Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) board is conducting the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) to replace the screening exam for major UP Exams including UP Assistant Statistical Officer, UP Lekhpal, UP Village Development Officer, etc. As of now, the board has released the initial details regarding the exam pattern and syllabus. In this post, we have shared the detailed syllabus and exam pattern along with the official notification of UPSSSC PET. The syllabus and exam pattern will help you to create a preparation strategy as per the weightage of the topic or section. Also, you will get a fair understanding of what to study without missing out on the essential topics.
Once the PET is implemented by the UPSSSC board, the selection process will be in the following manner:
UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern will help you to get a fair idea about the subject-wise and topic-wise marks weightage in the exam. Here are a few important points regarding the pattern of the UPSSSC PET exam:
The list of topics/ sections and their respective marks are highlighted below:
UPSSSC PET Subject Name | Total Number of Questions | Total Marks |
Indian History | 05 | 05 |
Indian National Movement | 05 | 05 |
Geography | 05 | 05 |
Indian Economy | 05 | 05 |
Indian Constitution & Public Administration | 05 | 05 |
General Science | 05 | 05 |
Elementary Arithmetic | 05 | 05 |
General Hindi | 05 | 05 |
General English | 05 | 05 |
Logic & Reasoning | 05 | 05 |
Current Affairs | 10 | 10 |
General Awareness | 10 | 10 |
Reading Comprehension (2) | 10 | 10 |
Graph Interpretation and Analysis | 10 | 10 |
Table Interpretation | 10 | 10 |
Overall | 100 | 100 |
As mentioned earlier, the UPSSSC PET involves 100 questions with a weightage of 100 marks in total. We have provided the detailed syllabus of the UPSSSC PET Exam, the details of which are provided below:
Subject | Topics |
General Hindi | Treaty (सन्धि) |
Antonyms words (विलोम शब्द) | |
A word for phrases (वाक्यांशो के लिए एक शब्द) | |
Synonym words (पर्यायवाची शब्द) | |
Gender (लिंग) | |
Equivalent words (समश्रुत भिन्नार्थक शब्द) | |
Common errors (सामान्य अशुद्धियां) | |
Idioms (मुहावरे लोकोत्तियां) | |
Writers and compositions – prose and poetry (लेखक एवं रचनाएं – गद्य एवं पद्य) | |
Unseen passage (अपठित गद्यांश) |
Subject | Topic Name |
General Science | Basic Physics |
Basic Chemistry | |
Basic Biology |
Subject | Topic Name |
Elementary Arithmetic | Whole Numbers, Fractions and Decimals |
Simple Arithmetic Equations | |
Percentage | |
Exponent and Powers | |
Square and Square Roots | |
Average |
Subject | Topic Name |
General English | English Grammar |
Questions on Passage |
Subject | Topic Name |
Logic & Reasoning | Order & Ranking |
Blood Relations | |
Calendar & Watch | |
Cause & Effect | |
Coding-Decoding – Numbers and Letters | |
Conclusive Reasoning | |
Large and Small | |
Segregate | |
Negative Reasoning – Statement Analysis and Decision |
Subject | Topic Name |
Current Affairs | National Current Affairs |
International Current Affairs |
Subject | Topic Name |
General Awareness | India’s Neighbors |
Countries, Capitals and Currencies | |
Indian States & UTs | |
Indian Parliament | |
National and International Days and their Importance | |
World Organization and Headquarters | |
Indian Tourism Destination | |
Indian Art & Culture | |
Indian & International Sports | |
Indian Research Institutes | |
Books and Authors | |
Awards and Honors | |
Climate Change and Environment |
Subject | Topic Name |
Hindi Passage | 2 Unseen passage, 5 questions on each (total 10 questions) |
Subject | Topic Name |
Graph Analysis & Interpretation | 5 questions on each (total 10 questions) |
Subject | Topic Name |
Table Analysis & Interpretation | 5 questions on each (total 10 questions) |
Subject | Topic Name |
Indian History and National Movement | Indus Valley Civilization |
Buddhism | |
Vedic Culture | |
Jainism | |
Gupta Dynasty | |
Maurya Dynasty | |
Harshvardhan | |
Rajput period | |
Sultanate period | |
Mughal Empire | |
Legislative Amendment and the British India Act, 1935 | |
Maratha | |
Quit India Movement | |
The Rise of British Raj and first freedom struggle | |
Social and Economic Impact of the British Raj | |
The early years of the Independence Movement | |
Swadeshi and Civil Disobedience Movement | |
Revolutionary Movement and the Rise of Extremism |
Subject | Topic Name |
Geography | Political Geography of India and the World |
Climate and Weather | |
Time Zone | |
Population Change and Migration | |
Physical Geography of India and the World |
Subject | Topic Name |
Indian Economy | Economic reforms in 1991 and the economy thereafter |
Post-2014 Economic reforms - Structural reforms | |
Indian Economy form 1947 to 1991 - Green revolution |
Subject | Topic Name |
Indian Constitution & Public Administration | Indian Constitution |
District Administration | |
Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions |
The below table states the important highlights of the UPSSSC PET Exam:
Particulars | Details |
Name of board | Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) |
Name of exam | Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) |
Mode of application | Online |
Notification release date | March-2021 to April-2021 (expected) |
Job location | Uttar Pradesh |
Official website | |
Exam type | Offline |
Standard of exam | Class 12 |
Total number of questions | 100 |
Total marks | 100 |
Total time | 120 mins (2 hrs.) |
Negative marking | 0.25 marks |
PET subjects | - General Hindi & Reading Comprehension - General Knowledge - Elementary Mathematics - Reasoning - Figures and Graph |
The important dates of the UPSSSC PET Exam are stated below:
Event | Dates |
Application opening date | March-2021 to April-2021 |
Exam date | To be announced |
Result date | To be announced |
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The UPSSSC PET 2021 includes the following subjects:
Candidates will get a total of 120 mins or 2 hrs. to solve 100 questions.
Yes, there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks in the UPSSSC PET 2021 Exam.
UPSSSC PET will cover major exams such as UP Assistant Statistical Officer, UP Lekhpal, UP Village Development Officer, etc.
A minimum of 5 questions will be asked from the Geography section in UPSSSC PET 2021 Exam.
The weightage of Current Affairs is 10 marks.
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