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Punjab Police ASI 2026 — Exam Pattern

Paper-wise structure, marks per section, duration, marking scheme and the full stage-by-stage selection process.

Mode

CBT (online)

Negative marking

No negative

The official Punjab Police ASI 2026 exam pattern will be published with the notification. Based on the previous Punjab Police SI recruitment and the Constable 2026 process, selection is expected to run in three stages: a Computer Based Test (CBT) that decides merit, qualifying physical tests (PMT/PST), and document scrutiny. Recent Punjab Police CBTs (Constable 2026) carried no negative marking; whether the ASI paper follows this will be confirmed in the notification.

Scoring

Marking scheme

Correct answer

+1

Wrong answer

0

No penalty

Unattempted

0

No penalty

  • The official marking scheme (marks per question and any negative marking) will be confirmed in the notification. +1 per correct answer is the convention in recent Punjab Police CBTs; the Constable 2026 paper had no negative marking.

Process

Selection process

1

Computer Based Test (CBT)

Merit

Merit-deciding written test, expected to cover General Awareness/Punjab GK, Quant, Reasoning, English, Punjabi and Digital Literacy per the recent SI-pattern papers.

2

Physical Measurement & Screening Tests (PMT/PST)

Qualifying

Qualifying physical standards and events, announced in the notification. In recent Punjab Police recruitments these were pass/fail and did not add marks to merit.

3

Document Scrutiny

Qualifying

Verification of educational, category and identity documents against the application before final selection.

At a glance

Key facts

Notification statusAwaited — expected on punjabpolice.gov.in
Expected vacancies~300 (reported; official count with the notification)
Expected exam modeComputer Based Test (CBT)
Expected stagesCBT → PMT/PST (qualifying) → Document Scrutiny
Expected levelGraduate (replaces direct SI recruitment)
Question paper languagesExpected bilingual — English and Punjabi, per recent Punjab Police papers
Negative markingTo be confirmed — Constable 2026 CBT had none

Expected to be a Computer Based Test at centres across Punjab, with the question paper available in English and Punjabi — matching how Punjab Police conducted its recent recruitments. Centre cities, shifts and normalization details come with the notification and admit card.

Answers

Frequently asked questions

What is the selection process for Punjab Police ASI 2026?

Expected, per the previous SI recruitment: a merit-deciding Computer Based Test (CBT), followed by qualifying Physical Measurement and Screening Tests (PMT/PST), and Document Scrutiny. The official stages and marking scheme will be confirmed in the notification.

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