UPPSC-PCS

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) conducts the Combined State / Upper Subordinate Services (PCS) exam. The three stages – Preliminary, Mains, and Interview have a defined syllabus. In this article, an aspirant will get to know the detailed UPPSC PCS Exam.

2. Exam Dates:

UPPCS Exam Details	Important Dates
Official Notification	To Be Notified Later
Online Registration	To Be Notified Later
Start Date	To Be Notified Later
Last Date	To Be Notified Later
Admit Card Release Date	To Be Notified Later
Pre Exam Date	To Be Notified Later
Mains Exam Date	To Be Notified Later
Interview	To Be Notified Later
Result	To Be Notified Later

3. Eligibility Criteria:
Nationality :

S No	Nationality
1	A citizen of India or Indian origin can apply for the UPPSC PCS exam. For more details on the UPPSC PCS eligibility on nationality check the points below.
1.1	Citizen of India or
1.2	Subject of Bhutan/ Nepal or
1.3	Tibetan refugee who moved to India, with the intention of permanently settling here before January 1, 1962, or
1.4	People of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Age Limit :

Category	Age Limit
General	21 to 40 years
PH	21 to 55 years

Age Relaxation :

Category	UPPSC PCS Age Relaxation
SC of Uttar Pradesh	5 years (21 - 45 years)
ST of Uttar Pradesh	5 years (21 - 45 years)
OBC of Uttar Pradesh	5 years (21 - 45 years)
Skilled players of classified games of Uttar Pradesh	5 years (21 - 45 years)
State Govt. employees of Uttar Pradesh	5 years (21 - 45 years)
Physically handicapped candidates of Uttar Pradesh	15 years (21 - 55 years)
Emergency Commissioned Officers of Uttar Pradesh	5 years (21 - 45 years)
Short Service Commissioned Officers of Uttar Pradesh	5 years (21 - 45 years)
Ex-Army Personnel of Uttar Pradesh who have rendered five years service in Army	5 years (21 - 45 years)

4. Educational Qualification :

Name of Post	Educational Qualification
Sub Registrar, Assistant Prosecuting Officer (Transport)	Law Graduate
District Basik Shiksha Adhikari / Associate DIOS and Other equivalent administrative posts, District Administrative Officer	Post Graduate Degree
District Audit Officer (Revenue Audit)	Commerce Graduate
Assistant Controller Legal Measurement (Grade-I) / Assistant Controller Legal Measurement (Grade-II)	Degree in Science with Physics or Mechanical Engg. As one subject.
Assistant Labour Commissioner	Degree in Arts with Sociology or Economics as a subject or Commerce/Law.
District Programme Officer	Degree in Sociology or Social Science or Home Science or Social Work.
Senior Lecturer, DIET	Post Graduate Degree with B.Ed.
District Probation Officer	Post Graduate Degree in Psychology or Sociology or Social Work or any qualification equivalent thereto or Post Graduate Diploma in any Branch of Social Work from any recognised Institute of Social Work.
Child Development Project Officer	Graduate Degree in Sociology or Social Work or Home Science or any qualification equivalent thereto recognised by the Government
Designated Officer / Food Safety Officer	Post Graduate Degree in Chemistry as one of the subjects from a University established by law in India or a qualification recognised by the Government as equivalent thereto, or
	Atleast one of qualification prescribed for Direct Recruitment to the post of Food Safety Officer given as below: A Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology or Dairy Technology or Biotechnology or Oil Technology or Agricultural Science or Veterinary Sciences or Bio- Chemistry or Microbiology or Post Graduate Degree in Chemistry or Degree in Medicine from a recognised University, or any other equivalent/recognised qualification notified by the Central Government, Provided that no person who has any financial Interest in the manufacture, import or sale of any article of food shall be appointed to be a Food Safety Officer.
Statistical officer	Post Graduate Degree in mathematics or Mathematical Statistics or Statistics or Agricultural Statistics from an university recognized by Law in India or equivalent qualification recognised by the Government.
District Cane Officer, U.P. Agriculture Service Group “B” (Development Branch)	Agriculture Graduate
Labour Enforcement Officer	Bachelor’s degree with Economics or Sociology or commerce and Post Graduate Diploma or Post graduate Degree in Law / Labour relation / Labour welfare / Labour Law / Commerce / Sociology / Social work / Social welfare / Trade Management / Personnel Management.
Principals, Government Intermediate Colleges (For Boys or Girls)	A Post-Graduate Degree from a University established by law in India or a degree recognised by the Government as equivalent thereto.
	L.T. Diploma of the Department of Education, Uttar Pradesh, or B.T. or B.Ed. or an equivalent Degree of a University. At least three years teaching experience in High School or Intermediate Classes or Classes higher than above from a College or University established by law in India or any such Institution recognised by the Government.
Assistant Research Officer	A Post-Graduate Degree in Chemistry from a University established by law in India or a degree recognised by the Government as equivalent thereto.
Assistant Director (Horticulture)	Agriculture Graduate
Manager (Administration/General)	M.B.A. or Equivalent Degree
Assistant Store Purchase Officer	M.B.A.
Assistant Conservator of Forest	A Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subject namely Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geology, Forestry, Statistics or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from a University established by Law in India or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time, or a qualification recognised by the Government as equivalent thereto.
Range Forest Officer	A Bachelor’s Degree with two or more of the subjects, namely Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Forestry, Geology, Agriculture, Statistics, Horticulture and Environment or Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science from a University established by Law in India or possess a qualification recognized by the Government as equivalent thereto.

Specific qualifying posts only through written examination :

Name of Post	Qualification
Technical Assistant (Chemistry)	Post-graduate Degree in Chemistry with minimum 50 percent marks from a University established by law in India.

Note:- “In case of special educational Qualification posts, the candidates must mention their options clearly, ‘yes’, in that conditions only they shall be considered for the posts bearing special education qualification.”
For the Post of Assistant Conservator of Forest :
5.ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION :

A Bachelor’s degree with at least one of the subject namely Botany, Zoology, Chemistry,
Physics, Mathematics, Geology, Forestry, Statistics or a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture
or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from a University established by Law in India or a
Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time, or a
qualification recognised by the Government as equivalent thereto.

6.PREFERENTIAL QUALIFICATION :

A candidate who has
1. served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years,
or
2. obtained a “B” certificate of N.C.C. shall other things being equal, be given preference in the matter of direct recruitment.

FOR THE POST OF RANGE FOREST OFFICER:

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION:

A Bachelor’s Degree with two or more of the subjects, namely Mathematics, Physics,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Forestry, Geology, Agriculture, Statistics, Horticulture and
Environment or Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or
Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science from a University established by Law in India or
possess a qualification recognised by the Government as equivalent thereto.

PREFERENTIAL QUALIFICATION:

A candidate who has:
1. Served in the Territorial Army for a minimum period of two years,
or
2. Obtained a ‘B’ Certificate of National Cadet Corps,
or
3. Represented the state in any game, shall, other things being equal, be given
preference in the matter of direct recruitment.

Physical Measurement :Physical Measurements will be applicable according to Service Rules / requisitions, in case of availability of posts e.g. Dy. Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Jail, District Commandant Home Guards, Excise Inspector, Deputy Jailor and District Youth Welfare and Pradeshik Vikash Dal Officer etc. which is mentioned as below:-

For the post of D.S.P. :

Category of Candidates	Height (Cm.)	Chest (cm) (Unexpanded)	Chest (cm) (Expanded)
For Male candidates only General, Other Backward Classes of Citizens and Scheduled Castes.	165	84	89
For Scheduled Tribes	160	79	84
For Female candidates only General, Other Backward Classes of Citizens and Scheduled Castes.	152	Not applicable.	Not applicable.
For Scheduled Tribes	147	Not applicable.	Not applicable.
Minimum weight for female candidates of all categories	40 Kg.	Not applicable.	Not applicable.

For the post of District Commandant Home Guards :

Category of Candidates	Height (Cm.)	Chest (cm) (Unexpanded)	Chest (cm) (Expanded)
Male Candidates	165	84	89
Female Candidates	150	79	84
For the candidates of Scheduled Tribes and Male Candidates of Kumayun aChest (cm) (Expanded)nd Gadhwal Divisions.	160	84	89

For the post of Superintendent Jail :

1. Height 168 cm and in the condition of candidates of kumayun and Gadhwal Divisions
not less than 163 cm.
2. Chest 81.3 cm. (unexpanded) and 86.3 cm. (expanded)
3. Vision - 6/6

For the post of Excise Inspector :

Category of Candidates	Height (Cm)	Chest (cm) (Unexpanded)	Chest (cm) (Expanded)
Male Candidates	167	81.2	86.2
Female Candidates (SC./ST.)	147	-	-
For other Female Candidates	152	-	-

For the post of Deputy Jailor :

Category of Candidates	Height (C.M.)	Expansion of chest (Minimum) (C.M.)	Chest Measurement (unexpended) (C.M.)
For Male Candidates	168	81.3	05
For Female Candidates	152	Weight 45 to 58 k.g.	-

Note : In the case of a Candidate belonging to Scheduled Tribes the measurement of height shall be as under:-
Male - 160 cms.
Female - 147 cms.

For the Post of District Youth Welfare and Pradeshik Vikash Dal Officer :

MALE CANDIDATES :

Height	In Cms. (Minimum)
For Scheduled Tribes candidates	160
For candidates residing permanently in hill areas	162.6
Others candidates	167.7

Chest	Unexpanded Centimeters	Expanded in Centimeters
For candidates residing permanently in hill areas and Scheduled Tribes	76.5	81.3 Cm.
For Others candidates	78.5 Cm.	83.5 Cm.

FEMALE CANDIDATES :

Height (Cms.)	In Cms. (Minimum)
For candidates residing permanently in hill areas and Scheduled Tribes	147
For Others candidates	152

For the Post of Assistant Conservator of Forest:

No candidate for direct recruitment shall be appointed to the service unless
he/she possesses the minimum standard for height and chest girth as specified below:

Sex	Height	Chest girth (Fully expanded)	Expansion (cm)
Male	163 cms.	84 cms.	5
Female	150 cms.	79 cms.	5

Note : Provided that the minimum height standard in case of candidates belonging to
Scheduled Tribes and to races such as Gorkhas, Nepalies, Assamese, Meghalayan Tribal, Laddakhese, Sikkimiese, Bhutanese, Garhwalies, Kumaunies, Nagas and Arunachal Pradesh candidates, shall be as follows:

Sex	Height (cm)
Male	152.5
Female	145

Note : The male candidates will be required to qualify in walking test of 25 kms. to be completed in Four hours and female candidates of 14 kms. to be completed in Four hours. The arrangement for conducting this test will be made by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Uttar Pradesh so as to synchronise with the sittings of the Medical Board.

For the post of Range Forest Officer :

No candidate for direct recruitment shall be appointed to the service unless he/she
possesses the minimum standard for height and chest girth as specified below:-

Sex	Height	Chest girth (Fully expanded)	Expansion**
Male	163 cms	84 cm	5 cm
Female	150 cms	79 cm	5 cm

Provided that the minimum standard of height in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes and to races such as Gorkhas, Nepalis, Gardhwalis, Kumaonis shall be as follows :
1.

Sex	Height
Male	152.5 cm
Female	145 cm

2. The male candidates will be required to qualify a walking test of 25 kms. to be completed in Four hours and female candidates of 14 kms. to be completed in 4 hours. The arrangement for conducting this test will be made by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Uttar Pradesh so as to synchronise with the sittings of the Medical Board.

For Assistant Conservator of Forest :

1. No candidate shall be appointed to a post in the service unless he/she be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of his/her duties. Before a candidate is finally approved for appointment by direct recruitment he/she shall be required to pass an examination by a Medical Board.
2. A female candidate who as a result of test is found to be pregnant of Twelve weeks duration or more should be declared temporarily unfit. She should be re-examined for fitness after Six weeks from the date of confinement.

For Range Forest Officer :

1. No candidates shall be appointed to a post in the service unless
he/she be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of his/her duties. Before a candidate is finally approved for appointment he/she shall be required to pass an examination by a Medical Board.
2. A Female candidate who as a result of test is found to be pregnant of twelve weeks duration or more should be declared temporarily unfit. She should be re-examined for fitness after six weeks from the date of confinement.

Note : candidates before applying for the above mentioned posts should ensure himself/herself that he/she possesses the above physical standard.

7. UPPCS Exam Application Fees :
In the ON-LINE Application process, after completing the procedure Assistant conservator of first stage, Category wise prescribed examination fee is to be deposited as per instructions provided in second stage. The prescribed fee of preliminary examination for different categories is as under:

Category	Amount / Fee
Unreserved/Economically weaker sections/: Other Backward Class	Exam fee Rs. 100/- + On-line processing fee Rs. 25/- Total = Rs. 125/-
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe	Exam fee Rs. 40/- + On-line processing fee Rs. 25/- Total = Rs. 65/-
Handicapped	Exam fee NIL + On-line processing fee Rs. 25/- Total = Rs. 25/-
Ex-Serviceman	Exam fee Rs. 40/- + On-line processing fee Rs. 25/- Total = Rs. 65/-
Dependent of the Freedom Fighters/Women	According to their original category

Note : The Basic Registration of such candidates will not be accepted who have been debarred from U.P. Public Service Commission and their period of debarment has not been completed. In addition to above, the applications submitted without requisite information regarding debarment, if it is found at any stage in future that the applications have been submitted concealing this fact, his/her candidature will be rejected at any stage and the commission will consider to debar them from all future examinations/selections including extension of debarment period. In this regard if the claims of the candidates made in their On- Line applications are not found true, they can be debarred not only from the examination in question but from all the future examinations and selections made by the commission also including other appropriate penalties.

8. No of Vacancy :

No of Vacancy	Number
Total Vacency	To be Notified Later

9. UPPCS Exam Pattern :
The competitive examination for the Combined State / Upper Subordinate Services
Examination, 2021 and Assistant Conservator of Forest / Range Forest Officer Services
Examination, 2021 comprise three successive stages viz :-
1. Preliminary Examination (Objective Type & Multiple choice).
2. Main Examination (Conventional Type, i.e. Written examination).
3. Viva- Voce (Personality Test).

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION :
1. The Preliminary examination for the Combined State / Upper Subordinate Services. Examination and Assistant Conservator of Forest / Range Forest Officer Services. Examination will consist of two compulsory papers of which answer sheet be on OMR sheets.The papers shall be 200 marks each and of two hours duration. Both the papers shall be objective Type & multiple choice in which there shall be 150-100 questions Respectively. The timing of paper I will be from 9.30 to 11.30 A.M. and paper II from 2.30 to 4.30 P.M.
Note : Paper-II of the Preliminary Examination will be a qualifying paper with
minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.
2. It is mandatory for the Candidates to appear in both the papers of Preliminary Examination for the purpose of evaluation.
Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he does not appear in both in Papers.
3. The merit of the Candidates will be determined on the basis of marks
obtained in Paper-I of the Preliminary Examination.

SUBJECTS FOR THE COMBINED STATE / UPPER SUBORDINATE SERVICES MAIN (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION :

The Written examination will consist of the following compulsory and optional subjects. The syllabus whereof is mentioned in Appendix-6 of this advertisement. The candidates have to select any one subject from the list of optional subjects for main examination which will consist of two papers.

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

Subject	Marks
General Hindi	150
Essay	150
General Studies (First Paper)	200
General Studies (Second Paper)	200
General Studies (Third Paper)	200
General Studies (Fourth Paper)	200

Compulsory Subject : General Hindi, Essay and General Studies (First, Second,
Third and Fourth papers) Papers Shall be Conventional type and for solving the questions three hours time is allowed. For optional Question papers three hours time is allowed. Two hundred maximum marks has been allotted for each optional question paper.

Note : Timing of examination paper of 3 hours i.e. 9.30 am to 12.30 pm & 2 pm to 5 pm.
A candidate shall be required to obtain such minimum marks in the compulsory paper of General Hindi, as may be determined by the Government or the Commission, as the case may be. There shall be Two sections in all the question papers of Optional subject and each section will include Four questions. Candidates are required to answer only Five questions while they must select minimum Two questions from each section

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS ARE AS BELOW :

S No	Name of Optional Subject
1	Agriculture
2	Zoology
3	Chemistry
4	Physics
5	Mathematics
6	Geography
7	Economics
8	Sociology
9	Philosophy
10	Geology
11	Psychology
12	Botany
13	Mechanical Engineering
14	Law
15	Electrical Engineering
16	Animal Husbandry
17	English Literature
18	Veterinary Science
19	Urdu Lit.
20	Statistics
21	Hindi Literature
22	Management
23	Sanskrit Literature
24	Political Science
25	Public Administration
26	Commerce & International Relations Accountancy
27	History
28	Anthropology
29	Medical Science
30	Civil Engineering

10. PERSONALITY TEST (VIVA-VOCE) :
The test will relate to the matter of general interest keeping the matter of academic interest in view and for general awareness, intelligence, character, expression power/personality and general suitability for the service.

Subject	Marks
Interview	100

11. Grade Pay:

Name of Post	Grade Pay
PCS (Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services)	Junior Scale Pay Band: Rs. 9300-34800 Senior Time Scale Pay Band: Rs.15600-39100 Grade Pay- Rs 4600 - Rs 5400
Assistant conservator of Forest	Rs.15600/- to Rs.39100/-, Grade Pay- Rs.5400/-, (Level-10 in the pay matrix Group) Group “B”, Gazetted.
Range Forest Officer of Forest	Rs.9300/- to Rs.34800/-, Grade Pay – Rs.4800/-, (Level- 8 pay matrix 47600 - 151100) Group “B”, Gazetted.