- General knowledge — both
- India and Uttar Pradesh: history, geography, polity, economy, culture, police and security, current events, awards, sports and computers.
- General Hindi — both
- Grammar, vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, idioms, sentence correction and comprehension.
- Numerical and mental ability — both
- Number systems, simplification, percentages, ratio, averages, interest, time and work, mensuration and data interpretation; series, coding and ordering.
- Mental aptitude, intelligence and reasoning — both
- Attitude to public interest, law and order, rule of law and gender sensitivity; analogies, classification, direction, syllogisms, figure reasoning.
- Law and the Constitution — sub-inspector
- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita; protection of women, children and Scheduled Castes; traffic, environment, wildlife and human rights law; RTI; the IT Act and cyber crime; land reform and revenue law; the Constitution’s rights, principles, Centre-State relations, elections and All India Services; Uttar Pradesh administration; social media.
