UPPSC Exam

No, only NCERT books are not sufficient for the UPPSC exam preparation. The NCERT books can provide an introduction to the topic but they do not dive into details because they are written as per the syllabus of Class IX to XII. However, in the UPPSC exam, the topics need to be covered in their entirety.

The candidates should know all the subtopics of that topic. The candidates should complete the NCERT books within a week of starting them.

UPPSC PCS 2023 exam is conducted every year to recruit candidates for various UPPCS posts. The Commission received the post requisition from the concerned departments and included it in the vacancy list for the exam. The Commission receive a number of SDM posts every year and this number varies every year. There are no fixed vacancies for any of the posts.

In recent years, the number of vacancies has been declining.

The candidates should understand that the number of UPPSC vacancies affect the UPPSC cutoff in a negative way. The increase in number of vacancies can reduce the UPPSC cutoff. The number of vacancies are inversely proportional to the cutoff of any exam. The candidates should check the UPPSC vacancies of previous year exams and the corresponding cutoff. 

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission mention the tentative number of vacancies in the official notification. The Commission can increase or decrease the number of vacancies in the exam as per the requisition received from the state departments. The last date to add up the vacancies in the current year before the Prelims exam. There are 176 vacancies in the UPPSC PCS 2023 exam. 

The Vacancy requisition received after the prelims exam are forwarded to next year exam.

Yes, UPPSC UPPCS prelims answer key is released for each paper and for each set separately. The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) releases the answer key pdf online only. The commission releases the answer to all the questions of all sets. The Commission also mention that if any question is droppped from the paper or not.

The Commission released the UPPSC PCS 2023 Prelims answer key (tentative) in June 2023.

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) releases the offiical answer key for the UPPCS prelims exam. The Commission releases the UPPSC prelims answer key PDF online only. The Commission releases the answer key for all sets. The candidates can check their answers from the official answer key and calculate their marks from it.

The candidates should calculate their UPPSC prelims marks by adding the marks for the correct answers and deducting the marks for the incorrect answers.

There are three exam centres for UPPSC main exam. The Commission conduct the UPPSC Main exam in three cities only. These cities are Prayagraj, Lucknow and Ghaziabad. The Ghaziabad is added lately after the demand of the candidates. The UPPSC main exam is a descriptive type exam conducted offline.

The UPPSC Prelims exam is conducted in 51 districts across the state.

The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission allot the UPPCS prelims exam centres based on the first apply first allot basis. In most cases, the applicant get the UPPSC exam centre of their choice. The Commission conduct the exam in 51 districts across the state but there are 76 disctricts in the state. Hence some candidates face the problem of travelling to the nearest exam centre from their place of residence.

For the main exam, there are only three cities where the exam is conducted. The UPPSC main exam is conducted in three districts namely - Prayagraj, Lucknow and Ghaziabad.

There are 21 districts where the UPPSC PCS 2022 prelims exam was conducted. The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission does not conduct the UPPSC PCS Prelims exam in all of its districts. There are 76 districts in Uttar Pradesh but the UPPSC Prelims is conducted in 21 districts only. 

The candidates were required to travel to the exam centre and pay for the traveling and accomodation because in most cases the exam centres are not allotted to the nearest city to the candidates residence.

UPPSC PCS syllabus can be covered in 1 to 1.5 years time with a consistent effort. The UPPSC toppers and mentors always suggest covering the UPPSC PCS main syllabus first. Most of the topics are common for the prelims and main exam. The candidates are suggested to prepare the UPPCS syllabus in a integrated manner.

The candidates should start preparing with the NCERT Books and then go for the standard reference books.