PET

Updated On : 19 Jan, 2022

NOTIFICATION

Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Staff Commission (UPSSC)announced notification for UPSSSC PET 2021 (Preliminary Eligibility Test) on the official website under Advertisement Number 01-Exam/2021 on 25 May 2021. The Online Application was accepted for same was accepted from 25th May to 21st June 2021.

UPDATES

The PET exam date has been rescheduled to 24th August 2021.

To view the official notification, click here :

The exam date has been announced by the UPSSSC for the preliminary exam on their official website. The aforesaid exam was earlier scheduled to be held on 20th August 2021. But the exam date has been rescheduled and now it is going to be held on 24th August 2021. The exam will be conducted in two shifts.

Candidates will be able to download admit card/Hall Ticket from the official website 14 days prior to the exam date.

The UPSSSC PET hall ticket will include all the details related to the exam day such as exam timings, exam Centre details, candidates' information, exam day instructions, and more.

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The UPSSSC PET Test Centre details will be released along with the admit card.

UPSSSC will conduct the PET (Preliminary Eligibility Test) in 75 cities across the UP state.

ABOUT POST

UPSSSC PET exam is conducted by UPSSSC to shortlist candidates to appear for further examinations for recruitment to Group 'C' posts. Preliminary Eligibility Test has replaced various preliminary exams for various posts. Candidates who clear UPSSSC PET will be eligible to appear for the Mains exam of Group 'C' posts depending on the number of vacancies and the marks secured by them in UPSSSC PET.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

UPSSSC PET ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OVERVIEW
Age Limit	Minimum: 18 years Maximum: 40 years (category wise age relaxations applicable)
Education	High School Pass (10th Passed)
Number of Attempts	Until crossing the Maximum Eligible Age

Age Relaxations:

SC/ST/OBC	5 years
Meritorious Sportsperson	5 years
PwD	15 years

EXAM PROCESS

After passing PET Exam for all Group C Posts under UPSSSC, candidates will be called for the Mains Exam of various Posts based on PET Score.

PET Score will be valid for the advertisement of exams that will be issued in Future.

Based on Percentile, UPSSSC will release PET Result

EXAM PATTERN

The UPSSSC PET Exam 2021 will be conducted in two shifts in offline mode. The basic exam pattern is explained below:

Name of Exam	Preliminary Eligibility Test
Type of Exam	Offline
Question standard of Pre-exam	Intermediate Level
No. of total questions in exam	100
Maximum Marks	100
Exam Duration	120 minutes (2 hours)
Subjects	General Knowledge General Science General Hindi General English Elementary Mathematics Reasoning Data Interpretation

Note: There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.

Topic-wise marks distribution:

Topics	Number of Questions
Indian History	5
Indian National Movement	5
Geography	5
Indian Economy	5
Indian Constitution and Public Administration	5
General Science	5
Elementary Arithmetic	5
General Hindi	5
General English	5
Logic & Reasoning	5
Current Affairs	10
General Awareness	10
Analysis of 2 Unseen Passages	10
Graph Interpretation and Analysis	10
Table Interpretation and Analysis	10
Total	100

Note:

The duration of the exam will be 120 minutes (02 hours).
Each question will carry 1 mark (Maximum Marks 100).
There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for the wrong answer.
You can download the detailed syllabus from the official UPSSSC website.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

For General Knowledge and General Awareness:

General Knowledge by Manohar Pandey
General Knowledge by Lucent Publications

For General Intelligence & Reasoning

Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
Analytical Reasoning by Manohar Pandey

For Elementary Mathematics

Maths Mirror by Amit Kumar Verma
Elementary and Advanced Mathematics by Kiran Publications.

For English/Hindi

Adhunik Hindi Vyakran
General English by P. Bakshi

PREPARATION TIPS

In order to ensure selection, one needs to have a proper PET Preparation Plan that will guarantee success in the exam.

Be Thorough With The Syllabus: Go through the UPSSSC PET syllabus and see what all topics are included under each section of the Online Exam. Categorize your strength and weakness, to find out which topics are easy and which are difficult.

Create A Timetable: The next step is to create a proper and realistic timetable. Separate time slots should be allotted for each of the sections. More time should be spent on the section that you find difficult and less time on your strong sections.

Develop Reading Habits & Clear Your Concepts: You need to understand what each of the concepts means. Otherwise, it won’t be possible for you to even identify the problems. Especially for the Language section (Hindi/English) and General Knowledge & General Awareness sections, you need extensive reading. Try to understand the application and usage of grammatical rules and improve your vocabulary. The General Knowledge & General Awareness section on the other hand needs you to have information about a wide range of topics at your fingertips. All these things can be achieved with regular reading of Newspaper and Articles.

Memorize The Various Rules, Formulas & Steps To Solve Problems: The Elementary Mathematics section needs one to remember a large number of formulas. For General Intelligence & Reasoning section, you need to understand the theory and then remember the various rules and steps to solve problems.

Practice Diligently: The next step is to solve the UPSSSC PET Mock test (at least one daily) diligently until you feel confident about a particular topic. Mark the specific type of questions that you find difficult so that you can visit them later.

Work on Your Time Management: You need to have a balance between your speed and accuracy. Without speed, you won’t be able to finish the paper on time. And without accuracy, you won’t be able to score well. So, practice in a time-bound manner and try to control the amount of time you spend on every question.

Work on Your Weaknesses: Once you have finished the whole syllabus, take UPSSSC PET mock tests (full test). Analyze how you have performed and find out what mistakes you have made. Work on them to improve. Also, as you take mock tests, develop a proper strategy to take the exam. Your strategy should be such that you finish the paper on time with maximum accuracy and minimum negative marking.