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Maharashtra Police Exam Pattern

Fifty on the ground, a hundred on paper, added.

Maharashtra Police · checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Police at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Police: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    2024-25 — 86 unit advertisements, about 15,400 posts; applications 29 October to 7 December 2025

    Latest cycle

  2. 02

    Closed; physical and written tests held February to May 2026; appointment orders issued; no 2026 advertisement

    Status

  3. 03

    Director General of Police; unit selection boards; MahaIT portal

    Recruiting authority

  4. 04

    Physical test 50 marks first; written test 100 marks for one in ten at 50 per cent physical; merit is the sum plus NCC bonus

    Order

Pattern

Maharashtra Police — How the paper is structured

The rules.
RuleDetail
Physical first50 marks — or 100 for SRPF; 50 per cent to go on; counted.
One in tenCalled to the written test by physical merit in each category.
Written 100, 90 minutes, MarathiFour subjects; 40 per cent to qualify; no negative marking clause.
MeritPhysical plus written plus five for NCC C.
DriverA 50-mark driving test at 40 per cent between the physical and written tests, not counted.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

MPSC and the state’s other recruiting bodies revise schemes, ratios and dates between cycles, and the advertisement for your cycle is the document that binds. The figures here are from the latest documents on the official sites at the date checked and are labelled where they come from an older cycle.

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