UP Police Constable 2026: admit card, answer key and result
This page explains how the admit card, the answer key and the result work for UP Police Constable, which is conducted by Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB). The official portal is uppbpb.gov.in, and everything here should be checked against the notice for your cycle.
✓ Data verified 6 Oct 2026
Where the 2026 cycle stands
Written exam was held on 8, 9 and 10 June 2026 (two shifts a day) for the direct recruitment notified on 31 December 2025 (Advertisement 07/2025) with 32,679 vacancies. The written result was declared on 31 July 2026 and around 76,184 candidates were shortlisted for document verification/PST and PET (figure from dated news reports — cross-check the shortlist notice on uppbpb.gov.in). The PET is being held from 1 to 7 October 2026, with a reserve day of 8 October 2026 for Moradabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad centres, per the board's PET notice dated 24 September 2026; centre-wise date-change notices (for example Gorakhpur and Azamgarh, 5 October 2026) are published on uppbpb.gov.in. After the PET, the board moves to DV completion and the final merit list.
Status as last verified on 6 Oct 2026. See the important dates for the full list.
Admit card
Where: Download link on uppbpb.gov.in, released city- and centre-wise.
When: About a week before the fixed exam date, per the board's notice dated 24 September 2026.
- 1Open uppbpb.gov.in and open the admit card download link for your city or centre.
- 2Enter the login details asked on the page and download the admit card.
- 3Print the admit card clearly and check your name, roll number, centre, date and shift.
- 4If the link for your centre is not live yet, keep checking the notice board page; admit cards are uploaded centre by centre.
What to carry
- A printed admit card
- An original photo ID (Aadhaar card, voter ID or any ID listed in the admit card instructions)
- Only what the admit card instructions allow; mobile phones and electronic devices are not permitted inside
Answer key
The board publishes the provisional answer key and question papers shift-wise on its website and invites objections within a notified window.
- Open uppbpb.gov.in and open the answer key link for your shift.
- Download your shift's question paper and provisional answer key, and compare them question by question.
- Submit objections online within the notified window, following the format the notice asks for.
- The board examines the objections and publishes the final answer key.
Objection fee: The objection fee, if any, is stated in the notice for that cycle. Check the official notice rather than assuming.
The written exam was held on 8, 9 and 10 June 2026 in two shifts a day across 75 districts, so keys are published shift-wise.
Result and scorecard
The written result is declared as a category-wise and gender-wise cutoff on normalised scores. DV, PST and PET are qualifying stages; the final merit list is also built from written exam marks only.
| Stage | What the result means |
|---|---|
| Written exam | One OMR paper of 150 questions for 300 marks (2 marks each) in 2 hours, with 0.5 negative marking for wrong answers and no sectional timing. Result declared on 31 July 2026, shortlisting around 76,184 candidates for document verification/PST and PET. |
| Document verification and PST | Original certificates are checked: education, age, caste in the prescribed Prakoshtha formats, UP residence for reservation, and ex-servicemen or NOC documents where applicable. Physical standards: male minimum height 168 cm (ST 160 cm), chest 79 to 84 cm with 5 cm expansion; female minimum height 152 cm (ST 147 cm), weight 40 kg. Measurements taken here are final. |
| PET | Qualifying race held from 1 to 7 October 2026, with a reserve day of 8 October for Moradabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad centres: males run 4.8 km in 25 minutes, females 2.4 km in 14 minutes. Failing the race ends the candidature at this level. |
| Final merit | The final category-wise merit list is drawn from written exam marks after the qualifying stages. A medical examination to police service standards follows DV; the board announces the list date on uppbpb.gov.in. |
Scorecard: Results, cutoffs and DV/PST/PET schedules are published as PDF notices on uppbpb.gov.in, and candidates look up their roll number in the list.
Once the result is out, compare your score with the official cutoffs.
Source basis: UPPRPB PET notice dated 24-09-2026, which recaps the written exam, result and DV/PST schedule: https://uppbpb.gov.in/FilesUploaded/Notice/72006016e1ebae-500c-4578-98d2-0e511181b7a7.pdf; UPPRPB notice board (https://uppbpb.gov.in/Home/Notice) for Advertisement 07/2025, DV notice dated 23-09-2026 and result notices; Result and shortlist figures from dated reports on timesofindia.indiatimes.com and testbook.com (cross-check the shortlist notice); Applications for the 2026 cycle ran on the recruitment portal named in the board's notices, upcons2025.com, with One Time Registration, a real-time photograph, Aadhaar-based authentication and DigiLocker uploads (fee ₹500 for General, EWS and OBC, ₹400 for SC/ST). Always follow the notice and the official website for your cycle.
UP Police Constable admit card, answer key & result: FAQs
Where do I download the UP Police Constable admit card?
Download link on uppbpb.gov.in, released city- and centre-wise. About a week before the fixed exam date, per the board's notice dated 24 September 2026.
Is the UP Police Constable answer key released, and can I challenge it?
The board publishes the provisional answer key and question papers shift-wise on its website and invites objections within a notified window. The objection fee, if any, is stated in the notice for that cycle. Check the official notice rather than assuming.
How do I check the UP Police Constable result?
The written result is declared as a category-wise and gender-wise cutoff on normalised scores. DV, PST and PET are qualifying stages; the final merit list is also built from written exam marks only. Results, cutoffs and DV/PST/PET schedules are published as PDF notices on uppbpb.gov.in, and candidates look up their roll number in the list.