| Conducting body | Chandigarh Police. Official website ↗ |
|---|---|
| Posts | Constable (Executive) (IT), domain specialisation "IT Support" |
| Qualification | A bachelor's degree (at least 3 years) or master's degree (at least 2 years) in computer science, electronics, instrumentation, communication, information technology, mechatronics, computer applications, data sciences or an allied field, from a university or institution recognised by the Central or State Government or approved by AICTE or UGC. AMIE (Sections A and B) in computer science also qualifies. The recruitment board decides which fields count as allied. Men need a valid licence for both two-wheelers and four-wheelers when they apply, and the Chandigarh Administration's ICT course rule applies at entry level. |
| Age limit | 18–25 years on 23 January 2024 (the date of the advertisement) (general category) |
| Domicile | See the notification |
| Selection stages | Tier-I and Tier-II OMR tests in one sitting: Tier-I carries 100 marks in 2 hours and Tier-II carries 50 marks in 1 hour, with 0.25 marks cut per wrong answer in both → Tier-II is evaluated only if you clear Tier-I: 40% for General, 35% for SC and OBC, 30% for ex-servicemen → PE&MT for 10 times the vacancies in each category, ranked on the total of Tier-I and Tier-II; the race and jumps are qualifying → Bonus marks: 2 marks for height (men 183 cm, women 165 cm; 178 cm and 160 cm for hill-area candidates) and 5%, 3% or 2% of 150 marks for NCC C, B or A certificates → Final merit list and waiting list, then document verification and medical examination |
| Latest notification | Recruitment Notice for 144 posts of Constable (Executive)(IT) in Chandigarh Police · 144 vacancies |
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About Chandigarh Police Constable IT
This is a separate constable recruitment for people with a degree in computers, electronics or a related field, who join the executive cadre under the domain specialisation "IT Support". The post is Group C at pay level 3 of the 7th CPC. The notice published on 23 January 2024 listed 144 temporary posts: 82 for men, 48 for women and 14 for ex-servicemen.
Eligibility
Age limit
General category: 18–25 years, counted on 23 January 2024 (the date of the advertisement).
Age relaxation
- OBC: 3 years
- SC: 5 years
- The upper limit is 28 for OBC and 30 for SC candidates.
- Ex-servicemen can apply up to 45 years of age.
- Chandigarh Home Guard volunteers on the rolls for at least 2 continuous years get 1 year of relaxation for each year of service, from 2 up to 7 years.
- Wards of serving or retired Chandigarh Police employees get 2 years; wards of employees who died in service get 3 years.
- Departmental candidates of Chandigarh Police can apply up to 40 years.
Qualification
A bachelor's degree (at least 3 years) or master's degree (at least 2 years) in computer science, electronics, instrumentation, communication, information technology, mechatronics, computer applications, data sciences or an allied field, from a university or institution recognised by the Central or State Government or approved by AICTE or UGC. AMIE (Sections A and B) in computer science also qualifies. The recruitment board decides which fields count as allied. Men need a valid licence for both two-wheelers and four-wheelers when they apply, and the Chandigarh Administration's ICT course rule applies at entry level.
Other conditions
- Height: men 170 cm, women 157.5 cm. Men's chest: 84 cm unexpanded and 88 cm expanded. Residents of notified hill areas and wards of police personnel get 5 cm off (wards can use either the height or the chest relaxation, not both).
- Physical test for ages 18 to 30: men run 1600 m in 6 minutes 15 seconds, women run 800 m in 4 minutes 15 seconds. Long jump 3.95 m (men) or 2.74 m (women) and high jump 1.14 m (men) or 0.90 m (women), three attempts each. Older age bands (up to 45) get more time and lower marks.
- Every candidate takes a dope test during the PE&MT.
- OBC reservation counts only castes on the OBC list issued for Chandigarh.
Selection process
- Tier-I and Tier-II OMR tests in one sitting: Tier-I carries 100 marks in 2 hours and Tier-II carries 50 marks in 1 hour, with 0.25 marks cut per wrong answer in both
- Tier-II is evaluated only if you clear Tier-I: 40% for General, 35% for SC and OBC, 30% for ex-servicemen
- PE&MT for 10 times the vacancies in each category, ranked on the total of Tier-I and Tier-II; the race and jumps are qualifying
- Bonus marks: 2 marks for height (men 183 cm, women 165 cm; 178 cm and 160 cm for hill-area candidates) and 5%, 3% or 2% of 150 marks for NCC C, B or A certificates
- Final merit list and waiting list, then document verification and medical examination
Exam pattern
Tier-I (100 marks)
Mode: OMR sheet, multiple choice; Hindi, English or Punjabi as chosen in the application · Duration: 2 hours · Negative marking: 0.25 marks per wrong answer
| SUBJECT |
|---|
| General knowledge and current affairs |
| Reasoning |
| Numerical ability |
Tier-II (IT Support)
Mode: OMR sheet, multiple choice, same sitting as Tier-I · Duration: 1 hour · Negative marking: 0.25 marks per wrong answer
| SUBJECT | MARKS |
|---|---|
| IT Support domain paper | 50 |
Chandigarh Police Constable IT syllabus
Tier-I
- General knowledge and current affairs
- Reasoning
- Numerical ability
Tier-II software
- Computer and data communication terms and abbreviations
- Operating system basics, Unix/Linux and shell programming
- Programming and DBMS: C/C++, Java, object-oriented programming, data structures in C++, .NET, SQL Server, Oracle
- Web design: HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Flash, Photoshop
- Number systems, including hexadecimal
- Networks and the internet: IP addresses, switches, TCP/IP, VLAN, firewalls, cryptography, system security, cyber crime
- MS Office or OpenOffice: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook
- Cloud computing concepts, deployment and security
- Software testing and quality management
Tier-II hardware
- Basic electricity, conductors and semiconductors (silicon, germanium)
- Integrated circuits and logic gates
- Operating system maintenance and troubleshooting: user accounts, backups, antivirus, drivers, DOS, CLI and Linux
- Motherboards, CPUs and chipsets
- PC assembly, CMOS setup and troubleshooting
- Printers: types, how they work and troubleshooting
- Regulated power supply, SMPS and UPS
What they ask
Tier-II in 2024 was closer to a computer science degree paper than a basic computer awareness test. The published booklet had questions on picking the illegal SQL query, reading what a GROUP BY query returns, counting the links in a fully connected network of n nodes, the time complexity of a nested loop and the share of IPv4 space held by class C addresses. Tier-I covers general knowledge, reasoning and numerical ability, as in the regular constable exam. Your rank for the PE&MT call is the total of both tiers.
How to prepare
- Treat Tier-II as the paper that ranks you. It carries 50 marks, and the 2024 booklet tested DBMS, networking, data structures and web basics at degree level.
- Do not neglect Tier-I: if you score below its cut-off (40% for General), your Tier-II sheet is not checked at all.
- Revise SQL aggregate and GROUP BY queries, IPv4 address classes, network topologies, binary search and loop complexity, since the 2024 paper asked on each of these.
- Cover the hardware half of the syllabus too: logic gates, motherboards and chipsets, PC assembly, printers, SMPS and UPS are all listed.
Practise Chandigarh Police Constable IT syllabus topics a few minutes a day with short quizzes in the Improvam app.
Previous papers and answer keys
Chandigarh Police Constable IT FAQs
Graduates or postgraduates in computer science, electronics, IT, computer applications, data sciences or a similar field, aged 18 to 25 (28 for OBC, 30 for SC) on the cut-off date. The 2024 cut-off date was 23 January 2024.
Sources
- Chandigarh Police: Recruitment Notice for 144 posts of Constable (Executive)(IT), 2024 ↗ (official, checked )
- Chandigarh Police: Tier-II syllabus for IT Support ↗ (official, checked )
- Chandigarh Police: Public notice on the Constable (Executive)(IT) written exam ↗ (official, checked )
- Chandigarh Police: Constable (IT) Question Booklet-II with answer key ↗ (official, checked )
- Chandigarh Police: Recruitment of Constables (Executive)(IT) page ↗ (official, checked )
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