UKPSC Prelims Syllabus 2025

Unit- 1 Indian History, Culture and National Movement

Pre-Historic Period- Harappa Civilization, Vedic Civilization and Sangam Age Mahajanapadas
and rise of Magadh; Religious Movements – Jainism, Buddhism, Bhagavatism and Shaivism;
Persian and Greek Contacts and other related aspects.

Mauryan Empire - Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka and his Dhamma; Mauryan Administration,
Economy, Society and Art; Kushanas and other related aspects.

Gupta Empire - Foundation, Consolidation and Decline; Chandragupta I, Samudragupta,

Chandragupta II, Skandagupta; Gupta Adminstration, Society, Economy, Literature and Art and
other related aspects.

Post-Gupta Period - Harshavardhan, Pal, Pratihara, Rashtrakuta, Chola, Pallava Chandel,

Paramar, Chauhan; Social, Economic and Cultural Development between 650 A.D. and 1200
A.D and related other Aspect.

Advent of Islam in India - Iltutmish, Balban, Alauddin Khalji, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, Feroze
Tughlaq, Sikandar Lodi and Ibrahim Lodi; Administration in Delhi Sultanate, Causes of decline
of Delhi Sultanate, Society and Economy during Sultanate period, Indo-Islamic Architecture,
Vijaynagar Empire, Sufism, Bhakti movement and other related aspects.

Mughal Empire - Babar, Shershah Suri, Akbar, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb and decline of Mughal
Empire, Mughal administration, Jagirdari and Mansabdari systems, Society and Economy during
the Mughal period, Literature, Art and Architecture; Maratha, Sikh and Jat and other related
aspects.

Advent of Europeans - Portuguese, French, Dutch, British East India Company and British
administration(1758-1857), British administration (1758-1857). Economic impact of British rule
and other related aspects. Socio-religious Reform Movement during 19th Century. Viceroys of
India (1858-1947) and other related aspects. First War of Independence (1857), Tribal, Non-
Tribal, Caste and Peasant movements during 19 th and 20 th century; British administration
after 1857 and other related aspects. Government of India Act 1858, Administrative and Judicial
systems after 1858- Administration, Social, Educational, Judicial Reforms and other related
aspects. Growth of Nationalism in India, Rise of National Movement.
Indian National Congress - Foundation, Moderates and Extremists. Partition of Bengal,
Swadeshi movement, Foundation of Muslim League, Surat Session and the split of
Congress(1907), Morley-Minto Reform (1909).

First World War and Indian National Movemen - Home Rule Movement, Lucknow Pact (1916),
August Declaration of 1917, Indian Revolutionary Movements in India and abroad. Beginning of
Gandhian era, Government of India Act (1919), Rowlatt Act (1919), Jallianwala bagh Massacre
(13 April, 1919), Khilafat Movement, Non Co-operation Movement Chauri-chaura- episode,
Swaraj Party, Simon Commission, Nehru Report, 14th points of M.A. Jinnah, Lahore Session of
Indian National Congress (1929), Civil Disobedience Movement, First Round Table Conference,
Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Second and Third Round Table Conference, Communal Award and Poona
Pact.

Government of India Act 1935 - Demand of Pakistan, Cripps Mission, Quit India Movement,
Cabinet Mission Plan, Indian National Army, Interim Government, Mountbatten Plan, Indian
Independence Act (1947), Partition of India, India after Independence, New activities and
Related Organizations and other related aspects.

History and Culture of Uttarakhand - Pre-historic Period., Proto-historic period.,Ancient tribes of

Uttarakhand., Kuninda and Yaudheya., Kartikepur dynasty., Kattyuri dynasty., Parmar dynasty of
Garhwal. , Chand dynasty of Kumaon., Gorkha Invasion and their rule in Uttarakhand., British
Rule,. Tehri Estate., Freedom Movement in Uttarakhand- First war of Independence (1857) and
Uttarakhand., Role of Uttarakhand in India’s national movement., People’s movements of
Uttarakhand.

Unit- 2 Indian and World Geography

Geography of world - Important Branches, Earth and Solar System, Lithosphere, Latitudes,
Longitudes, Time, Rotation, Revolution, Eclipses, Continents, Mountains, Plateaus, Planes,
Hydrosphere, Lakes and Rocks, Atmospheric layers, Composition, Isolation, humidity. Oceanic
relief, Currents, Tides, Temperature and Salinity. Agriculture, Plants, Insect, Livestock
breeding, Power and Minerals, Resources, Industries, Population, Species and Tribes, Migration,
Transport, Communication, International boundary line, Environment and World Trade (Regional
Economic Group), Geographical Glossary and other related aspects.
Geography of India - Geographic Introduction, Relief and Structure, Climate, Drainage system,
Vegetation, Plants, Insect, Livestock breeding, Irrigation, Power, Soils, Water Resources,
Agriculture, Minerals, Industries, Population and Urbanization, Transport, Communication System,
Foreign Trade, Scheduled Caste/Tribes, Social ecologies, Domicile and Pollution.

Geography of Uttarakhand- Geographical location, Relief and Structure, Climate, Drainage

system, Vegetation, Wild life, Minerals, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Irrigation, Major Cities
and Tourist Places, Populations , Schedule Caste/Tribes, Transport Network, Power Resource
and Industrial development, Natural hazards and other related aspects.

Unit- 3 Indian Polity

National- Parliamentary system, Coalition Politics,vRegionalism, Casteism, Communalism,

Terrorism and Naxalism, Welfare : SC/ST/OBC’s and Minorities (with reference to constitutional
provisions, legal framework, institutional arrangement, process and implications), Gender Politics
(Equality, reservation, empowerment, welfare and safety/ security measures), Electoral reforms
in India, Governance : Institutions and process, National integration, Nuclear policy of India.
Environmental Concerns, Economic and financial reforms: Liberalization, Privatization and
Globalization (LPG) and its impact on politics and governance; planning machinery and planning
process and banking sector (RBI, NABARD and IDBI etc)., Institutional reforms in India like
MNREGA, NRHM, JNNURM etc., Public private partnership (PPP) mode., Citizen Participation
in Political and Administrative processes of the country, Civil society, Lok pal and Lok Ayukt

International- United Nations, International Organization, Environmental concerns at global level

, SAARC, ASEAN, SAFTA and another regional groups, India’s Approach to major world issues:
Disarmament,, Human Rights and Globalization, BRICS and its importance for India, Other
related aspects, Constitution of India, Constitutional Development in India, Constituent Assembly,
Preamble, Basic Features of Indian Constitution (Including its various parts, Important articles
and schedules), Fundamental Rights and Duties,DPSP, Constitutional Amendment method and
important constitutional amendments, Federal and Parliamentary system of Governance in India,
Parliamentary Committees (Public Accounts committee,, Estimate Committee and Joint
Parliamentary Committee), Constitutional Bodies : Election Commission and, Comptroller and
Auditor General, Judiciary : Supreme Court and High Courts

Indian Polity - Union Executive : President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Cabinet
Secretariat, Central Secretariat and PMO
State Executive : Governor and Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, State Secretariat and
Chief Secretary, Union Parliament and State Legislatures in India. Election Machinery and
Process, Political Parties and Pressure Groups Politicians and Civil servant Relationships,
Development of Political Culture in India, Agencies of Political socialization, Evolution and
Growth of Administrative system in India, Re-organization of states in India, Administration of
Union Territories and other specified states and areas in India, Administrative reforms (including
various important Committees and Commissions), District Administration

Panchayati Raj, Local Governance : 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, State
Finance Commission : Functions and Role, Devolution of powers to local bodies, Types of local
bodies in India : Municipal corporations, Municipal councils, Nagar Panchayat,Gram Panchayat,
Panchayat Samities and Zila Parishad

Public Policy, Good Governance : Citizen Charter and E-Governance, Prevention of Corruption
and Lok Pal and Lok Ayuktas, Right to Information, Right to Education,Right to services,
Issues Concerning Rights, Fundamental Rights, Protection of Civil Right Act, 1955, Various
rights pertaining to protection of SCs, STs, Issues related Minorities, Women and Children and
Old persons in India

Political System of Uttarakhand :- Governance, Governor, Legislation, Chief Minister, Council of

Ministers, Central State Relation, Public Services, Public Service Commission, Auditing,
Advocate General, High Court and its jurisdiction, Provision for minorities, Schedule
Caste/Tribes, Special State Selection Criteria, Official Language, Consolidated fund and
Contingency Fund, Political Parties and Election, Local Government and Panchayati Raj,
Community Development, Public Policy, Right Related Issues (Education, Employment,
Development etc.) Governance (Prevention of Corruption, Lok Ayukt, Citizen charter, E-
Governance, Right to Information, Samadhan Yojna etc.) and other related aspects.

Unit – 4 Economic and Social development

NationalEconomic Policy : Economic Reforms in India, Liberalization, Privatization and

[Link] Direct Investment (F.D.I), Inflation, Inclusive Growth, Economic
development v/s Environmental conservation., Programmers for eradication of poverty and
unemployment. Human Development Index (H.D.I).Census and Main features of India and
population. Population and Economic Development. Issues related to urbanization....Main
features of the union budgets., Main features of the economy of India., Natural and energy
resources of India, Trade (with external sector), Commerce, Industries, Schemes and, Projects
and direction of Economic Growth., Tax reform and and Banking Business., Planned
Development., National Development Council., National [Link] Agriculture (Agricultural
productivity, Livestock, Green Revolution, Food Security, Food grain prices, Buffer stock,
Agricultural Policy, Agricultural/Seed crop insurance scheme). Indian
Financial/Money/Capital/Security [Link] sector, Tax structure, Public finance and fiscal
policy. Concepts (Rolling plan, Sweat shares, Hawala, Gilt edge market, Black market, Black
money etc.).

International- World Trade Organization (W.T.O) International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD). International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, South Asian Association
for Regional Co-operation (SAARC). Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). South
Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA), BRICS, OPEC and Other regional Economic and
commercial organizations. International flow of capital, human resources and technology.,
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

World Human Development Index. - Main Features of economy and budgets, Natural and
energy resources, Trade, Commerce, Industries, Schemes and Projects, Tax and economic
reforms, Planned development, Agriculture, Live Stock, Food security, Public Finance and fiscal
Policy, Census, Human Development Index, Tourism, Role of herbs and culture in the
economic development. Other related aspects.

Unit -5 General Science and Technology: Question on General Science will cover general
appreciation and understanding of Science including matters of every day observation and
experience, as may be expected of a well educated person, who has not made a special study
of any scientific discipline.

Science and Technology in India: History and contribution.

Current affairs - National and International Awards, Prizes, Discoveries, Inventions, Science
Congresses, Conferences, Solar technology, Application of new technology for human welfare,
health and medicines, Environmental Awareness, Natural Bio resources, etc. State, National and
International Scientific and Research Related other organizations IUCN , WWF, IPCC, WHO,
UNESCO, etc. Information technology and application of computers in daily life, e-governance,
etc.
Ecology and environment - Habitat, community ecosystem, Structure and function, adaptations.
Plants and their partition, Traditional agriculture, Commercial agriculture and Commercialization
of agriculture, Production of agricultural crops and their regional distribution (State, National and
International Level ) , Problems in agriculture field, Agricultural diversity, etc.

Natural resources – Soil, water, air, forests, grasslands, wetlands, marine. Planning and
management of Renewable and non-renewable energy [Link] – Threats and
conservation. Ethics and usage

Environmental Crisis: Air, water, soil and space pollution. Laws and Acts, Global warming .,
Global climate change – Causes and effects., Concept of remote sensing and GIS Applications.

Weather Forecasting. - Application of spreadsheet and Database Applications., Physical

Science/Awareness , Fundamentals of Computer and Information processing, Basic Computer
organization, Boolean Algebra, Logic Gates, Problem solving Techniques and Computer
Languages, Business data processing, Data Communication and Computer Networks and
security, use of Internet and multimedia applications, Cloud computing, Application of PC,
Software Packages, Basics of cyber law, etc. Matter and its States, acids, bases and salts,
origin and distribution of element, hard and soft water, heavy water, purification, batteries, fuel
cells, corrosion, nuclear fission and fusion, elements of symmetry, polymers, carbohydrates,
proteins, nucleic acids, lipid, hormones, vitamins, medicines and healthcare, dyes, cosmetics,
food chemistry, etc. Mechanics, General properties of matter, Wave motion , Sound and
electromagnetic waves, Heat, Light, Magnetism, Electricity, Atomic & Nuclear Physics,
Astronomy and space physics. X-rays and semiconductor technology etc.

Life Science : Branches, contribution, Natural Resources and their management. Biodiversity,
Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Bio products, Vaccines, Immunization, Health care, Genetically
modified organisms, Global warming and climate change, Livestock breeding, Plants and Human
welfare etc. Natural Resources of Uttarakhand and their contribution to National and
International Climate change, etc.

Unit -6 Current events of State, National and International Importance

Continents and Nations, Important events of Space, Wonders of the World, Religions of the
World, Indian States, Famous books and writer of the World/India, Famous Scientists, Important
Awards, Indian defense system, Health and Family welfare, Scientific and technical
development, Education, National symbols, Protocol in India, Important Human rights and
welfare organizations of World/India, Important Religious places, Important Passes, Dances of
India, Cultural Institutes, Music, Drawing, Indian Languages, World Heritage, Important
newspapers, Important Dates, Sports Landscape, Important Sports and related terms,
Conventions/Exhibitions/Festival/Conferences, Important Reports and other related aspects.

Second paper -General Aptitude Test

Unit – 1 Aptitude – Statement/propositions true and false statement (syllogism) Analogies,

Similarities and differences, Observation.

Communication and Inter personal Skills, Word building, Coding decoding, Numerical
Operations.

Logical and Analytical ability

Logic : Statements- Arguments, Statement- Assumptions, Statement- Courses of Action,

Statement – Conclusions, Deriving Conclusions from passages, Theme Detection,

QuestionStatements, Ven Diagram, Arithmetic number series, Arithmetical reasoning and
Figural...Classification, Relationship concepts... Decision – making and problem solving, Decision-
making, Visual memory, Discrimination, assertion and Reason. General mental Ability: direction
sense Test, Social Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Critical thinking, Puzzle Test, Alphabet
test, Data sufficiency, Inserting the missing Character.

Numerical identification- Number & their classification, test of divisibility of number, general
properties of divisibility, test of prime number, division and remainder, remainder rules, two-line
number series, sum rules on natural [Link] Analysis- Presentation of Data through
chart, graph, Tables, sufficiency of data

Unit – 2 अंग्रेजी भाषा में बोधगम्यता कौशल

long comprehensive passage , Vocabulary, Antonyms, Synonyms, One-word substitution,

Phrases/phrasal verbs, Transformation of sentences

हिन्दी भाषा में बोधगम्यता कौशल-

अपहित गदयांश या अवतरण से, प्रततपादय (ववषयवस्तु), भाषा और व्याकरण पर आधाररत, 06 वस्तुतिष्ि प्रश्ि
पूछे जाएंगे।
07 वस्तुतिष्ि प्रश्ि (प्रत्येक डेढ़ अंक) अपहित गदयांश के कथ्य, शीषषक उददे श्य, भाषा, लोकोक्तत एवं मुिावरा,
अलंकार, शब्द- वववेक (तत्सम, तदभव, दे शज एवं ववदे शी शब्द, पयाषयवाची शब्द, ववलोम शब्द, शब्दार्ष), उपसगष,
प्रत्यय, सक्न्ध, समास और क्रियारूप