UPHESC Assistant Professor Genetics & Plant Breeding Exam Pattern 2026

UPHESC Assistant Professor Genetics & Plant Breeding Exam Pattern

Genetics & Plant Breeding (subject code 85) is one of the 43 subjects of the UPHESC (now UPESSC) Assistant Professor recruitment. The details on this tab are common to all subjects; see UPHESC Assistant Professor for the full recruitment and all subject pages.

For Advt No. 04/2026, selection has a written objective exam followed by an interview. The written paper is an offline (pen-and-paper) objective test on an OMR sheet, held subject-wise in two shifts per day.

Written exam (Advt 04/2026)

• Mode: offline, OMR-based
• Duration: 2 hours (120 minutes)
• Marking: +3 for each correct answer
• Negative marking: -1 for each wrong answer or more than one answer marked
• Unattempted question: 0
• Questions are multiple choice (MCQ)

Interview and total

Candidates who qualify the written exam in their subject are called for the interview, then document verification. The final merit list is subject-wise and category-wise.

Earlier pattern (Advt No. 51)

Advt 51 was advertised under the older UPHESC rules. Its re-exam (18 and 19 April 2026) was held in two-hour shifts (9:30 to 11:30 AM and 2:30 to 4:30 PM). Reports of that cycle mention a 30-mark interview, which is different from the 40-mark interview of Advt 04/2026. Always follow the scheme printed in your own advertisement.

Tips

• Because of negative marking, do not guess blindly.
• The subject part carries 75% of written marks, so post-graduate level subject preparation matters most.