UPPSC 

                          Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, Prayagraj

1.         State Civil Services: PCS (Provincial Civil Services)

• UPPSC is the organizing body of PCS/AFO exam for the state.

 2.        Eligibility:

1. Age- 21 year to 40 year
2. Minimum Educational Qualification- Graduate from any recognized university

3.         Scheme of Examination

Interview/Personality Test-   100

4.         Syllabus of State Civil Service:

1. Preliminary Examination
2. Main Examination
3. Interview

STATE SERVICE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

 SYLLABUS

General Studies I

• Current events of National and International importance: On Current Events of National and International Importance, candidates will be expected to have knowledge about them.
• Indian History: Ancient, Medieval, Modern: In History emphasis should be on broad understanding social, economic and political aspects of Indian History. In the Indian National Movement, the candidates are expected to have synoptic view of nature and character of the freedom movement, growth of nationalism and attainment of Independence
• Indian and World Geography- Physical, Social, Economic geography of India and the World: In World Geography only general understanding of the subject will be expected. Questions on the Geography of India will relate to Physical, Social & Economic Geography of India.
• Indian Governance and Polity: It covers details of Indian Polity, Economic and Culture, questions will test knowledge of country's political system including Panchayati Raj and Community Development, broad features of Economic policy in India and Indian Culture Political System, Constitution, Public Policy, Panchayati Raj, Rights issues, etc.
• Social and Economic Development: Sustainable Development Poverty Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc. General Issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity, and Climate Change- that do not require subject specialization.

Environmental Ecology, Climate Change, and Biodiversity – general issues that do not require subject specialization: The questions will be in respect to problems and relationship between Population, Environment and Urbanisation. General Issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization, General awareness of the subject is expected from candidates.

• General Science: This section questions will be from general appreciation and understanding of Science including matters of every day observation and experience, as may be expected of a well educated person, who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline

General Studies II (CSAT)

1. Comprehension
2. Interpersonal skills (including communication skills)
3. Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning
4. Problem Solving & Decision Making
5. General Mental Ability
6. Elementary Mathematics (class X level – Algebra, Statistics, Geometry and Arithmetic):
7. Elementary Mathematics (Upto Class X Level)

• Arithmetic: 

(i)           Number systems: Natural Numbers, Integers, Rational and Irrational numbers, Real numbers, Divisors of an Integer, prime Integers, L.C.M. and H.C.F. of integers and their Interrelationship. 

(ii)          Average 
(iii)         Ratio and proportion 
(iv)         Percentage 
(v)          Profit and Loss
(vi)         Simple and Compound Interests
(vii)        Work and Time
(viii)       Speed, Time and Distance

• Algebra: 

(i)           Factors of polynomials, L.C.M. and H.C.F. of polynomials and their Interrelationship, Remainder theorem, simultaneous linear equations, quadratic equations.
(ii)          Set Theory:- Set, null set, subsets and proper subsets of a set, operations (Union, Intersections, difference, symmetric difference) between sets, venn diagram.

• Geometry: 

(i)        Constructions and theorems regarding triangle, rectangle, square, trapezium and  circles, their perimeter and area.
(ii)       Volume and surface area of sphere, right circular cylinder, right circular Cone and Cube.

• Statistics: Collection of data, Classification of data, frequency, frequency distribution, tabulation, cumulative frequency. Representation of data - Bar diagram, Pie chart, histogram, frequency polygon, cumulative frequency curves (ogives), Measures of Central tendency: Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode.

General English (class X level)

• Comprehension
• Active Voice and Passive Voice
• Parts of Speech
• Transformation of Sentences
• Direct and Indirect Speech
• Punctuation and Spellings
• Words meanings
• Vocabulary & Usage
• Idioms and Phrases
• Fill in the Blanks

General Hindi (class X level)

• हिंदी वर्णमाला, विरामचिन्ह
• संधि, समास
• क्रियाएं
• अनेकार्थी शब्द
• वर्तनी
• अर्थबोध
• विलोम शब्द
• पर्यायवाची
• मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियां
• तत्सम एवं तद्भव देशज विदेशी (शब्द भंडार)
• हिंदी भाषा के प्रयोग में होने वाली अशुद्धियां
• उत्तर प्रदेश की मुख्य बोलियां शब्द रचना, वाक्य रचना, अर्थ