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Uttar Pradesh Departmental Examinations Exam Pattern

A gate with no second chance, a paper with a floor, and a record that counts.

Uttar Pradesh Departmental Examinations · checked 19 September 2026

Uttar Pradesh Departmental Examinations at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Uttar Pradesh Departmental Examinations: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Held by UPPSC under the Departmental Examination Rules, twice a year in principle; a pass is a condition of confirmation for tehsildars and of…

    Revenue examination

  2. 02

    Group D to assistant sub-inspector, clerical cadre: typing test at 25 and 30 words a minute, then 100 marks in 75 minutes at 35 per cent; 27…

    Police — ASI clerk

  3. 03

    176 posts for 2020 to 2025: written 70 at 35, skill test 50 at 25, service record 30; result 7 August 2026

    Police — head constable motor transport

  4. 04

    Two papers of 100 at 40 per cent and a 50-mark service record; examined 12 January 2026

    Police — programmer grade 2

Pattern

Uttar Pradesh Departmental Examinations — How the paper is structured

The rules.
RuleDetail
Qualifying stagesTyping, skill tests and runs; no second chance, no appeal.
Written pass marks35 per cent for the clerical and motor transport papers; 40 for programmer.
Service record30 for motor transport; 50 for programmer; none for the clerical cadre.
No negative markingCancelled questions redistributed under the High Court formula.
RevenueA pass to confirm; reversion possible; increment withheld without penalty procedure.

Confirm the structure against your own notification

UPPSC, UPSSSC, the police recruitment board and the state’s other recruiting bodies revise schemes, ratios and dates between cycles, and the advertisement for your cycle is the document that binds. The figures here are from the latest documents on the official sites at the date checked and are labelled where they come from an older cycle.

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