually needed instead of being spread thin.

A workable rhythm many aspirants follow:

1. Lock down the Prelim vs Mains pattern and syllabus split first
2. Rotate daily practice across all seven subjects on this page rather than over-focusing on one
3. Add 2–3 PET training sessions a week from day one, not after Prelims
4. Take timed mock sets to manage the 0.25 negative marking confidently
5. Keep a running current affairs notebook instead of cramming before the exam

Consistency across both the written and physical sides beats a last-minute sprint every time.

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