CAPF AC Physical Test 2024 : Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests

Candidates who are declared qualified in the written examination will be summoned for Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests. Those candidates who meet the prescribed Physical Standards in the passage given below : 

On reporting of female candidates for PST (Physical Standard Test)/PET (Physical Efficiency Test), a self declaration indicating about her pregnancy status shall be submitted. In case, if she declares that she is not pregnant then she may be allowed to participate in the PST/PET.

In case of false declaration, all the risk for undergoing PST/PET will be of her own. If the female candidate declares that she is pregnant before PST/PET, then a confirmatory pregnancy test to be done and in case she is found to be pregnant, irrespective of duration of pregnancy, she may be declared temporarily unfit and her appointment shall be held in abeyance until the confinement is over.

The vacancy against which a woman candidate was selected should be kept reserved for her. She will be re-examined for PST/PET six weeks after the date of confinement was over, subject to the production of the medical certificate of fitness from a registered medical practitioner.

If she is found fit in PST/PET & DME, she may be appointed to the post kept reserved for and allow the benefit of seniority in accordance with the instructions of the Government, as amended from time to time. In case female candidates are found negative for pregnancy, she may be allowed to participate in the PST/PET.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR THE CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS IN THE CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCES: 

Physical Standards:

The minimum requirements for the candidate are as follows:

Moreover, the weight should be as per the height and age as mentioned in the table below : 

Male Average Body Weights in Kilograms for Different Age Groups and Heights

Female Average body Weights in Kilograms for Different Age Groups - Heights

The body weights are given in this chart corresponding to only certain heights (in cms). In respect of height in between, the principle of ‘Average’ may be utilized for calculating body weights.

• For calculating average weight beyond the heights tabulated, 0.71 Kg for every one cm of increase or decrease in height may be added or subtracted respectively

Medical Standards Tests, to check the standards specified above will be conducted only in respect of candidates who are declared qualified in the Physical Efficiency Test. 

The Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests and Medical Standards Tests will be conducted under the supervision of a Nodal Authority to be appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. These tests will be conducted at various centres to be notified after the results of the written examination.

MEDICAL STANDARDS : 

Eye Sight: 

LASIK surgery correction is permitted subject to prescribed criteria as below : 

• Age - 18-35 years
• Axial-length - 21-26 mm.
• Corneal-thickness 425 micron
• Pre LASIK error - 6 D
• Post operative - Should be stable period refractive flap
• Interval - 06 months (post operative period mandatory) 
  (Candidate must have completed 06 months after LASIK surgery while considering for recruitment in CAPFs).

Carrying angle:

Carrying angle should not be more than 15˚ for male and 20˚ for female.

Ear:

• Candidate should not have any degree of deafness or persistent ear discharge.
• Candidate should not have any other condition (congenital or acquired) like atresia of the meatus, exostosis, neoplasm which is causing obstruction of ear passage and should not have history of recurrent earache, tinnitus and vertigo.  

Nose:

Candidates should not have DNS, atrophic rhinitis, tubercular ulceration, chronic sinusitis.

Neck:

Candidate should not have enlarged lymph nodes, thyroid or other swelling of neck, inability to extend the neck fully or any evidence of disease of spine or cervical vertebrae. 

Teeth:

Candidate must possess sufficient number of sound teeth for efficient mastication. Candidate should not have severe pyorrhea.

Venereal Disease:

Candidate should not have active signs of clinical VD

Chronic skin diseases:

Candidate should not have chronic skin diseases like Leprosy, chronic dermatitis, extensive Pityriasis Versicolor, psoriasis, SLE etc.  

General Standards:

• Speech should be without impediment i.e. no stammering.
• The candidate should not have any indication of chronic disease like TB, any type of arthritis, high blood pressure, Diabetes, Bronchial Asthma, any heart disease.
• Candidate should not have perceptible and visible glandular swelling anywhere in the body.
• Chest should be well formed, devoid of any abnormality like flat chest, Pigeon chest, with rickety rosary effects. Heart and lungs should be sound.
• Limbs, hands and feet should be well formed and fully developed and there shall be perfect motion of all joints.
• Should not have any old/malunited fracture of bones.
• There should be free and perfect movements of all the joints.
• Feet and toes should be well-formed
• Should not have congenital malformation or defects. (Candidate must have completed 06 months after LASIK surgery while considering for recruitment in CAPFs).
• Should not bear traces of previous acute or chronic disease pointing to an impaired constitution.
• Candidate should have no disease of the genito urinary tract.
• Candidate should have no inguinal, scrotal swelling, any type of Hernia.
• (Only for male) Both the testicles are in the scrotum and of normal size.
• The candidate must not have knock knees, flat foot, varicose veins.
• They must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the duties. 

 Candidate should not suffer from TACHYCARDIA (more than 100 pulse rate per minute) or BRADYCARDIA (Less than 50 per minute).  

Candidate should not suffer from Hernia, hemorrhoids, condylomata prolapse rectum.

Tattoo Clause:

• Content : Being a secular country, the religious sentiments of our countrymen are to be respected and thus, tattoos depicting religious symbol or figures and the name, as followed in Indian Army are to be permitted. 
• Location : Tattoos marked on traditional sites of the body like inner aspect of forearm but only left forearm, being non saluting limb or dorsum of the hands are to be allowed.
• Size : Size must be less than ¼ of the particular part (Elbow or Hand) of the body.

Candidates will either be declared "FIT" or "UNFIT" in the Medical Standard Tests. Those candidates who are declared 'UNFIT' in the Medical Standard Tests will be allowed to appear before the Review Medical Board preferably on the next day of Detailed Medical Examination.

Appeals will be entertained only against the Medical Standards Tests and will have to be made to the Appellate Authority designated by the Ministry of Home Affairs within 24 Hours after declaration of the results DME.