The Excise SI examination is conducted by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board. The process of the examination is divided into five steps. Candidates should qualify each stage to appear the next one.
| WBPRB Excise Sub Inspector Exam | Exam Dates |
| Notification | To be notified |
| Online Application | To be notified |
| Admit Card | To be notified |
| Preliminary Exam | To be notified |
| Mains Exam | To be notified |
7 days a week by HO and Branch faculty
Limited batch size with personalised attention
Interview Preparation
Online + Offline
Once Month
All Study material and handouts in PDF format
Weekly M100 Test + Descriptive Test (Online)
Optional subject as add-on
One-on-One online apointment with the teacher, once a month
100+ hours of introductory and advanced levels
2-3 days a week by HO and Branch faculty
Optional Included
Printed Study material and handouts
Classroom
Weekly M100 Test(Classroom) + Descriptive Test (Online)
One-on-One appointment with the teacher as required by students
Interview Preparation
As required by students
The applicant must be able to speak, read and write in Bengali/ Nepali. The competence of candidates in Bengali/ Nepali language will be tested at the Preliminary Written Test.
Selection Process is divided into two steps, Preliminary Exam and Mains Exam.
Preliminary Exam
In Preliminary Exam there are four papers and duration is 2 hours
| Subject | No. of Questions | Marks |
| General Awareness and General Knowledge | 20 | 40 |
| General English | 20 | 40 |
| Elementary Mathematics | 20 | 40 |
| Reasoning | 20 | 40 |
| Bengali / Nepali Language Test | 20 | 40 |
Minimum Physical Standard
| Category | Class | Height (in cm.) | Chest (in cm.) | Weight (in kg.) |
| Sub-Inspector of Police [Unarmed Branch (UB) in West Bengal Police] | Candidates of all categories (except Gorkhas, Rajbanshis, Garwalis and Scheduled Tribes) | 167 cm | 79 cm. with a minimum expansion of 5 cm | 56 kg |
| Gorkhas, Rajbanshis, Garwalis and Scheduled Tribes | 160 cm | 76 cm. with a minimum expansion of 5 cm | 52 kg | |
| Sub-Inspector of Police [Armed Branch (AB) in West Bengal Police] [Male candidates only] | Candidates of all categories (except Gorkhas, Rajbanshis, Garwalis and Scheduled Tribes) | 173 cm | 86 cm. with a minimum expansion of 5 cm | 60 kg |
| Gorkhas, Rajbanshis, Garwalis and Scheduled Tribes | 163 cm | 81 cm. with a minimum expansion of 5 cm | 54 kg | |
| Lady Sub-Inspector Police (UB) in West Bengal Police |
Candidates of all categories (except Gorkhas, Rajbansis, Garwalis and Scheduled Tribes) |
160 cm | – | 48 kg |
| Gorkhas, Rajbansis, Garwalis and Scheduled Tribes |
155 cm | – | 45 kg |
Physical Efficiency Tests:
| Name of Post | Test |
| Male candidates for the post of Sub-Inspector of Police (UB) and Sub-Inspector of Police (AB) in West Bengal Police | 800 meters run within 03 (three) minutes |
| Female candidates for the post of Lady Sub-Inspector (UB) in West Bengal Police | 400 meters run within 02 (two) minutes |
Personality Test
A limited number of candidates selected merit-wise on the results of Final Examination will be called for the Personality Test. The candidates who fail to secure minimum pass mark in the personality test will be disqualified irrespective of the marks obtained by them in the Final Combined Competitive Examination.
| Subject | Topic |
| General Intelligence | Problem Solving, Syllogistic Reasoning, Analogies, Visual Memory, Number Series, Directions, Coding-Decoding, Embedded Figures, Judgment, Non-Verbal Series, Decision Making. |
| English Language | Vocabulary, Fill in the blanks, Grammar, Spot the error, Antonyms, Synonyms/ Homonyms, Sentence structure, Passage, Verbal Comprehension passage etc, Verbs, Adjectives, Clauses, Spellings, Detecting Mis-spelt words, One word substitutions, Shuffling of sentence parts, Idioms and phrases, Shuffling of Sentences in a passage, Improvement. |
| Quantitative Aptitude | Number Sense & Numeration, Measurement, Equations and formulas, Compass-and-straightedge, Congruence and similarity, Three-dimensional geometry, Rational numbers, Analytic geometry, Negative numbers, Exponents and radicals, Patterns, relations, and functions, Slopes and trigonometry, United States, Data representation and analysis, Basic two-dimensional geometry, Proportions. |
| General Awareness | Geography of India, Indian Culture & Heritage, Scientific Observations, History of India, Books & Authors, Important Dates, India and It’s Neighboring Countries, Music & Literature etc, Indian Economy, Political Science, International issues, National and International Current Affairs. |
| Bengali Language | History of Bangla Literature, The chronological track from Proto Indo-European to Bangla, Historical stages of Bangla and their linguistic features, Dialects of Bangla, Women and Bangla Literature, Tagore and Post Tagoreans, Bangla dramatic literature, Elements of Bangla Vocabulary, Forms of Bangla Literary Prose-Sadhu and Chalit. |
| Nepali Language | History of the origin and development of Nepali, Grammar and phonology, Fundamentals, Standardization and Modernisation, Major literary trends and movements, Theories of literature, Nepali folklores. |
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Kolkata – 700 056, West Bengal, India.
