Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff- Overview, Cutoff Marks, Merit List

Rajasthan Police released a vacancy for 8438 posts. Recruitment for the post of Rajasthan Police Constable is done based on a written exam, PET, PST, and Proficiency test. It is also integral to know about the Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff. To be eligible to appear for the Rajasthan Police Constable Exam, one should have attained the minimum age of 18 years and should have not exceeded the age of 23 years. The minimum height to clear Physical Standard Test (PST) for males and females is168 cm and 152 cm respectively. Male candidates are also required to undergo mandatory rope climbing, high jump, and 100 meters or 400 meters run as part of the physical efficiency test. As for female candidates, only height is measured.

Rajasthan Police Constable Exam: Overview

A brief overview of the Rajasthan Police Constable Exam has been given in the tabulated form.

Name of Exam	Rajasthan Police Constable Exam
Name of the Exam conducting authority	Office of Director General of PoliceRajasthan
Official Website of the ExamConducting Authority	www.police.rajasthan.gov.in
Level of Examination	State Level
Language	English and Hindi
Number of Vacancies	8438
Minimum Age	18

Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff

The cut-off for the Rajasthan Police Constable Examination is to be announced. The  Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff will be available on the official website. The cut-off is released a few days after the exam. Last year it was expected that the Rajasthan Police Department will publish the cut-off marks for the Constable exam – District Wise, Category Wise, or even day-wise/ shift wise i.e. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd day/ shift. This year also we expect that Rajasthan Police will announce the minimum required cut-off marks for all districts individually. The candidate who manages to get the minimum cut-off marks will qualify for the physical test. We have attached a list of the last year’s/ old cut-off marks and qualifying marks percentage along with the category, to give you a rough idea of the expected cut-off.

Previous Year’s Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff Marks 

Previous Year Cut-off Marks

Category	Qualifying Marks Percentage	Cut-off Scores
General (GEN)	40%	36-41 marks
Schedule Caste – TSP	30%	25-30 marks
Schedule Tribe – TSP	30%	25-30 marks
Other Backward Class (OBC)	40%	35- 40 marks
SC/ ST	36%	30-35 marks
Sharia	25%	20-24 marks

Rajasthan Police Constable Expected Cutoff Marks

Category	Expected Cut-off (minimum)
TSP- SC	37- 41 marks
ST	40 – 44 marks
General	59 – 65 marks
SC	47 – 51 marks
OBC	50 – 51 marks

Tie Cases While Preparing The Merit List

Tie cases in the merit list are quite common and in case two or more candidates attain the same marks in the merit list the Board has to take a decision regarding this. The police department resolves this by following the below steps:

• In such cases, the preference is given to the older candidates.
• The second preference is given according to the candidates educational qualification.
• Candidates who attain higher marks in the written examination are placed above others on the merit list. 
• The last resort for the department is to accord preference by arranging the names of the candidates in alphabetical order.

How Is Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff Calculated?

 While deciding the cut-off marks, Rajasthan Police takes a few things into consideration like

• Number of Vacancies
• Level of Written Examination
• Number of Applicants

Factors Affecting Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff

There are a few factors that affect the Rajasthan Police Constable Cut-off every year. We have listed some of them below-

o  Number of Candidates: If a high number of candidates appeared in the exam, then the cut-off will be according to the competition.

o  Number of Vacancies: More the vacancy, lesser the cut-off and vice-versa.

o  Level of Difficulty: Higher the difficulty level, the lesser the cut-off. Lower the difficulty level, the higher the cut-off.

o  Category of Candidate: Cut-off differs based on the category of the candidate.

Conclusion

  We hope that this article gave you sufficient knowledge about the Rajasthan Police Constable Cutoff, the factors responsible for determining cutoff, the eligibility criteria to be able to apply for the post. For now, you can check the previous year’s cutoff, to get an idea about the cutoff criteria. For any queries reach out to us at Oliveboard. Also, check the free mock tests available on the website.

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