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UPSC CAPF · Assistant Commandants

Everything to crack UPSC CAPF, in one wiki.

Paper I taught subject by subject with method and static-fact tables, Paper II answer-writing with worked model essays and précis, and a security and human-rights lens throughout. Calibrated to the CAPF level: broad command, clean facts, citable sources.

Start with Paper I Read the beginner's guide

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notes & cards

Paper I + II

both fully covered

526

concept cards

100%

syllabus mapped

Paper I · General Ability and Intelligence · 250 marks

The objective paper, subject by subject.

Browse all of Paper I

Polity

The Constitution, the political system, public administration, and human rights, the CAPF-heavy area.

Economy

Development, money and banking, the budget, schemes, and the external sector.

History

Ancient, medieval, and modern India, with the freedom struggle emphasised, plus art and culture.

Geography

Physical, India, and world geography, plus borders, neighbours, and strategic chokepoints.

General Science

Everyday physics, chemistry, biology, health, IT, and the defence-technology angle.

Mental Ability

Reasoning, quantitative aptitude, and data interpretation, the highest-scoring section.

Current Events

National and international affairs on the durable, structural layer rather than dated headlines.

Paper II · Essay and Comprehension · 200 marks · descriptive

Where most marks are won or lost. Learn to write.

Essay

Paper II Part A: frameworks and model essays sized to the CAPF word band, across the freedom struggle, geography, polity, economy, internal security, and human rights.

Comprehension & Précis

Paper II Part B technique (English only): reading comprehension, précis writing, counter-arguments, grammar, and vocabulary, each with worked sets.

The CAPF edge

Go deep on internal security.

Deep Notes

The flagship long-form syntheses, security-led by design: internal security, border management, AFSPA, the five forces, plus the major general-studies topics.

Editorials

Model editorial analyses on durable security and human-rights themes, each on the Issue, Background, Arguments, Way Forward skeleton with a Paper II essay hook.

Current affairs, the durable way

Structure first, headlines second.

Current Affairs

Current Affairs

Monthly digests through a CAPF lens, July 2025 to June 2026, built on the durable-versus-dated method rather than fleeting headlines.

Current Affairs

Thematic CA

The durable, structural spine of current affairs: the facts the news cycle keeps reusing, with dated values flagged to verify the latest.

Practise under exam conditions

Every question, with a worked answer.

Practice Sets

Authored, clearly-labelled PYQ-style practice banks for Paper I (by subject) and Paper II (essay, comprehension, précis, counter-arguments).

Test Series

Full-length Paper I mocks, Paper II practice papers with an evaluation rubric, and subject-wise mini-tests, with the scoring and triage method.

Reference and recall

Revise, look up, and cite.

Revision

Last-minute subject sheets, one-liners, and tabular recall lists, tight and exam-facing for the final weeks.

Concepts

Atomic, cross-linked concept cards: a definition, why it matters for CAPF, common confusions, and a one-line recall.

Books

The recommended booklist plus paraphrased chapter-wise digests of the canon: Laxmikanth, Spectrum, the NCERTs, GC Leong, and Lucent.

Guide

How to use this wiki, the syllabus map, the booklist policy, topic frequency, the glossary, and the FAQ.

Beyond the written exam

The qualifying stages and the interview.

Physical & Medical

The qualifying stages: PST height and chest standards, the PET events, and the medical standards, all flagged as indicative and notification-dependent.

Interview

The 150-mark personality test: the board, what it assesses, DAF-based preparation, likely themes, and a categorised question bank.