UPHESC Assistant Professor Law Syllabus 2026

UPHESC Assistant Professor Law Syllabus

The written exam has two parts: General Knowledge (30 questions, the same for all subjects) and Law (90 questions). Both syllabi below are the official ones of the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission, Prayagraj.

Part 1: General Knowledge (30 questions, 90 marks)

Compulsory for all disciplines. Download PDF (0.3 MB)

Unit 1: Current Affairs

• Major events and current affairs: national and international
• Personalities in news
• Sports news
• Current research in the field of science

Unit 2: Teaching and Research Aptitude

• Teaching: nature, objectives, need, methods, evaluation and factors affecting teaching
• Research: meaning and methods
• Data: source, collection and analysis
• Role of UGC in qualitative development in higher education

Unit 3: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT: meaning, advantages and disadvantages
• Basics of internet and e-mailing
• General abbreviations and terminology

Unit 4: People and Environment

• People and environment interaction
• Environmental degradation: causes and solutions
• National and international efforts for a better environment
• Environmental control

Unit 5: Indian History and Geography

• Salient features of Indian culture
• Indian National Movement (1857–1950)
• Origin of the universe and the solar system
• Indian geography (general)

Unit 6: Indian Constitution and Economy

• Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
• Indian political system: legislature, executive and judiciary
• Election Commission and Public Service Commission
• Population, poverty, unemployment; planning and development; income tax
• Agriculture, industry, trade; money, currency, banking and capital market

Part 2: Law (subject code 64) – 90 questions, 270 marks

The Law paper is at post-graduate (Master's) level. The complete official syllabus is below. Download Law syllabus PDF (0.5 MB)

Note: Please set 4 items from each unit.

Unit I: Constitutional Law

• Essential Features of Indian Constitution
• Distribution of Legislative Powers between Union and States
• Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy
• Judiciary, Parliament and State Legislatures
• Power, Procedure and Scope of Amendment of the Constitution of India

Unit II: Administrative Law

• Nature, Scope and Importance of Administrative Law
• Delegated Legislations: Meaning, Kinds and Causes for Growth
• Principles of Natural Justice
• Administrative Discretion and its control
• Judicial Review of Administrative Action-Writ Jurisdiction
• Lokpal and Lokayukta

Unit III: Jurisprudence

• The Nature and Definition of Jurisprudence
• Schools of Jurisprudence:
  • Analytical School (Austin)
  • Pure Theory of Law (Kelsen)
  • Historical School (Savigny and Maine)
  • Sociological School (Roscoe Pound)
• Nature and Sources of Law
• Legal Concepts : Rights & Duties, Person, Possession and Ownership
• Judicial Process : Application of Doctrine of Precedent in India
• Law and Morality

Unit IV: General Principles of Criminal Law

• Meaning, Nature, Essentials and Stages of Crime
• General Exceptions under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
• Joint Liability, Abetment and Criminal Conspiracy under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
• Offences against Human Body under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
• Offences against Property under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
• Defamation under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
• Definition, Nature and Kinds of Cyber Crimes under the Information Technology Act, 2000

Unit V: International Law

• Nature, Subjects and Sources of International Law
• Concept of Sovereignty and its relevance today
• Recognition of State and Governments
• Extradition, Asylum, Nationality and Status of Refugees
• International Court of Justice
• Human Rights - Concept and Development
• Global Trade Regime under International Law

Unit VI: Personal Law (Family Law) - Hindu Law & Muslim Law

• Marriage
• Matrimonial Remedies
  • Restitution of Conjugal Rights
  • Decree of Nullity
  • Judicial Separation
  • Divorce
• Adoption and Guardianship
• Maintenance
• Uniform Civil Code

Unit VII: Law of Torts

• Nature and definition of Tort
• General Principles of Tortious Liability
• Specific Torts – Trespass, Negligence, Nuisance and Defamation
• Strict Liability & Absolute Liability - Emerging trends in India

Unit VIII: Contract Law

• Offer, Acceptance, Consideration, Promise, Agreement and Contract
• Essentials of a Valid Contract
• Elements vitiating Free Consent – Coercion, Undue Influence, Fraud, Misrepresentation and Mistake
• Void Agreements
• Frustration of Contract
• Quasi Contract
• Remedies for breach of Contract

Unit IX: Lok Adalat

• Lok Adalat under the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987
• Organization and Jurisdiction of Lok Adalat
• Powers of Lok Adalat
• Functions of Lok Adalat

Unit X: Environmental Law

• Concept of Sustainable Development
• Environment Protection & the Constitution of India
• Salient Features of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
• Pollution Control Boards: Powers and Functions
• Wild life (Protection) Act, 1972
• National Green Tribunal

How to prepare

• Match the official Law syllabus unit by unit with your Master's notes and mark weak units first.
• Solve previous UPHESC/UPESSC Assistant Professor Law papers (Advt 51 re-exam of April 2026 is the most recent).
• Do not leave GK for the end: Teaching and Research Aptitude and ICT are scoring units of the GK paper.
• Practise MCQs under time limits because of negative marking (-1 per wrong answer).

Syllabus PDFs of all 43 subjects are on UPHESC Assistant Professor.