Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) Pattern

• 20 Jan 2025

The Uttarakhand Combined State Civil/ Upper Subordinate Examination is conducted is conducted by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) in three stages: 

• Preliminary (Objective type) Stage  
• Main (Written type) Examination 
• Interview 

Candidates who qualify in the Preliminary stage become eligible to appear for the Main Examination. Although there are minor differences in the nature and procedure of this examination compared to the UPSC Civil Services Examination, it serves as a valuable preparatory step for appearing in the state examination. 

The complete pattern of the examination is outlined below. 

Preliminary Examination

Question Paper	Subject	No. of questions	Marks	Time Allowed
First Paper	General Studies	150	150	2 hours
Second Paper	General Aptitude Test	100	150	2 hours

Preliminary Examination – Pattern and Evaluation Criteria: 

• The preliminary examination will be of an objective type, in which the negative evaluation method will be adopted.  
  • For each wrong answer given by a candidate to a question or for more than one answer given by a candidate to the same question (even if one of the answers given is correct), one-fourth (1/4) mark of the marks prescribed for that question will be deducted. 
• A merit list will be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in the first question paper (General Studies). The second question paper (General Aptitude Test) is a qualifying examination, in which it is mandatory to obtain 33% marks of all category/sub-category candidates. 

Main Examination

Question Paper	Subject	Time	Marks
1	General Hindi	03 hours	150
2	Essay	03 hours	150
3	General Studies-I (Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society)	03 hours	200
4	General Studies-II (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations.)	03 hours	200
5	General Studies-III (Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management)	03 hours	200
6	General Studies-IV (Ethics, integrity and Aptitude)	03 hours	200
7	General Studies-V (Knowledge of State of Uttarakhand)	03 hours	200
8	General Studies-VI (Knowledge of State of Uttarakhand)	03 hours	200
Total Marks		-	1500

Note: All question papers are compulsory. It will be mandatory to obtain a minimum of 35% marks in the General Hindi paper. 

Interview (Personality Test) 

Total Marks: 150

• The test will relate to the matter of general interest keeping the matter of academic interest in view and for general awareness, intelligence, character, expression of power/personality and general suitability for service.