UP lekhpal syllabus and mains exam pattern

From PET to lekhpal mains: the route

Lekhpal hiring in Uttar Pradesh has a two step written route. First comes the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET), a common screening exam the commission holds for many Group C posts. When a lekhpal advertisement opens, the commission shortlists applicants on their normalised PET score, roughly in proportion to the number of posts. Only those on that list sit the mains.

The mains paper decides who goes on to document verification, and the revenue department's selection list then rests on your mains score, applied category by category. So the UPSSSC lekhpal exam pattern really has two syllabi to prepare: the UPSSSC PET syllabus for screening and the mains syllabus explained on this page.

UPSSSC lekhpal exam pattern for the mains

A right response adds one mark; a wrong one takes away a quarter. Reports of recent rounds describe a pen and paper exam where you darken bubbles on an OMR sheet.

What changed from the older lekhpal paper

The lekhpal new syllabus is the biggest shift in years. Earlier lekhpal mains papers were built on four equal blocks: Hindi, mathematics, general knowledge and rural development. The latest reported pattern spreads marks across many smaller blocks instead. Mathematics as a separate block gives way to data interpretation, while computer knowledge and Uttar Pradesh general knowledge now carry 35 marks between them.

If you are studying from an old guide, this is the biggest trap. Pure arithmetic chapters matter less now, and tables, bar charts and percentage based reading of data matter more. The state portion is large enough to decide your rank on its own.

Section by section lekhpal exam syllabus

General Hindi (10)

• Sandhi, samas, upsarg and pratyay
• Tatsam and tadbhav, paryayvachi and vilom
• Muhavare and lokoktiyan, sentence correction, punctuation
• Official letters, office orders, notifications and circulars

Data interpretation (10)

• Reading tables, bar and line graphs and pie charts
• Percentages, averages and ratios drawn from given data

General studies blocks (45)

• Indian history and the freedom struggle; polity, Panchayati Raj and local bodies
• Landforms, people and resources of India, plus world geography basics
• Economic planning, the role of NITI Aayog, land reforms, infrastructure
• Rural society and development: rural schemes of the Centre and the state, rural health and welfare
• Current events; science and technology in space, energy, defence and biotechnology
• Environment, biodiversity, pollution and the disaster management framework (NDMA, NDRF, SDRF)

Computer and IT (15)

• Hardware and software basics, internet and email
• Word processing and spreadsheets, digital payments, cyber security

Uttar Pradesh general knowledge (20)

• History, culture, art, fairs, festivals, folk dances and literature of UP
• Rivers, forests, wildlife and natural resources of the state
• Agriculture, industry, economy and administration of UP, state schemes and current events

Where the marks really are

Add up the table and a clear order appears. Uttar Pradesh GK (20), computer (15) and environment with disaster management (10) together give 45 marks, nearly half the paper, and these are topics where steady revision pays off quickly. Hindi and data interpretation add another 20 that reward practice rather than memory.

Rural development deserves attention beyond its five marks, because questions on schemes, land records and village administration also appear inside polity, economy and current events.

Books and notes that cover the syllabus

NCERT textbooks for history, geography and polity give a clean base for the general studies blocks. For Hindi, a school level vyakaran book handles grammar and letter writing. Build UP general knowledge from a state GK book and the state government's yearly budget and scheme announcements reported in newspapers. For computer knowledge, a beginner level computer fundamentals book with office software chapters covers most of what is asked. Keep the syllabus annexure from the advertisement as your master checklist.

UP lekhpal syllabus in Hindi

लेखपाल मुख्य परीक्षा में 100 वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न आते हैं और समय दो घंटे का होता है। सही जवाब का एक अंक है, जबकि हर गलत जवाब पर चौथाई अंक घटता है। ताज़ा पैटर्न के अनुसार सामान्य हिंदी के 10, आंकड़ों की व्याख्या के 10, इतिहास, राजव्यवस्था, भूगोल, अर्थव्यवस्था, ग्रामीण समाज एवं विकास, समसामयिकी और विज्ञान के पांच पांच प्रश्न, पर्यावरण एवं आपदा प्रबंधन के 10, कंप्यूटर के 15 और उत्तर प्रदेश सामान्य ज्ञान के 20 प्रश्न रखे गए हैं। इस पेपर तक पहुंचने के लिए पहले यूपीएसएसएससी पीईटी के अंक के आधार पर चयन होता है।

Who can apply and related pages

To apply you must have passed intermediate (class 12) from a recognised board and hold a valid PET scorecard of the year named in the advertisement. The general category age band reported for the latest advertisement is 18 to 40 years, counted on the date fixed in the advertisement (reported as 1 July), with relaxation for reserved groups as per state rules.

Past shortlisting and mains cut offs are explained on the UP lekhpal cut off page. If you are also aiming at village level posts, the UP VDO syllabus overlaps heavily with this paper, while our state exams section gathers all the Uttar Pradesh pages.