UPSSSC Inter Level Mains Syllabus 2026: 100 Questions, 2 Hours, Part 3 on UP Carries 20

Vacancies, eligibility and dates are on the recruitment page. This page is only the written paper: the scheme in para 9 of Advertisement No. 26-Exam/2026 and the topic list the Commission printed in both Hindi and English. The scheme was approved by the UP Government's letter of 2 December 2025.

The paper at a glance

Time: 120 minutes for the whole paper. No sectional timer is printed. Negative marking: one-fourth of the mark (0.25) for each wrong answer. Qualifying marks: not printed in the advertisement.

That is 72 seconds a question. Most candidates will finish GK early and lose time on Data Interpretation. Plan for that.

Part 1: subject knowledge (65 marks)

These are the Commission's own topic lines, shortened where they repeat.

History (5). Social, cultural, economic and political sides of Indian history. The freedom movement, rise of nationalism and how independence came.

Polity (5). Constitutional development, the Constitution, political system and governance, Panchayati Raj and local self-government, public policy, community development. For a paper that fills 508 Gram Panchayat Officer posts, expect the 73rd Amendment, gram sabha and the three-tier structure.

Geography (5). Physical, social and economic geography of India, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, population and urbanisation, smart cities and smart villages. Basic world geography.

Economy (5). Planning, NITI Aayog, the Sustainable Development Goals, budget and financial system, agriculture, industry and trade, land reforms after independence, liberalisation and its effect, infrastructure (power, ports, roads, airports, railways).

Rural Society and Development (5). Rural development programmes and schemes, their management, rural health schemes, rural social development, land reform, and central and state schemes for rural areas. This is the VDO's job description turned into a syllabus.

Current Events (5). National and international, recent.

Science and Technology (5). India's science policy in daily life and security, achievements of Indians, indigenisation, dual-use technologies, space, defence, energy, nano, microbiology, biotech, IPR and digital rights.

Environment and Disaster Management (10). Environmental protection, ecosystems, wildlife, biodiversity, pollution, environmental impact assessment, climate change. Disaster mitigation in India, the Disaster Management Act, 2005, NDMA, SDMA, NDRF, SDRF, other agencies, and global efforts on disaster risk reduction.

Data Interpretation (10). Reading graphs and diagrams and drawing conclusions from statistical data. Tables, bar charts, pie charts, percentages, averages and ratios are the usual material.

General Hindi (10). The Commission prints a full grammar list:

• Letters, office orders, notifications and circulars (sambodhit patra, karyalay adesh, adhisuchna, paripatra)
• Varn and dhvani: pronunciation, writing, swar, vyanjan, matra
• Shabd rachna: sandhi and sandhi vichchhed, samas, upsarg, pratyay
• Shabd prakar: tatsam, ardhtatsam, tadbhav, deshaj, videshi; sangya, sarvanam, visheshan, kriya, avyay
• Shabd gyan: paryayvachi, vilom, shabd yugm, one word for a phrase, samashrut bhinnarthak, samanarthi
• Shabd shuddhi, vakya shuddhi, vakya rachna (saral, sanyukt, mishra)
• Vyakaranik kotiyan: parsarg, ling, vachan, purush, kaal, vritti, paksh, vachya
• Viram chinh, muhavare and lokoktiyan

Part 2: computer and IT (15 marks)

• History, introduction and use of computers, IT, internet and WWW
• Hardware and software, input and output
• Internet Protocol and IP address
• IT gadgets and their use
• Creating and using an email ID
• Using printers, tablets and mobiles
• Key features of MS Word and MS Excel
• Operating system, social networking, e-governance
• Digital financial tools and applications
• Future skills and cyber security
• AI, big data, deep learning, machine learning, IoT, and India's achievements in these

Three of the posts need CCC, so many applicants have already studied this. The syllabus is close to the CCC course. If you hold CCC, revise from your CCC notes and add UPI, digital payment and cyber-safety basics.

Part 3: Uttar Pradesh (20 marks)

History, culture, art, architecture, festivals, folk dances, literature, regional languages, heritage, social customs, tourism, landscape and environment, natural resources, climate, soil, forests, wildlife, mines and minerals, economy, agriculture, industry, business and employment, polity and administration, current events and the state's achievements.

Twenty marks from one state is a lot. A good UP GK book plus the last 12 months of state news (schemes, districts, rankings, events) is the core. Make your own list of UP's districts, divisions, rivers, national parks and sanctuaries, folk forms by region, and major state schemes. Do not trust a single list from a website without checking the figure against a government source.

How negative marking changes your attempt

With a 0.25 penalty and four options, a pure guess has an expected value of zero. If you can strike out one option, guessing among three becomes slightly positive. If you can strike out two, it is clearly worth it. Leave a question blank only when all four options look equally possible.

The PET is a screen. The mains decides the post. A candidate who answers 80 with 70 right scores 67.5. One who answers 90 with 72 right scores 67.5 too. Accuracy matters as much as speed.

A six-week plan

The exam date is not announced. Applications close on 1 December, so a January or February paper is a fair working assumption, but plan as if you have six weeks.

1. Week 1: UP Part 3 basics (history, geography, culture). Hindi grammar: sandhi, samas, upsarg, pratyay.
2. Week 2: Computer Part 2 in full. Polity with Panchayati Raj in depth.
3. Week 3: Rural development schemes, economy, SDGs. Ten DI sets.
4. Week 4: Environment and the Disaster Management Act, 2005. Science and tech. Hindi vocabulary (paryayvachi, vilom, muhavare).
5. Week 5: Current events, last 12 months, national and UP. Two full 100-question papers in two hours.
6. Week 6: One full paper every two days. Mark every wrong answer and the reason.

Take the full 100-question mock, built on this exact scheme with a 120-minute clock.