UPPSC PCS Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Cut-Off

Notification & calendar

UPPSC publishes the PCS notification on its official calendar, typically early in the year, followed by prelims, mains and the interview.

Always verify dates on the commission's site (uppsc.up.nic.in) — this page is updated with every official change.

Eligibility

• A bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised university.
• Age 21–40 years, with category-wise relaxations as per state rules.
• No attempt limit — you may appear as long as you remain age-eligible.

Syllabus at a glance

• General Studies — history, geography, polity, economy, environment, science & tech, current affairs.
• UP-specific — history, culture, geography, economy and schemes of Uttar Pradesh.
• CSAT — comprehension, reasoning and Class-X level numeracy.

How the cut-off works

There is no fixed UPPSC cut-off. The qualifying marks change every cycle with the number of vacancies, the difficulty of the paper and how candidates perform.

• The prelims cut-off is decided mainly by GS-I (Paper I); CSAT only has to be cleared at 33%.
• Separate cut-offs apply for each category (Gen, OBC, SC, ST and others) as notified.
• Final selection is based on Mains plus Interview marks, not on the prelims score.

Official cut-offs are released only by the commission (UPPSC) after each cycle, in its result PDFs at uppsc.up.nic.in. We do not publish unofficial figures.