📘UPSSSC PET Syllabus 2026

• Ancient Civilizations and Empires: Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic Civilization, Buddhism, Jainism, Mauryan Empire, Gupta Empire, Harshavardhan
• Medieval Period: Rajput Era, Sultanate Era, Mughal Empire
• Maratha and British Rule: Maratha Empire, British Rule and the First War of Independence, Social and economic impact of British rule

• Freedom Struggle Phases: Initial stage of the freedom movement, Swadeshi and Civil Disobedience Movement, Revolutionary movement and militant nationalism
• Key Leaders and Events: Role of Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders, Legislative amendments and the British India Act, 1935, Quit India Movement, Azad Hind Fauj and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

• Physical Geography: Rivers and water resources, Mountains and glaciers, Deserts and dry areas, Forests and mineral resources
• Political and Human Geography: Political geography of India and the world, Climate and time zones, Demographics and migration

• Pre-1991 Economy: Planning Commission and Five-Year Plans, Development of mixed economy: private and public sectors, Green Revolution, White Revolution and Operation Flood, Banking nationalization
• Post-1991 Reforms: LPG Reforms of 1991, Economic Reforms Post 2014, Farm reforms, Structural reforms, Labour reforms, GST

• Constitutional Framework: Indian Constitution and its salient features, Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental rights and duties
• Governance Structure: Parliamentary system, Federal system, Union government and states, Union government and Union Territories, Judicial framework
• Local Administration: District administration, Local bodies and Panchayati Raj

• Science Basics: Basic Physics, Basic Chemistry, Basic Biology

• Number Systems and Operations: Whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, Percentage, Simple arithmetic equations
• Mathematical Concepts: Squares and square roots, Exponents and powers, Average

• Grammar and Vocabulary: Sandhi, Vilom Shabd (antonyms), Paryayvachi Shabd (synonyms), One-word substitution for phrases, Gender (Ling), Homophones with different meanings
• Idioms and Literature: Muhavare-Lokoktiyan (idioms and proverbs), Common errors, Writers and their works (prose and poetry)

• Language Skills: English Grammar, Questions based on passages

• Reasoning Topics: Order and ranking, Blood relations, Calendar and clock, Cause and effect, Coding-decoding, Conclusive/deductive reasoning

• Scope of Current Affairs: National current affairs, International current affairs

• Geography and Politics: India's neighbouring countries, Countries, capitals, and currencies, Indian states and Union Territories, Indian Parliament
• Culture and Society: Days of national and international importance, World organizations and their headquarters, Indian tourism destinations, Indian art and culture
• Sports and Science: Indian and international sports, Indian research institutes, Books and authors, Awards and honours
• Environment: Climate change and environment

• Comprehension Skills: Two unread Hindi passages with questions testing comprehension and analysis

• Data Reading: Two graphs with questions based on reading and interpreting graphical data

• Tabular Data Analysis: Two tables with questions based on analyzing tabular data

100 questions, 100 marks, 120 minutes.

+1 per correct answer, -0.25 per wrong answer

Indian History, Indian National Movement, Geography, Indian Economy, Indian Constitution & Public Administration, General Science, Elementary Arithmetic, General Hindi, General English, Logic & Reasoning, Current Affairs, General Awareness, Analysis of Hindi Unread Passage, Graph Interpretation, Table Interpretation & Analysis.