UPSSSC PET Syllabus 2026

UPSSSC PET Syllabus

The PET paper has 15 parts for a total of 100 marks. The official syllabus is printed in the UPSSSC notice on upsssc.gov.in. The topics below follow the published syllabus for this exam.

History, National Movement and Geography (15 marks)

Indian History: ancient, medieval and modern India
Indian National Movement: the freedom struggle, leaders, movements and important events
Geography: physical, social and economic geography of India and the world

Indian Economy (5 marks)

Economy from 1947 to 1991, five-year plans, public and private sectors
Green revolution, agriculture, banking, economic reforms, GST

Indian Constitution and Public Administration (5 marks)

Features of the Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles
Federal and parliamentary systems, courts
District administration and local bodies

General Science (5 marks)

Basic physics, chemistry and biology up to Class 10 level

Elementary Arithmetic (5 marks)

Numbers, fractions and decimals, percentage, simple equations, squares and roots, averages, exponents

General Hindi and General English (5 marks each)

Hindi: vyakaran, vilom and paryayvachi shabd, muhavare, sandhi, samas
English: grammar, vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, sentence correction

Logic and Reasoning (5 marks)

Analogy, series, coding-decoding, blood relations, direction sense, classification

Current Affairs (10 marks)

National and international events, government schemes, Uttar Pradesh news

General Awareness (10 marks)

Neighbouring countries with capitals and currencies, states and union territories, Parliament, important days, international organisations, sports, tourism, art and culture, books and awards

Interpretation sections (30 marks)

Hindi unseen passages: read two passages and answer questions on meaning and analysis
Graphs: description and analysis of two graphs (bar, line, pie)
Tables: description and analysis of two data tables

Source: Careers360 (exam pattern), AglaSem Career (syllabus), Careers360 News (exam schedule and pattern). The official website upsssc.gov.in could not be opened from our research tool, so these facts are taken from news reports of the Commission's notices.