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    UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022: Questions, Marks, Duration, Selection Process

    UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022: Questions, Marks, Duration, Selection Process

    Team Careers360Updated on 23 Nov 2021, 05:04 PM IST

    The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Selection Commission (UPSSSC) conducts recruitment exams for Group C posts on the basis of UPSSSC PET 2022 exam pattern as released in its official notification. It has started in two stages, prelims and mains from 2021. The career aspirants preparing for the preliminary exam must check the UPSSSC PET exam pattern 2022 to focus on subjects of the test. The exam pattern of UPSSSC PET is released with the notification on the official website, upsssc.gov.in. The syllabus released with the PET exam pattern helps the aspirants to cover all the topics of PET exam subjects for quality preparation. The number of sections from which questions are asked will be given in the UPSSSC PET exam pattern 2022. As per previous notification the question paper consists of a total fifteen subjects with 100 questions.

    This Story also Contains

    1. UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022
    2. Highlights of UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022
    3. UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022: Marks Distribution Details
    4. UPSSSC PET Syllabus 2022
    5. Question Paper & Mock Test Based on UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022
    UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022:  Questions, Marks, Duration, Selection Process
    UPSSSC PET exam pattern

    UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022

    Along with the knowledge of application procedure, those who want to make their career in Group C posts of UP government must know about the details of UPSSSC PET exam pattern 2022. This preliminary eligibility test is conducted in offline mode and consists of objective type questions with an option of multiple choice. Each question is assigned one mark for the correct option tick in the OMR sheet while 0.25 is deducted for wrong answer. The time period allotted to the PET exam is 2 hours i.e. 120 minutes. All the UPSSSC PET pattern related details can be seen at the official website.

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    Highlights of UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022

    The candidates who are going to appear in this exam in 2022 can note down the main highlights of UPSSSC PET exam pattern 2022 as given in the table below:

    Particular

    Details

    Exam conducting body

    Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (USSSC)

    Name of exam

    Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET)

    Type of vacancies/posts

    Group C posts

    Mode of exam

    Offline with OMR sheet to tick option

    Type of exam

    Objective type with multiple choice questions (MCQs)

    Nature of exam

    Qualifying for mains exam

    What after this pre exam

    Mains exam/skill test/physical test

    Exam questions standard

    Sr. No. 1 to 9 will be based on NCERT books of 10th & 12th standard

    Number of questions

    100 questions

    Total number of marks

    100 marks

    Number of subjects

    15 subjects/sections from which questions are asked

    Duration of exam

    2 hours (120 minutes)

    Negative marking

    1/4th (0.25) mark will be deducted for wrong answer

    Name of subjects

    History, geography, polity, economy, science, arithmetic, Hindi, English, current affairs, GK, reasoning, passage-graph & table analysis.

    • Free download: UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern Official Pdf

    UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022: Marks Distribution Details

    There are different subjects or sections from which questions are asked in the UPSSSC PET exam. The candidates preparing for 2022 recruitment test must check the UPSSSC PET exam pattern 2022 of subjects and marks allotted to each subject or section. As per previous year official pdf exam pattern, the marks distribution to various subjects are given in the table below:

    S. No.

    Subject

    Questions

    Marks

    1

    Indian History

    05

    05

    2

    Indian National Movement

    05

    05

    3

    Geography

    05

    05

    4

    Indian Economy

    05

    05

    5

    Indian Constitution & Public Administration

    05

    05

    6

    General Science

    05

    05

    7

    Elementary Arithmetic

    05

    05

    8

    General Hindi

    05

    05

    9

    General English

    05

    05

    10

    Logic & Reasoning

    05

    05

    11

    Current Affairs

    10

    10

    12

    General Awareness

    10

    10

    13

    Unread Hindi 2 Passages Analysis & Interpretation

    10

    10

    14

    Description & Analysis of 2 Graphs

    10

    10

    15

    Description & Analysis of 2 Tables

    10

    10

    Total

    15 Subjects

    100

    100

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    UPSSSC PET Syllabus 2022

    The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission will release UPSSSC PET syllabus pdf in its notification considering the UPSSSC PET exam pattern 2022. The career aspirants who are preparing for PET exam 2022 should see the previous UPSSSC syllabus to cover all the topics for better results. There are 15 subjects given in the syllabus of the PET exam. Each subject as given in the UPSSSC exam pattern consists of many relevant topics from which questions are framed in prelims. The UPSSSC PET syllabus in English is given in brief below:

    List of UPSSSC Syllabus Topics Based on UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022

    General Awareness: Neighbors of India & their capital and currency; States & Union Territories; Parliament; Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha; important days; International organizations; sports; tourist places in India; art & culture; research organization; books & authors; awards & winners, etc.

    Current Affairs: national and international

    Elementary Arithmetic: Numbers; fractions and decimals; percentage; simple equations; square & square roots; average; exponent & powers.

    Basic Science: Basic physics; chemistry & biology

    Constitution & PA: Features, fundamental rights & duties; DPSP; federal & parliamentary system; Supreme & High courts; district administration; urban & rural local bodies.

    Indian Economy: India’s economy (1947-1991); 5 year plans & Planning commission; public & Pvt. sector, mixed economy; green revolution; banks, operation flood; agriculture; economic reforms; GST, etc.

    • Candidates can see syllabus in details: PET Syllabus 2022 in English & Hindi

    Question Paper & Mock Test Based on UPSSSC PET Exam Pattern 2022

    Anyone who is preparing for the prelims exam must download pdf UPSSSC previous question papers and analyse it for better understanding of topics from exam point of view. A comparative study of the UPSSSC PET exam pattern 2022 and the question paper 2021 can help competitive aspirants in better preparation and scoring good marks to qualify for mains. If they practice all the series A to H of both shifts and tally their answer key it will certainly keep them ahead of others. They should also practice as many PET mock tests or sample papers as possible to evaluate their learning during the exam preparation.

    • Free download: UPSSSC PET Q. Papers Shifts 1 & 2, Series A-H Pdf

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Will the PET exam be held in 2022?
    A:

    It will be held unless any abrupt situation is not in its way.

    Q: What is the UPSSSC PET pattern?
    A:

    It consists of 15 subjects and 100 questions are asked from them for 100 marks.

    Q: Is the UPSSSC PET exam online or offline?
    A:

    UPSSSC PET exam is offline.

    Q: Is UPSSSC PET qualifying in nature?
    A:

    Yes, it is qualifying in nature for shortlisting candidates who appear in mains exam.

    Q: Is the UPSSSC PET exam bilingual?
    A:

    Yes, it is bilingual.

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    Questions related to UPSSSC PET

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    Have a question related to UPSSSC PET ?

    Hello candidate,

    Those who are interested in applying for the post can visit the website of UPSSSC – http://upsssc.gov.in/. The eligible candidates can apply online from January 18, 2022. The last date to pay the application fee is February 08, 2022.

    Hope you found it helpful. For more details you

    Hello Rajan Singh,

    **Full form of UPSSSC PET is Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission and PET is Preliminary Eligibility Test. You can visit their official website i.e www.upsssc.gov.in for more information.

    **Registrations of UPSSSC PET 2022 will begin from 20th May, to 15th June, 2022 (Tentative). It is a