Based on the 2017 notification; check the latest official notification for any change in pattern.
General Intelligence Test (20 Questions, 20 Marks)
- Critical and analytical ability
- Similarities and differences
- Space visualisation
- Problem solving and analysis
- Judgement and decision making
- Visual memory and discriminating observation
- Relationship concepts
- Figure classification
- Basic mental ability questions
- Statistics, graph representation and diagram-based questions
General Knowledge (20 Questions, 20 Marks)
- Computer knowledge
- Culture and general knowledge of Uttar Pradesh
- Agriculture, including Indian agriculture
- Economics, business and related social topics
- Basic human behaviour
- Ancient Indian history and the national movement
- Indian and world geography
- Indian polity and political science
- Indian economy, commerce and banking
- Current affairs
Computer Knowledge (40 Questions, 40 Marks)
- Internet
- MS-DOS
- Generations and development of computers
- UNIX
- Windows
- MS Office
- Lotus and SmartSuite
- Data entry
- Knowledge of software
- Networking platforms
General Hindi (20 Questions, 20 Marks)
- Unseen Hindi/Urdu passages with related questions
- Hindi grammar: word formation, types of words and word knowledge
- Word correction and sentence making
- Proverbs
- Regional languages of Uttar Pradesh and their correction
- Translation from Hindi to English and English to Hindi
- Knowledge of the Urdu language
Marking Scheme
- The paper is objective, with multiple-choice questions, for a total of 100 marks.
- Each section awards one mark per question (20 questions for 20 marks, 40 questions for 40 marks).
- Negative marking of one-fourth (1/4) of a mark applies.
- The exam is a written, offline paper of 1 hour 30 minutes.
Preparation Pointers
- Computer Knowledge is worth 40 of the 100 marks, so it deserves the largest share of your preparation time.
- Computer awareness also appears in the General Knowledge section, which makes strong computer basics doubly useful.
- Because wrong answers cost a quarter mark, avoid blind guessing.