Maharashtra Police Constable Syllabus 2026: Written Test Guide
The Maharashtra Police Constable syllabus covers a 100-mark objective written test in Marathi with four subjects: Arithmetic, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Intelligence Test and Marathi Grammar. Maharashtra Police runs the test unit by unit under the Police Constable recruitment rules, and the 2024-25 Police Shipai Bharti used the same four subjects.
The recruitment rules name these subjects but do not publish a topic-wise syllabus. The topic lists below are built from the official rules and from questions asked in previous unit papers. Use them as a working checklist, not as an official list. This page also covers the physical test, which you must clear before the written test, and a phased plan to finish the syllabus.
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Syllabus at a glance
Stage | Section | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical test | Running, 100 m run, shot put | 50 | On the ground |
Written test | Arithmetic, General Knowledge and Current Affairs, Intelligence Test, Marathi Grammar | 100 | 90 minutes |
The rules do not fix marks per subject. Recent unit papers have usually spread the 100 questions fairly evenly across the four subjects, so plan for roughly equal weight but do not depend on an exact split.
Key changes to know
Physical test before the written test: Since the 2022 rule amendment, only candidates who clear the physical test with at least 50 percent, and fall within the 1:10 shortlist, write the paper.
Shorter running events: The run is now 1600 m for men and 800 m for women, replacing the older 5 km and 3 km runs.
Same four written subjects: The subject list has not changed, so previous papers stay useful.
Older pages may still show a 100-mark physical test or long-distance runs for district police posts, so follow the current rules on the official website.
Arithmetic syllabus
Section | Topics to cover | Start with |
|---|---|---|
Number basics | Number system, LCM and HCF, divisibility, squares and square roots, simplification, decimals and fractions | Simplification and fractions |
Commercial maths | Percentage, profit and loss, discount, simple interest, compound interest | Percentage |
Ratio-based topics | Ratio and proportion, partnership, average, ages, mixtures | Average |
Time-based topics | Time and work, pipes and cisterns, time, speed and distance, trains, boats and streams | Speed and distance |
Measurement | Area and perimeter, volume, units, calendar and clock | Area and perimeter |
Percentage underpins profit and loss, interest and data questions, so learn it first. Most questions are at a school level, so speed and accuracy matter more than advanced methods.
General Knowledge and Current Affairs syllabus
Maharashtra-focused topics
History: Maratha history, social reformers of Maharashtra, the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.
Geography: Districts and divisions, rivers, dams, hill ranges, forts, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
Administration: State government schemes, the police structure and important state bodies.
India and general topics
Indian polity: The Constitution, fundamental rights and duties, Parliament, the President and key constitutional bodies.
Indian history and geography: The freedom struggle, major dynasties, physical geography and states.
General science: Human body, diseases, everyday physics and chemistry, environment.
Static GK: Books and authors, awards, sports, important days.
Current affairs
Cover the 6 to 12 months before your written test date, with extra attention to Maharashtra news, sports, awards, appointments and government schemes.
Intelligence Test syllabus
Section | Topics to cover | Start with |
|---|---|---|
Verbal reasoning | Analogy, classification, odd one out, number and letter series, coding-decoding | Series |
Logical reasoning | Blood relations, direction sense, ranking and order, seating arrangement, statements and conclusions | Direction sense |
Non-verbal reasoning | Figure series, mirror and water images, counting figures, paper folding | Counting figures |
Others | Calendar, clock, Venn diagrams, mathematical operations | Venn diagrams |
Marathi Grammar syllabus
Varna and sandhi: Letters, vowels and consonants, swar sandhi, vyanjan sandhi and visarga sandhi.
Parts of speech: Noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, and avyay.
Vibhakti and karak: Case endings and their use.
Kal and prayog: Tenses, kartari, karmani and bhave prayog.
Samas and alankar: Types of compounds and figures of speech.
Vocabulary: Synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, idioms (vakprachar) and proverbs (mhani).
Usage: Spelling (shuddhalekhan), punctuation and sentence correction.
Grammar questions repeat their style across papers, so this is a reliable area to lift your score with daily practice.
Physical test: what to prepare
There is no written syllabus for the physical test, but you need to plan for it because only qualifiers reach the paper.
Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
Running | 1600 m (20 marks) | 800 m (20 marks) |
Sprint | 100 m (15 marks) | 100 m (15 marks) |
Shot put | 15 marks | 15 marks |
How to cover the syllabus
Weeks 1 to 4: Arithmetic basics and Marathi grammar rules every day, plus 30 minutes of Maharashtra GK. Start running practice alongside.
Weeks 5 to 8: Add reasoning topics one by one and current affairs notes. Take topic-wise tests at the end of each week.
Weeks 9 to 12: Solve previous unit papers in 90 minutes and keep an error log of wrong and slow questions.
Final phase: One or two full-length mocks a week with same-day analysis, and revise from your error log and short notes.
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